Kenji Kusumoto

Acting

Kenji Kusumoto

Born 1929-03-12 · Wakayama, Japan

Acting credits

Bohachi Bushido: The Villain poster
6.5

The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Blood gushes and limbs fly for anyone who stands against Saburai as he instills the Way of the Bohachi.

Bohachi Bushido: The Villain

1974

Merciless Blade Part 2 poster
NR

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Merciless Blade Part 2

1953

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy poster
6.0

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

1959

The Great Killing poster
7.3

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.

The Great Killing

1964

Black Ninja poster
9.0

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.

Black Ninja

1967

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader poster
5.6

Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

1974

Sword of Destiny poster
6.0

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he must find the culprit and exact revenge. His return sets off a series of violent incidents and incites a high ranked female skilled in sword to test his mettle after he unwittingly offends her. The ever delightful Misora Hibari co-stars with the great Tsuruta Koji in this exciting tale set in the earliest days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Lots of exciting swordfights highlight this entertaining motion picture!

Sword of Destiny

1960

A Lively Geisha poster
6.3

Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's business is facing, she stands ready to come to his aid, and thus repay a debt that's long overdue.

A Lively Geisha

1970

Tales of Young Genji Kuro poster
7.0

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.

Tales of Young Genji Kuro

1957

The Fort of Death poster
6.5

The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.

The Fort of Death

1969

The Biggest Gamble poster
7.0

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place.

The Biggest Gamble

1969

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style poster
7.0

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

1963

The Gambler poster
NR

A crime film released in 1965

The Gambler

1965

Blind Wolf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blind Wolf

1963

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang poster
6.8

The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

1972

Shimmering Sword poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shimmering Sword

1962

Sword of Wind and Clouds poster
NR

This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious thieves, robbers and roving samurai who want to take possession of the “Sword of Heaven and Earth.” The film stars the father and son of Jushiro Konoe and Hiroki Matsukata.

Sword of Wind and Clouds

1963

Lion Festival of Echigo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lion Festival of Echigo

1962

Revenge for His Lover poster
8.0

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.

Revenge for His Lover

1962

The Domain poster
6.5

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.

The Domain

1964

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple poster
7.0

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit poster
9.0

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

1968

Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda poster
NR

A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character and courage, and who became a great commander and ruler, while some called him a great dictator. A film adaptation of the novel by Sohachi Yamaoka.

Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda

1955

Runway to Hell poster
7.0

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Runway to Hell

1960