Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Known for
Acting
Born
August 16, 1933
Died
November 28, 2014 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Biography

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

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Filmography

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警視庁殺人課 poster

警視庁殺人課

TV · 1 ep

2012
Wolf Children poster

Wolf Children

Movie · as Nirasaki (voice)

2008
Sisterhood poster

Sisterhood

Movie

2007
The Battery poster

The Battery

Movie · as Yozo Ioka

2007
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth poster

Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

TV · as Syouzaburou Ooki · 1 ep

2006
Tales from Earthsea poster

Tales from Earthsea

Movie · as Haitaka (voice)

2005
The Great Yokai War poster

The Great Yokai War

Movie · as Shuntarō Ino

2005
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji poster

New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji

Movie · as Tokugawa Leyasu

2005
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter poster

New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter

Movie · as Tokugawa Leyasu

2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter poster

Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter

Movie

2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter poster

Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter

Movie

2003
My Grandpa poster

My Grandpa

Movie · as Godai Kenzo

2003
4Teen poster

4Teen

Movie

2003
Ryoukan-san poster

Ryoukan-san

Movie · as Ryoukan

2002
Shura Group poster

Shura Group

Movie

2002
Shura Group Part 3 poster

Shura Group Part 3

Movie

2002
Toshiie and Matsu poster

Toshiie and Matsu

TV · as Toshimasa Maeda · 51 eps

2001
Spirited Away poster

Spirited Away

Movie · as Kamaji (voice)

2001
The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away poster

The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away

Movie · as Self

2000
Dora-heita poster

Dora-heita

Movie · as Nadahachi on the Great River

2000
The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War poster

The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War

Movie

2000
The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War: Final Chapter poster

The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War: Final Chapter

Movie

1999
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 3 poster

History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 3

Movie

1998
Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most poster

Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most

TV · as Gensai · 13 eps

1998
You Don't Know That, Teacher? poster

You Don't Know That, Teacher?

TV · 1 ep

1998
Tokugawa Yoshinobu poster

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

TV · as Saisho Tokugawa · 49 eps

1997
An Angel with Many Scars poster

An Angel with Many Scars

Movie

1995
Shura ga Yuku poster

Shura ga Yuku

Movie

1995
Kirikomi poster

Kirikomi

Movie

1995
Snow falls on a southern island poster

Snow falls on a southern island

Movie

1994
The Man Who Shot the Don poster

The Man Who Shot the Don

Movie

1994
Furuhata Ninzaburo poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo

TV · 1 ep

1993
Emperor of Upheaval poster

Emperor of Upheaval

Movie

1992
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 poster

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

Movie

1992
Big Boss poster

Big Boss

Movie

1992
Distant Justice poster

Distant Justice

Movie · as Rio Yuki

1991
Jingi poster

Jingi

Movie

1991
Let's Shoot Ridiculously poster

Let's Shoot Ridiculously

Movie

1990
Signal Fool poster

Signal Fool

Movie · as Yuzo Yamanaka

1990
Yellow Fangs poster

Yellow Fangs

Movie

1990
Tekken poster

Tekken

Movie · as Seiji Nakamoto

1990
Battleship Yamato poster

Battleship Yamato

Movie · as Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki

1989
Yawara! poster

Yawara!

Movie · as Kumajiro inokuma

1988
Crane poster

Crane

Movie · as Rich man

1987
Actress poster

Actress

Movie · as Kenji Mizoguchi

1987
The Eccentric Shinza poster

The Eccentric Shinza

Movie · as Shinza

1987
The Forced Marriage with Children

The Forced Marriage with Children

Movie · as Kumazou

1987
The Lady in a Black Dress poster

The Lady in a Black Dress

Movie · as Shoji Katsuaki

1986
The Hall of the Crying Deer poster

The Hall of the Crying Deer

Movie

1986
Musashibo Benkei poster

Musashibo Benkei

TV · as Tomo · 32 eps

1985
The Burmese Harp poster

The Burmese Harp

Movie · as Platoon Commander

1984
The Story of a Man Among Men poster

The Story of a Man Among Men

Movie

1982
Domineering poster

Domineering

Movie · as Koji Kawakami

1982
To Trap a Kidnapper poster

To Trap a Kidnapper

Movie

1982
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute

Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute

Movie

1981
Gate of Youth poster

Gate of Youth

Movie · as Shigezo Ibuki

1981
Flames of Blood poster

Flames of Blood

Movie · as Senkichi

1981
Tuesday Suspense Theater poster

Tuesday Suspense Theater

TV · 1 ep

1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Movie · as Shozo Hirono

1980
The Lion Era poster

The Lion Era

TV · 51 eps

1979
Star of David: Beauty Hunting poster

Star of David: Beauty Hunting

Movie · as Momojirô Hoshi

1979
The Man Who Stole the Sun poster

The Man Who Stole the Sun

Movie · as Inspector Yamashita

1979
Dog of Fortune poster

Dog of Fortune

Movie · as Lorry driver

1979
Run Truck Rascal, Run! poster

Run Truck Rascal, Run!

Movie

1979
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun poster

A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun

Movie

1979
Down with The Big Boss poster

Down with The Big Boss

Movie · as Hachiyo Shunji

1978
Shag poster

Shag

Movie

1978
Dynamite Don-Don poster

Dynamite Don-Don

Movie · as Ongagawa no Kasuke

1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro poster

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

Movie

1978
The Truck Rascals Go to The North poster

The Truck Rascals Go to The North

Movie

1978
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion poster

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

Movie · as Akira Kawanishi

1977
The Boxer poster

The Boxer

Movie · as Hayato

1977
Truckster of Guts poster

Truckster of Guts

Movie · as Momojiro

1977
I Am A Man of Honor poster

I Am A Man of Honor

Movie

1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice poster

Japanese Humanity and Justice

Movie

1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition poster

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Movie · as Shinsuke Tembo

1977
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu poster

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

Movie · as Tetsuji Gondo

1977
Japanese Godfather poster

Japanese Godfather

Movie · as Eizo Iwami

1976
The Machine Gun Dragon poster

The Machine Gun Dragon

Movie

1976
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido poster

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

Movie

1976
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat poster

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

Movie

1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss poster

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

Movie · as Shuichi Nozaki

1976
The Three Ginza Rascals poster

The Three Ginza Rascals

Movie

1975
Cops vs. Thugs poster

Cops vs. Thugs

Movie · as Detective Kuno

1975
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me poster

Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

Movie · as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi

1975
The Wild Trucker poster

The Wild Trucker

Movie · as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi

1975
The International Gang of Kobe poster

The International Gang of Kobe

Movie · as Kenzo Otaki

1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss poster

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

Movie · as Shuji Kuroda

1975
Great Jailbreak poster

Great Jailbreak

Movie · as Kunizo Kuniiwa

1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General poster

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

Movie

1974
Student Yakuza poster

Student Yakuza

Movie

1974
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers poster

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

Movie

1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Movie · as Shozo Hirono

1974
Violent Streets poster

Violent Streets

Movie · as Tatsu

1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Movie · as Shozo Hirono

1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 poster

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Movie · as Makio Miyoshi

1974
The Tattooed Hitman poster

The Tattooed Hitman

Movie · as Ginji Yozokura

1974
Father of the Kamikaze poster

Father of the Kamikaze

Movie

1974
Violent Fraternity poster

Violent Fraternity

Movie

1974
Code of Wolves poster

Code of Wolves

Movie

1974
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges poster

The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges

Movie

1974
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School poster

Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School

Movie

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie · as Shozo Hirono

1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail poster

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail

Movie

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Movie · as Shozo Hirono

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Movie · as Shozo Hirono

1973
Yokosuka Navy Prison poster

Yokosuka Navy Prison

Movie

1973
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers poster

The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers

Movie · as Masa

1973
Japan's Top Gangster poster

Japan's Top Gangster

Movie · as Hachiro Daicho

1973
Dangerous Trade in Kobe poster

Dangerous Trade in Kobe

Movie · as Lee Chung Shun

1972
Street Mobster poster

Street Mobster

Movie · as Isamu Okita

1972
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats poster

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

Movie

1972
The Red Silk Gambler poster

The Red Silk Gambler

Movie · as Masa

1972
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro poster

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

Movie · as Monjiro

1972
The Pledge poster

The Pledge

Movie

1972
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers poster

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

Movie · as Gondo

1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang poster

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

Movie · as Yuijiro

1972
Yakuza Skirmishes poster

Yakuza Skirmishes

Movie

1972
A Yakuza Has His Way poster

A Yakuza Has His Way

Movie · as Ishido Tsuneo

1972
Turtle Geisha poster

Turtle Geisha

Movie

1972
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth poster

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

Movie · as Monjirô Kogarashi

1972
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty poster

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty

Movie

1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 poster

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

Movie

1972
Delinquent Street poster

Delinquent Street

Movie

1971
Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen poster

Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen

Movie

1971
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival poster

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival

Movie · as Masaru Kokubun

1971
Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor poster

Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor

Movie · as Masaru Kokubun

1971
Wolves on Motorcycles

Wolves on Motorcycles

Movie

1971
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments poster

Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments

Movie · as Ryutatsu

1971
Trials of an Okinawa Village poster

Trials of an Okinawa Village

Movie

1971
The Viper Brothers Rage Again poster

The Viper Brothers Rage Again

Movie

1971
The Viper Brothers poster

The Viper Brothers

Movie · as Masataro (Goro Masa)

1971
Evil Boss vs. Henchmen poster

Evil Boss vs. Henchmen

Movie · as Hanjiro Murase

1971
The Sucker's Blunt Dagger poster

The Sucker's Blunt Dagger

Movie

1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler poster

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

Movie · as Seijiro Otawa

1971
A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code poster

A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code

Movie

1971
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers poster

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

Movie

1971
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor poster

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor

Movie

1970
Bloodstained Clan of Honor poster

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

Movie · as Gunji

1970
Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô poster

Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô

Movie

1970
Kanto Street Peddlers:  Clan Violent Loyalty poster

Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty

Movie · as Masaru Kokubun

1970
Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel poster

Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel

Movie · as Masaru Kokubun

1970
A Lively Geisha poster

A Lively Geisha

Movie · as Yukichi

1970
Fugitive Scoundrel poster

Fugitive Scoundrel

Movie · as Izumi Tatsuya

1970
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder poster

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

Movie · as Blind Priest Ryotatsu

1970
Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers poster

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

Movie

1970
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back poster

Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back

Movie · as Ryutatsu

1970
The Last Kamikaze poster

The Last Kamikaze

Movie · as Lieutenant Satake

1970
The Swindlers poster

The Swindlers

Movie

1970
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return poster

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

Movie · as Aoyama Tsunejiro

1970
Wolves of the City: Checkmate poster

Wolves of the City: Checkmate

Movie

1970
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters poster

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

Movie

1970
Hooligans on Buggies poster

Hooligans on Buggies

Movie

1970
Thugs of Shinjuku poster

Thugs of Shinjuku

Movie

1970
The Japan Derby Race poster

The Japan Derby Race

Movie

1970
Postwar Secrets poster

Postwar Secrets

Movie · as Shin'ichi Yamada

1970
Code Between Brothers: All New poster

Code Between Brothers: All New

Movie

1970
Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering poster

Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering

Movie

1969
Kanto Street Peddlers poster

Kanto Street Peddlers

Movie · as Masaru Kokubun

1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss poster

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Movie · as Tsutomu Kazama

1969
Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage poster

Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage

Movie

1969
Yakuza Law poster

Yakuza Law

Movie

1969
Wolf Escort poster

Wolf Escort

Movie

1969
The Private Police poster

The Private Police

Movie

1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations poster

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Movie · as Heigo Asahi

1969
Brothers Serving Time poster

Brothers Serving Time

Movie · as Tatsuo Yaguchi

1969
Yakuza on Foot poster

Yakuza on Foot

Movie · as Tamotsu Asai

1969
Team of Ruffians poster

Team of Ruffians

Movie

1969
A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw poster

A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw

Movie

1969
The Bad Boss 3 poster

The Bad Boss 3

Movie

1969
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City poster

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City

Movie

1969
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless poster

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

Movie

1969
Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight poster

Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight

Movie · as Shuichi Kitahashi

1968
Scoundrel poster

Scoundrel

Movie

1968
Rogue poster

Rogue

Movie · as Ichiro Yamakawa

1968
Wicked Priest poster

Wicked Priest

Movie · as Ryotatsu

1968
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder poster

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

Movie · as Ryutatsu

1968
Enlisted Yakuza poster

Enlisted Yakuza

Movie

1968
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit poster

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

Movie · as Shibayama Ukon

1968
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation poster

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

Movie · as Shiraishi

1968
The Marked Man poster

The Marked Man

Movie

1968
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation poster

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

Movie

1967
Rebellion of Japan poster

Rebellion of Japan

Movie

1967
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm poster

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

Movie · as Mamushi

1967
Under the Stars of Singapore poster

Under the Stars of Singapore

Movie

1966
A Sky Full of Tears poster

A Sky Full of Tears

Movie · as Sakaki

1966
Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage poster

Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage

Movie · as Minoru Akihara

1966
Secret Agent 101

Secret Agent 101

Movie

1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him poster

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

Movie

1966
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! poster

Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

Movie

1966
Flame and the Code poster

Flame and the Code

Movie · as Ôtsu

1966
The Kii River poster

The Kii River

Movie · as School principal

1966
Face of the Dice poster

Face of the Dice

Movie

1965
Blood and Law poster

Blood and Law

Movie

1965
King of the Highway poster

King of the Highway

Movie

1965
Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko poster

Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko

Movie

1965
High-Ranking Yakuza poster

High-Ranking Yakuza

Movie

1965
Escape and the Law poster

Escape and the Law

Movie

1964
The Shape of Night poster

The Shape of Night

Movie · as Tamura

1964
Destroyer Yukikaze poster

Destroyer Yukikaze

Movie

1964
The Scent of Incense poster

The Scent of Incense

Movie · as Sugiura

1964
Samurai from Somewhere poster

Samurai from Somewhere

Movie · as Yoshioka Shinnosuke

1964
Melody of Crime poster

Melody of Crime

Movie

1963
A Legend or Was It? poster

A Legend or Was It?

Movie · as Goichi Takamori

1963
For Love and Money

For Love and Money

Movie

1963
見上げてごらん夜の星を poster

見上げてごらん夜の星を

Movie

1962
Otoko no Uta poster

Otoko no Uta

Movie

1962
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka poster

Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

Movie

1962
Tōkyō sanosa musume poster

Tōkyō sanosa musume

Movie

1962
Marriage of the Sky and the Sea poster

Marriage of the Sky and the Sea

Movie

1962
Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū poster

Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū

Movie

1962
August Moon poster

August Moon

Movie · as Ishikawa

1961
Invitation to the Enchanted Town poster

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

Movie

1961
Love New and Old poster

Love New and Old

Movie · as Kenji

1961
Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide poster

Straight Talk on Romance: The Definitive Guide

Movie

1961
Student Executive poster

Student Executive

Movie

1960
Female Slave Ship poster

Female Slave Ship

Movie · as Sugawa

1960
Female Detective poster

Female Detective

Movie · as Sugiyama

1960
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu poster

Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu

Movie · as Lieutenant Matsumoto

1960
Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku

Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku

Movie · as Captain Uehara

1960
Five Violent Girls poster

Five Violent Girls

Movie · as Kazuhiko Nanjô

1960
Female Thief and the Bomb poster

Female Thief and the Bomb

Movie · as Nobuo Asakura

1960
Brutal Woman poster

Brutal Woman

Movie · as Hiroshi Taniguchi

1960
This Is a Man's World poster

This Is a Man's World

Movie · as Toshio Sugawara

1959
The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin poster

The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin

Movie · as Masayuki Abe

1959
Fight to the Death in a Blizzard poster

Fight to the Death in a Blizzard

Movie

1959
Haunted Cave poster

Haunted Cave

Movie · as Detective Nonomiya

1959
Crazy Desire poster

Crazy Desire

Movie

1956
Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu poster

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu

Movie · as Nakagawa, a student