Shane Kosugi was born on May 25, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Shane Tomoya Kosugi. He is an actor, known for The Last Samurai (2003), Pray for Death (1985) and Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985).
Biography from TMDB.
- May 25, 1976 (50)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor, producer, director and editor
- 6 on Motif · 10 credits in all
What are Shane Kosugi's films like?
Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Shane Kosugi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Shane Kosugi's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 6 with a Motif page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Seek(2025)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Prisoner of War(2025)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Barashi Fight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
Kage (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)
The Last Samurai(2003)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Black Eagle(1988)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Nine Deaths of the Ninja(1985)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Pray for Death(1985)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Five by Five (not in the Motif catalog yet)
SEEK II (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 73rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 10 titles, 8 of them dated from 1985 to 2025; peak year 2025.
Film career
Peak 2025 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1985Screen debut· Pray for Death
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Shane Kosugi's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 31/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 50, detractors 17. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Shane Kosugi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shane Kosugi's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kane Kosugi shares the most, 4.
Actors
- Kane KosugiShared titles: Seek (2025), Black Eagle (1988), Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985), Pray for Death (1985)See all 4 shared titles with Kane Kosugi
- Shô KosugiShared titles: Black Eagle (1988), Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985), Pray for Death (1985)See all 3 shared titles with Shô Kosugi
Cinematographers
- Roy H. WagnerShared titles: Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985), Pray for Death (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Roy H. Wagner
Producers
- Sunil R. ShahShared titles: Black Eagle (1988), Pray for Death (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Sunil R. Shah