- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Place of Birth
- Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Sho Kosugi
Sho Kosugi (born Shōichi Kosugi; June 17, 1947) is a Japanese martial artist with training in shindō jinen-ryū karate who gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing a ninja. He is the father of Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi. After taking a hiatus from film, he started a taiko group in California. In Japan, he also runs an internationally oriented group of martial arts acting schools known as the Sho Kosugi Institute. It is common for Kosugi to have his sons co-star in movies when the plot includes family relations. Films in which Kosugi's sons perform alongside their father include Black Eagle, Revenge of the Ninja, and Kabuto (aka Shogun Warrior).
Filmography
movieDahmer vs. Gacy
2010 · Thanks
movieNinja Assassin
2009 · Ozunu
movieThe Scorpion King
2002 · Choreographer
movieThe Fighting King 2
1994 · Director
movieThe Fighting King
1994 · Director
tvNinja Sentai Kakuranger
1994 · Gali
movieDark Society in the East
1993 · Larry Matsuda
tvWind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993
movieJourney of Honor
1991 · Daigoro Mayeda, Writer, Producer
movieBlind Fury
1989 · The Assassin
movieBlack Eagle
1988 · Ken Tani, Fight Choreographer
movieAloha Summer
1988 · Yukinaga Konishi
movieRage of Honor
1987 · Shiro Tanka, Fight Choreographer
movie9 Deaths of the Ninja
1985 · Spike Shinobi
moviePray for Death
1985 · Akira Saito
movieThe Master Ninja 5
1985 · Okasa
movieNinja III: The Domination
1984 · Yamada
movieMaster Ninja II
1984 · Okasa
movieMaster Ninja
1984 · Okasa, Stunt Coordinator, Choreographer
tvThe Master
1984 · Okasa
movieRevenge of the Ninja
1983 · Cho Osaki
movieEnter the Ninja
1981 · Hasegawa
movieThe Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1978 · Kata Demonstrator (uncredited)
movieBruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave
1976 · , Suzuki (uncredited)
movieThe Godfather Part II
1974 · Passerby in Coat with Cap Pulled Down (uncredited)