Bunta Sugawara
Born: 1933-08-16 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Died: 2014-11-28
Known For: Acting
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)
Filmography
2013
2012
- Wolf Children as Nirasaki (voice)
2008
2007
- Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth as Syouzaburou Ooki
- The Battery as Yozo Ioka
2006
- Tales from Earthsea as Haitaka (voice)
2005
- The Great Yokai War as Shuntarō Ino
- New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter as Tokugawa Leyasu
- New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji as Tokugawa Leyasu
2004
2003
- My Grandpa as Godai Kenzo
- Ryoukan-san as Ryoukan
- 4Teen
2002
- Toshiie and Matsu as Toshimasa Maeda
- Shura Group Part 3
- Shura Group
2001
- Spirited Away as Kamaji (voice)
- The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away
- Dekotora Gaiden: A Man’s Life, a Road of Dreams ... (Executive Producer)
2000
- Dora-heita as Nadahachi on the Great River
- The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War
- The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War: Final Chapter
1998
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu as Saisho Tokugawa
- Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most as Gensai
- You Don't Know That, Teacher?
1993
1992
1990
- Battleship Yamato as Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki
- Yellow Fangs
- Tekken as Seiji Nakamoto
- Signal Fool as Yuzo Yamanaka
1989
- Yawara! as Kumajiro inokuma
1988
- Crane as Rich man
1987
- Actress as Kenji Mizoguchi
- The Lady in a Black Dress as Shoji Katsuaki
- The Eccentric Shinza as Shinza
- The Forced Marriage with Children as Kumazou
1986
1985
- The Burmese Harp as Platoon Commander
1982
- To Trap a Kidnapper
- Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
- Domineering as Koji Kawakami
1981
- Tuesday Suspense Theater
- Flames of Blood as Senkichi
- Gate of Youth as Shigezo Ibuki
1980
- The Lion Era
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga as Shozo Hirono
1979
- Star of David: Beauty Hunting as Momojirô Hoshi
- The Man Who Stole the Sun as Inspector Yamashita
- Down with The Big Boss as Hachiyo Shunji
- Run Truck Rascal, Run!
- A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
- Dog of Fortune as Lorry driver
1978
- Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Akira Kawanishi
- Dynamite Don-Don as Ongagawa no Kasuke
- Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
- The Truck Rascals Go to The North
- Shag
1977
- The Boxer as Hayato
- Japan's Don as Eizo Iwami
- Japanese Godfather: Ambition as Shinsuke Tembo
- I Am A Man of Honor
- Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu as Tetsuji Gondo
- Truckster of Guts as Momojiro
- Japanese Humanity and Justice
1976
1975
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss as Shuji Kuroda
- Great Jailbreak as Kunizo Kuniiwa
- Cops vs. Thugs as Detective Kuno
- The International Gang of Kobe as Kenzo Otaki
- Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
- The Wild Trucker as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
- The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1974
- Violent Streets as Tatsu
- Violent Fraternity
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics as Shozo Hirono
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Makio Miyoshi
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Shozo Hirono
- Code of Wolves
- Father of the Kamikaze
- The Tattooed Hitman as Ginji Yozokura
- The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
- Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
- The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
- Student Yakuza
1973
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Shozo Hirono
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima as Shozo Hirono
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War as Shozo Hirono
- Dangerous Trade in Kobe as Lee Chung Shun
- Yokosuka Navy Prison
- Japan's Top Gangster as Hachiro Daicho
- The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers as Masa
- The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1972
- Yakuza Skirmishes
- The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang as Yuijiro
- The Pledge
- Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro as Monjiro
- Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers as Gondo
- Street Mobster as Isamu Okita
- Turtle Geisha
- Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
- Delinquent Street
- The Red Silk Gambler as Masa
- Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth as Monjirô Kogarashi
- The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
- The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
- A Yakuza Has His Way as Ishido Tsuneo
1971
- Wolves on Motorcycles
- Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments as Ryutatsu
- Evil Boss vs. Henchmen as Hanjiro Murase
- A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
- The Viper Brothers Rage Again
- The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
- Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler as Seijiro Otawa
- The Viper Brothers as Masataro (Goro Masa)
- Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival as Masaru Kokubun
- Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen
- Trials of an Okinawa Village
- Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor as Masaru Kokubun
- A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
- The Sucker's Blunt Dagger
1970
- The Swindlers
- Hooligans on Buggies
- Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder as Blind Priest Ryotatsu
- A Lively Geisha as Yukichi
- Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back as Ryutatsu
- Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
- Code Between Brothers: All New
- Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty as Masaru Kokubun
- Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return as Aoyama Tsunejiro
- The Last Kamikaze as Lieutenant Satake
- Wolves of the City: Checkmate
- Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering
- Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
- Bloodstained Clan of Honor as Gunji
- Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel as Masaru Kokubun
- Fugitive Scoundrel as Izumi Tatsuya
- The Japan Derby Race
- Postwar Secrets as Shin'ichi Yamada
- Thugs of Shinjuku
- Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô
1969
- Wolf Escort
- The Bad Boss 3
- Japan Organized Crime Boss as Tsutomu Kazama
- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations as Heigo Asahi
- A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
- Yakuza Law
- Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
- Brothers Serving Time as Tatsuo Yaguchi
- Yakuza on Foot as Tamotsu Asai
- Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage
- The Private Police
- Kanto Street Peddlers as Masaru Kokubun
- Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight as Shuichi Kitahashi
- Team of Ruffians
- A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw
1968
- Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
- Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder as Ryutatsu
- Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit as Shibayama Ukon
- Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation as Shiraishi
- Wicked Priest as Ryotatsu
- Scoundrel
- Enlisted Yakuza
- Rogue as Ichiro Yamakawa
- The Marked Man
1967
1966
- Flame and the Code as Ôtsu
- By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
- A Sky Full of Tears as Sakaki
- Secret Agent 101
- The Kii River as School principal
- Face of the Dice
- Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
- Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage as Minoru Akihara
1965
1964
- The Scent of Incense as Sugiura
- The Shape of Night as Tamura
- Destroyer Yukikaze
- Samurai from Somewhere as Yoshioka Shinnosuke
- Melody of Crime
1963
- A Legend or Was It? as Goichi Takamori
- 見上げてごらん夜の星を
- For Love and Money
1962
1961
1960
- Brutal Woman as Hiroshi Taniguchi
- This Is a Man's World as Toshio Sugawara
- Female Slave Ship as Sugawa
- Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku as Captain Uehara
- Five Violent Girls as Kazuhiko Nanjô
- Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu as Lieutenant Matsumoto
- Female Thief and the Bomb as Nobuo Asakura
- Female Detective as Sugiyama
1959
- The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin as Masayuki Abe
- Haunted Cave as Detective Nonomiya
- Crazy Desire
- Fight to the Death in a Blizzard
1956
- Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu as Nakagawa, a student