Bunta Sugawara
Known for Acting · 227 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
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
2007
as Syouzaburou Ooki
Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
as Saisho Tokugawa
The Lion Era
1980
Musashibo Benkei
1986
as Tomo
Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most
1998
as Gensai
警視庁殺人課
You Don't Know That, Teacher?
1998
Movies (217)
Spirited Away
2001
as Kamaji (voice)
Wolf Children
2012
as Nirasaki (voice)
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
1979
as Momojirô Hoshi
Tales from Earthsea
2006
as Haitaka (voice)
Gate of Youth
1981
as Shigezo Ibuki
Violent Streets
1974
as Tatsu
Wicked Priest
1968
as Ryotatsu
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Shozo Hirono
The Great Yokai War
2005
as Shuntarō Ino
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
as Inspector Yamashita
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Shozo Hirono
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
as Gunji
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Shozo Hirono
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Shozo Hirono
The Marked Man
1968
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter
2004
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968
as Ryutatsu
Japan's Don
1977
as Eizo Iwami
Down with The Big Boss
1979
as Hachiyo Shunji
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter
2004
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Platoon Commander
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
as Ongagawa no Kasuke
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
as Akira Kawanishi
The Wild Trucker
1975
as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1975
as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
Trials of an Okinawa Village
1971
Samurai from Somewhere
1964
as Yoshioka Shinnosuke
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
as Heigo Asahi
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968
as Shiraishi
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984
The Tattooed Hitman
1974
as Ginji Yozokura
Dog of Fortune
1979
as Lorry driver
The Shape of Night
1964
as Tamura
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
as Yuijiro
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
as Shoji Katsuaki
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973
as Lee Chung Shun
To Trap a Kidnapper
1982
Boxer
1977
as Hayato
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
as Shuichi Nozaki
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
as Detective Kuno
Actress
1987
as Kenji Mizoguchi
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
The Battery
2007
as Yozo Ioka
Truckster of Guts
1977
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
1968
as Shibayama Ukon
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
The International Gang of Kobe
1975
as Kenzo Otaki
Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
1970
Yakuza Skirmishes
1972
Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
1961
Dora-heita
2000
as Nadahachi on the Great River
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
as Gondo
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1974
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Shozo Hirono
The Red Silk Gambler
1972
as Masa
Street Mobster
1972
as Isamu Okita
Yawara!
1989
as Kumajiro inokuma
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
as Shinsuke Tembo
History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 3
1999
Code of Wolves
1974
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
1977
as Tetsuji Gondo
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
1970
as Aoyama Tsunejiro
Yellow Fangs
1990
The Scent of Incense
1964
as Sugiura
Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight
1969
as Shuichi Kitahashi
The Viper Brothers
1971
as Masataro (Goro Masa)
Kanto Street Peddlers
1969
as Masaru Kokubun
Brothers Serving Time
1969
as Tatsuo Yaguchi
Shura ga Yuku
1995
Shag
1978
Great Jailbreak
1975
as Kunizo Kuniiwa
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
as Tsutomu Kazama
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1979
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
1971
as Masaru Kokubun
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Miyoshi Makio
Domineering
1982
as Koji Kawakami
The Last Kamikaze
1970
as Lieutenant Satake
Invitation to the Enchanted Town
1961
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Shuji Kuroda
Violent Fraternity
1974
The Forced Marriage with Children
1987
as Kumazou
The Japan Derby Race
1970
Female Slave Ship
1960
as Sugawa
Wolf Escort
1969
Yakuza Law
1969
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1974
The Three Ginza Rascals
1976
Scoundrel
1968
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
A Legend or Was It?
1963
as Goichi Takamori
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
The Kii River
1966
as School principal
Rogue
1968
as Ichiro Yamakawa
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1972
as Monjiro
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
2005
as Tokugawa Leyasu
Turtle Geisha
1972
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
as Shozo Hirono
The Man Who Shot the Don
1994
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972
as Monjirô Kogarashi
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
1982
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
as Hachiro Daicho
Postwar Secrets
1970
as Shin'ichi Yamada
Thugs of Shinjuku
1970
Tekken
1990
as Seiji Nakamoto
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Enlisted Yakuza
1968
Otoko no Uta
1962
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
1971
as Ryutatsu
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
A Lively Geisha
1970
as Yukichi
A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
1971
Crane
1988
as Rich man
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 227 credits spanning from 1956 to 2012, Bunta Sugawara has appeared in 217 films and 10 TV shows.
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- Spirited Away (2001) — as Kamaji (voice)
- Wolf Children (2012) — as Nirasaki (voice)
- Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979) — as Momojirô Hoshi
- Tales from Earthsea (2006) — as Haitaka (voice)
- Gate of Youth (1981) — as Shigezo Ibuki
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