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Bunta Sugawara

Acting • 1933-08-16 • Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Bunta Sugawara was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 Japanese feature films, most prevalently in Yakuza films. On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Sugawara had died from liver cancer in a Tokyo hospital on November 28, 2014 at the age of 81. (Wikipedia)

Known For

Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

2006

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

Spirited Away

Spirited Away

2001

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974

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Filmography

2012
Wolf ChildrenFilm
Nirasaki (voice)
★ 8.2
2008
SisterhoodFilm
★ 7.0
2007
Hagetaka: Road to RebirthTV
Syouzaburou Ooki • 1 episodes
★ 8.5
2007
The BatteryFilm
Yozo Ioka
★ 5.3
2006
Tales from EarthseaFilm
Haitaka (voice)
★ 6.5
2005
The Great Yokai WarFilm
Shuntarō Ino
★ 6.3
2005
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs OnmyojiFilm
Tokugawa Leyasu
2005
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final ChapterFilm
Tokugawa Leyasu
2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven ChapterFilm
★ 8.0
2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth ChapterFilm
★ 8.0
2003
My GrandpaFilm
Godai Kenzo
★ 6.8
2003
4TeenFilm
★ 5.0
2003
Ryoukan-sanFilm
Ryoukan
2002
Toshiie and MatsuTV
Toshimasa Maeda • 51 episodes
★ 8.3
2002
Shura Group Part 3Film
2002
Shura GroupFilm
2001
Spirited AwayFilm
Kamaji (voice)
★ 8.5
2001
The Nippon Television Special of Spirited AwayFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2000
Dora-heitaFilm
Nadahachi on the Great River
★ 5.4
2000
The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War: Final ChapterFilm
2000
The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza WarFilm
1999
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 3Film
1998
Tokugawa YoshinobuTV
Saisho Tokugawa • 49 episodes
★ 10.0
1998
Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared MostTV
Gensai • 13 episodes
1998
You Don't Know That, Teacher?TV
1997
An Angel with Many ScarsFilm
★ 8.0
1995
Snow falls on a southern islandFilm
1995
Shura ga YukuFilm
1995
KirikomiFilm
1994
Furuhata NinzaburoTV
★ 8.8
1994
The Man Who Shot the DonFilm
★ 9.0
1993
Emperor of UpheavalFilm
1992
Distant JusticeFilm
Rio Yuki
★ 5.5
1992
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1Film
★ 8.0
1992
Big BossFilm
1991
JingiFilm
★ 5.3
1991
Let's Shoot RidiculouslyFilm
1990
Yellow FangsFilm
★ 7.1
1990
TekkenFilm
Seiji Nakamoto
★ 5.0
1990
Battleship YamatoFilm
Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki
1990
Signal FoolFilm
Yuzo Yamanaka
1989
Yawara!Film
Kumajiro inokuma
1988
CraneFilm
Rich man
★ 6.8
1987
The Lady in a Black DressFilm
Shoji Katsuaki
★ 6.5
1987
ActressFilm
Kenji Mizoguchi
★ 7.7
1987
The Eccentric ShinzaFilm
Shinza
★ 7.0
1987
The Forced Marriage with ChildrenFilm
Kumazou
1986
The Hall of the Crying DeerFilm
★ 9.0
1986
Musashibo BenkeiTV
Tomo • 32 episodes
1985
The Burmese HarpFilm
Platoon Commander
★ 5.6
1984
The Story of a Man Among MenFilm
★ 6.0
1982
DomineeringFilm
Koji Kawakami
★ 5.4
1982
To Trap a KidnapperFilm
★ 7.7
1982
Tasogare ni hyōteki o uteFilm
1981
Gate of YouthFilm
Shigezo Ibuki
★ 7.2
1981
Flames of BloodFilm
Senkichi
★ 8.0
1981
Tuesday Suspense TheaterTV
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaFilm
Shozo Hirono
★ 5.5
1980
The Lion EraTV
1979
Star of David: Beauty HuntingFilm
Momojirô Hoshi
★ 6.2
1979
The Man Who Stole the SunFilm
Inspector Yamashita
★ 7.4
1979
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching SunFilm
★ 8.0
1979
Run Truck Rascal, Run!Film
★ 10.0
1979
Dog of FortuneFilm
Lorry driver
★ 5.7
1979
Down with The Big BossFilm
Hachiyo Shunji
★ 8.0
1978
Dynamite Don-DonFilm
Ongagawa no Kasuke
★ 7.8
1978
Japanese Godfather: ConclusionFilm
Akira Kawanishi
★ 7.2
1978
The Truck Rascals Go to The NorthFilm
★ 9.0
1978
ShagFilm
★ 7.5
1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of MomojiroFilm
★ 9.0
1977
The BoxerFilm
Hayato
★ 7.2
1977
Japanese Godfather: AmbitionFilm
Shinsuke Tembo
★ 7.7
1977
Japanese GodfatherFilm
Eizo Iwami
★ 7.2
1977
Japanese Humanity and JusticeFilm
★ 7.0
1977
I Am A Man of HonorFilm
★ 9.0
1977
Truckster of GutsFilm
Momojiro
★ 8.0
1977
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer TetsuFilm
Tetsuji Gondo
★ 7.0
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossFilm
Shuichi Nozaki
★ 7.1
1976
The Machine Gun DragonFilm
★ 6.5
1976
Truckster Goes to HokkaidoFilm
★ 8.5
1976
Truck Rascals in Fever HeatFilm
★ 10.0
1976
The Three Ginza RascalsFilm
★ 10.0
1975
Cops vs. ThugsFilm
Detective Kuno
★ 6.1
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossFilm
Shuji Kuroda
★ 7.4
1975
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop MeFilm
Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
★ 6.6
1975
The International Gang of KobeFilm
Kenzo Otaki
★ 5.7
1975
The Wild TruckerFilm
Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
★ 7.7
1975
Great JailbreakFilm
Kunizo Kuniiwa
★ 7.0
1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young GeneralFilm
★ 9.0
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsFilm
Shozo Hirono
★ 7.0
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeFilm
Shozo Hirono
★ 7.2
1974
Violent StreetsFilm
Tatsu
★ 6.8
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Film
Makio Miyoshi
★ 5.9
1974
The Tattooed HitmanFilm
Ginji Yozokura
★ 6.2
1974
The Scoundler vs. The Viper BrothersFilm
★ 10.0
1974
Code of WolvesFilm
★ 7.5
1974
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano SchoolFilm
★ 9.0
1974
Violent FraternityFilm
★ 8.0
1974
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 ChargesFilm
★ 8.0
1974
Student YakuzaFilm
★ 7.0
1974
Father of the KamikazeFilm
1973
Battles Without Honor and HumanityFilm
Shozo Hirono
★ 7.3
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaFilm
Shozo Hirono
★ 7.3
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarFilm
Shozo Hirono
★ 7.0
1973
Dangerous Trade in KobeFilm
Lee Chung Shun
★ 7.0
1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in JailFilm
★ 10.0
1973
The Viper Brothers: The BlackmailersFilm
Masa
★ 7.0
1973
Japan's Top GangsterFilm
Hachiro Daicho
★ 7.0
1973
Yokosuka Navy PrisonFilm
★ 7.0
1972
Street MobsterFilm
Isamu Okita
★ 6.8
1972
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersFilm
Gondo
★ 6.8
1972
Withered Tree, the Adventures of MonjiroFilm
Monjiro
★ 7.3
1972
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of DutyFilm
★ 7.9
1972
The Red Silk GamblerFilm
Masa
★ 7.2
1972
Turtle GeishaFilm
★ 5.1
1972
The PledgeFilm
★ 5.8
1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry GangFilm
Yuijiro
★ 6.8
1972
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion ThreatsFilm
★ 10.0
1972
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's BirthFilm
Monjirô Kogarashi
★ 6.0
1972
Yakuza SkirmishesFilm
★ 10.0
1972
A Yakuza Has His WayFilm
Ishido Tsuneo
★ 9.0
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13Film
★ 7.0
1972
Delinquent StreetFilm
1971
Trials of an Okinawa VillageFilm
★ 6.4
1971
The Viper BrothersFilm
Masataro (Goro Masa)
★ 7.7
1971
The Viper Brothers Rage AgainFilm
★ 10.0
1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman GamblerFilm
Seijiro Otawa
★ 10.0
1971
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood BrothersFilm
★ 9.0
1971
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the CommandmentsFilm
Ryutatsu
★ 5.0
1971
The Kanto Brothers' Code of HonorFilm
★ 9.0
1971
A Modern Yakuza: Broken CodeFilm
★ 6.5
1971
Wolves on MotorcyclesFilm
★ 8.0
1971
Evil Boss vs. HenchmenFilm
Hanjiro Murase
★ 6.0
1971
Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-senFilm
★ 6.0
1971
The Sucker's Blunt DaggerFilm
1971
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire FestivalFilm
Masaru Kokubun
1971
Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan HonorFilm
Masaru Kokubun
1970
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's ReturnFilm
Aoyama Tsunejiro
★ 6.4
1970
Bloodstained Clan of HonorFilm
Gunji
★ 7.4
1970
A Lively GeishaFilm
Yukichi
★ 6.2
1970
Postwar SecretsFilm
Shin'ichi Yamada
★ 9.5
1970
Whipmaster: Ballad of MurderFilm
Blind Priest Ryotatsu
★ 7.7
1970
The Last KamikazeFilm
Lieutenant Satake
★ 7.0
1970
The SwindlersFilm
★ 9.0
1970
Wolves of the City, Money HuntersFilm
★ 9.0
1970
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes BackFilm
Ryutatsu
★ 9.0
1970
Hooligans on BuggiesFilm
★ 9.0
1970
Thugs of ShinjukuFilm
★ 9.0
1970
Code Between Brothers: All NewFilm
★ 6.5
1970
Fugitive ScoundrelFilm
Izumi Tatsuya
★ 7.0
1970
Wolves of the City: CheckmateFilm
★ 7.0
1970
Modern Chivarly: Sworn BrothersFilm
★ 7.0
1970
The Japan Derby RaceFilm
★ 7.0
1970
Kigeki Gyanburu HisshôhôFilm
1970
Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent LoyaltyFilm
Masaru Kokubun
1970
Gambler's Code - Loyalty OfferingFilm
1970
Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple DuelFilm
Masaru Kokubun
1969
Yakuza LawFilm
★ 6.1
1969
Japan Organized Crime BossFilm
Tsutomu Kazama
★ 7.4
1969
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the CityFilm
★ 8.5
1969
A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the OutlawFilm
★ 6.7
1969
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the LawlessFilm
★ 10.0
1969
The Bad Boss 3Film
★ 10.0
1969
Memoir of Japanese AssassinationsFilm
Heigo Asahi
★ 7.5
1969
Yakuza on FootFilm
Tamotsu Asai
★ 7.5
1969
The Private PoliceFilm
★ 7.5
1969
Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's PilgrimageFilm
★ 6.5
1969
Brothers Serving TimeFilm
Tatsuo Yaguchi
★ 8.0
1969
Wolf EscortFilm
★ 8.0
1969
Team of RuffiansFilm
1969
Kanto Street PeddlersFilm
Masaru Kokubun
1969
Woman Boss: Chivalrous FightFilm
Shuichi Kitahashi
1968
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's ObligationFilm
Shiraishi
★ 7.2
1968
Wicked PriestFilm
Ryotatsu
★ 6.2
1968
Bakeneko: A Vengeful SpiritFilm
Shibayama Ukon
★ 9.0
1968
ScoundrelFilm
★ 7.0
1968
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of MurderFilm
Ryutatsu
★ 6.7
1968
The Marked ManFilm
★ 10.0
1968
Enlisted YakuzaFilm
★ 6.0
1968
RogueFilm
Ichiro Yamakawa
★ 7.0
1968
Brothers'Code - The Back RelationFilm
1967
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow StormFilm
Mamushi
★ 9.0
1967
Rebellion of JapanFilm
★ 8.0
1967
Under the Stars of SingaporeFilm
1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know HimFilm
★ 8.0
1966
The Kii RiverFilm
School principal
★ 7.5
1966
Secret Agent 101Film
★ 9.0
1966
A Sky Full of TearsFilm
Sakaki
★ 6.0
1966
Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of CourageFilm
Minoru Akihara
★ 5.0
1966
Face of the DiceFilm
1966
Flame and the CodeFilm
Ôtsu
1966
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!Film
1965
King of the HighwayFilm
1965
Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otokoFilm
1965
Blood and LawFilm
1965
High-Ranking YakuzaFilm
1965
Escape and the LawFilm
1964
The Scent of IncenseFilm
Sugiura
★ 7.2
1964
The Shape of NightFilm
Tamura
★ 6.8
1964
Samurai from SomewhereFilm
Yoshioka Shinnosuke
★ 6.5
1964
Melody of CrimeFilm
1964
Destroyer YukikazeFilm
1963
A Legend or Was It?Film
Goichi Takamori
★ 7.0
1963
For Love and MoneyFilm
1963
見上げてごらん夜の星をFilm
1962
Gakusei geisha koi to kenkaFilm
1962
Otoko no UtaFilm
1962
August MoonFilm
Ishikawa
1962
Tōkyō sanosa musumeFilm
1962
Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjūFilm
1962
Marriage of the Sky and the SeaFilm
1961
Love New and OldFilm
Kenji
★ 6.7
1961
Invitation to the Enchanted TownFilm
★ 8.0
1961
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive GuideFilm
1961
Student ExecutiveFilm
1960
Female Slave ShipFilm
Sugawa
★ 6.5
1960
This Is a Man's WorldFilm
Toshio Sugawara
1960
Brutal WomanFilm
Hiroshi Taniguchi
1960
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship MutsuFilm
Lieutenant Matsumoto
1960
Female Thief and the BombFilm
Nobuo Asakura
1960
Female DetectiveFilm
Sugiyama
1960
Five Violent GirlsFilm
Kazuhiko Nanjô
1960
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzokuFilm
Captain Uehara
1959
The Blood Sword of the 99th VirginFilm
Masayuki Abe
★ 8.0
1959
Haunted CaveFilm
Detective Nonomiya
★ 8.0
1959
Fight to the Death in a BlizzardFilm
★ 10.0
1959
Crazy DesireFilm
1956
Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furuFilm
Nakagawa, a student
★ 7.0