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Susumu Terajima

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Biography

Susumu Terajima (寺島進) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 200 films, 15 commercials, and numerous television dramas in a 20-year career. He is rarely the star of the films he participates in but is widely respected for taking his work very seriously despite how small his role may be.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

After Life

Appears in a KinoChain journey

When Marnie Was There

As Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)

Brother

As Kato

Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition

Actor

The Taste of Tea

As Tattooed Man

Getting Any?

As Injured Yakuza

Hole in the Sky

As Ichio

Glory to the Filmmaker!

As Young Man

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Ghosts Our Machines Keep

A chain about virtual reality, digital afterlife and grief, beginning with Yeon Sang-ho's Paradise Lost and moving through Korean and international cinema's scr...

8 films

Who Is Really Performing Here?

Ali G returns to a world of cameras and marks, and this chain follows the put-on from Staines to Tehran, asking who is really being conned when we laugh.

8 films

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