Bunta Sugawara
Known for Acting · 228 credits
- Born
- 1933-08-16
- Died
- 2014-11-28
- Place of birth
- Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- Also known as
- 菅原 文太 · Bunta Sugawara
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
TV Shows (10)
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
Toshiie and Matsu
2002
as Toshimasa Maeda
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
as Saisho Tokugawa
Musashibo Benkei
1986
as Tomo
Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981
The Lion Era
1980
Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most
1998
as Gensai
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
2007
as Syouzaburou Ooki
警視庁殺人課
You Don't Know That, Teacher?
1998
Movies (218)
Spirited Away
2001
as Kamaji (voice)
Wolf Children
2012
as Nirasaki (voice)
Yakuza Skirmishes
1972
Violent Fraternity
1974
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
2005
as Tokugawa Leyasu
Hooligans on Buggies
1970
The Pledge
1972
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
1970
as Blind Priest Ryotatsu
Wolf Escort
1969
The Bad Boss 3
1969
The Swindlers
1970
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
1979
as Momojirô Hoshi
Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu
1956
as Nakagawa, a student
Flame and the Code
1966
as Ôtsu
Tales from Earthsea
2006
as Haitaka (voice)
Blood and Law
1965
Crazy Desire
1959
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Brutal Woman
1960
as Hiroshi Taniguchi
Wolves on Motorcycles
1971
Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko
1965
King of the Highway
1965
Flames of Blood
1981
as Senkichi
My Grandpa
2003
as Godai Kenzo
Domineering
1982
as Koji Kawakami
The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
1959
as Masayuki Abe
Enlisted Yakuza
1968
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
2005
as Tokugawa Leyasu
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
as Inspector Yamashita
Postwar Secrets
1970
as Shin'ichi Yamada
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
1970
Haunted Cave
1959
as Detective Nonomiya
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Shozo Hirono
Code Between Brothers: All New
1970
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Shozo Hirono
Wolves of the City: Checkmate
1970
戦艦大和
1990
Yokosuka Navy Prison
1973
Escape and the Law
1965
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Shozo Hirono
Gate of Youth
1981
as Shigezo Ibuki
Student Executive
1961
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Shozo Hirono
The Red Silk Gambler
1972
as Masa
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Makio Miyoshi
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
as Shuichi Nozaki
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
as Tsutomu Kazama
The Kii River
1966
as School principal
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Shozo Hirono
Female Slave Ship
1960
as Sugawa
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
as Hachiro Daicho
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
as Detective Kuno
Turtle Geisha
1972
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968
as Shiraishi
Dora-heita
2000
as Nadahachi on the Great River
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Shuji Kuroda
The Battery
2007
as Yozo Ioka
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
1971
as Ryutatsu
Yellow Fangs
1990
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
as Shinsuke Tembo
Samurai from Somewhere
1964
as Yoshioka Shinnosuke
The Tattooed Hitman
1974
as Ginji Yozokura
Brothers Serving Time
1969
as Tatsuo Yaguchi
This Is a Man's World
1960
as Toshio Sugawara
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1979
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
as Shoji Katsuaki
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1974
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 3
1999
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1972
as Monjiro
Wicked Priest
1968
as Ryotatsu
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
as Heigo Asahi
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968
as Ryutatsu
Down with The Big Boss
1979
as Hachiyo Shunji
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972
as Monjirô Kogarashi
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
The Private Police
1969
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
as Gondo
The Great Yokai War
2005
as Shuntarō Ino
Violent Streets
1974
as Tatsu
Great Jailbreak
1975
as Kunizo Kuniiwa
Yawara!
1989
as Kumajiro inokuma
A Legend or Was It?
1963
as Goichi Takamori
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1975
as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Platoon Commander
Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
1970
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
Trials of an Okinawa Village
1971
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
as Ongagawa no Kasuke
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
1970
as Aoyama Tsunejiro
Distant Justice
1992
as Rio Yuki
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away
2001
A Lively Geisha
1970
as Yukichi
Crane
1988
as Rich man
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
The Scent of Incense
1964
as Sugiura
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
1969
Rebellion of Japan
1967
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
1973
as Masa
Actress
1987
as Kenji Mizoguchi
The Shape of Night
1964
as Tamura
Face of the Dice
1966
A Yakuza Has His Way
1972
as Ishido Tsuneo
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973
as Lee Chung Shun
The International Gang of Kobe
1975
as Kenzo Otaki
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
1979
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
1972
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
1982
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
High-Ranking Yakuza
1965
Team of Ruffians
1969
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
To Trap a Kidnapper
1982
Under the Stars of Singapore
1967
Fight to the Death in a Blizzard
1959
The Eccentric Shinza
1987
as Shinza
About Bunta Sugawara
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) With 228 credits spanning from 1956 to 2012, Bunta Sugawara has appeared in 218 films and 10 TV shows.
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- Spirited Away (2001) — as Kamaji (voice)
- Wolf Children (2012) — as Nirasaki (voice)
- Yakuza Skirmishes (1972)
- Violent Fraternity (1974)
- New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter (2005) — as Tokugawa Leyasu
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