Kusuo Abe was born on July 24, 1910 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Ikiru: Einmal wirklich leben (1952), Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô (1964) and Miyamoto Musashi (1961). He died on November 2, 1965 in Kyoto, Japan.
