Personal Info
小杉正一
ショー・コスギ
شو کوسوگی
Shōichi Kosugi
Shô Kosugi
Sho Kosugi
Acting
Biography
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 fathe…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Ninja Assassin
as Ozunu
Dark Society in the East
as Larry Matsuda
Journey of Honor
as Daigoro Mayeda
Blind Fury
as The Assassin
Black Eagle
as Ken Tani
Aloha Summer
as Yukinaga Konishi
Rage of Honor
as Shiro Tanka
Pray for Death
as Akira Saito
9 Deaths of the Ninja
as Spike Shinobi
The Master Ninja 5
as Okasa
