
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

Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
as Saisho Tokugawa

Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981

The Lion Era
1980

Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most
1998
as Gensai

Musashibo Benkei
1986
as Tomo

You Don't Know That, Teacher?
1998

警視庁殺人課
Movies (217)

Spirited Away
2001
as Kamaji (voice)

Star of David: Beauty Hunting
1979
as Momojirô Hoshi

Wolf Children
2012
as Nirasaki (voice)

Tales from Earthsea
2006
as Haitaka (voice)

The Great Yokai War
2005
as Shuntarō Ino

Gate of Youth
1981
as Shigezo Ibuki

The Marked Man
1968

The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
as Inspector Yamashita

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Shozo Hirono

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Shozo Hirono

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Shozo Hirono

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Shozo Hirono

The Burmese Harp
1985
as Platoon Commander

Violent Fraternity
1974

Wicked Priest
1968
as Ryotatsu

Cops vs. Thugs
1975
as Detective Kuno

Samurai from Somewhere
1964
as Yoshioka Shinnosuke

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Miyoshi Makio

The Tattooed Hitman
1974
as Ginji Yozokura

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968
as Ryutatsu

Violent Streets
1974
as Tatsu
Wolves on Motorcycles
1971

New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
2005
as Tokugawa Leyasu

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
1970
as Blind Priest Ryotatsu

To Trap a Kidnapper
1982

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

Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
as Tsutomu Kazama

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
as Akira Kawanishi

Dora-heita
2000
as Nadahachi on the Great River

Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko
1965

Yakuza Skirmishes
1972

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968
as Shiraishi

The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
as Shoji Katsuaki

Yellow Fangs
1990

Boxer
1977
as Hayato

Hooligans on Buggies
1970

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
1968
as Shibayama Ukon

Wolf Escort
1969

Down with The Big Boss
1979
as Hachiyo Shunji

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

Actress
1987
as Kenji Mizoguchi

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
as Heigo Asahi

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Shozo Hirono

The Wild Trucker
1975
as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi

The Story of a Man Among Men
1984

I Am A Man of Honor
1977

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968

Blood and Law
1965

Dog of Fortune
1979
as Lorry driver

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976

The Pledge
1972

Flames of Blood
1981
as Senkichi

The Bad Boss 3
1969

Trials of an Okinawa Village
1971

Yakuza Law
1969

The Battery
2007
as Yozo Ioka

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992

Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1975
as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi

Emperor of Upheaval
1993

A Legend or Was It?
1963
as Goichi Takamori

The Last Kamikaze
1970
as Lieutenant Satake

Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1979

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu
1956
as Nakagawa, a student

Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
as Gunji

Yakuza on Foot
1969
as Tamotsu Asai

The International Gang of Kobe
1975
as Kenzo Otaki

The Viper Brothers
1971
as Masataro (Goro Masa)

Brutal Woman
1960
as Hiroshi Taniguchi

Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
as Shinsuke Tembo

The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1974

Japan's Don
1977
as Eizo Iwami

Code of Wolves
1974
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
1982

Crane
1988
as Rich man

Truckster of Guts
1977

The Scent of Incense
1964
as Sugiura

Turtle Geisha
1972

Haunted Cave
1959
as Detective Nonomiya

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
as Shuichi Nozaki

Scoundrel
1968

Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973
as Lee Chung Shun

Team of Ruffians
1969

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Shuji Kuroda

Father of the Kamikaze
1974

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
as Yuijiro

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1972
as Monjiro

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

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1974

Street Mobster
1972
as Isamu Okita

The Red Silk Gambler
1972
as Masa

King of the Highway
1965

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
1970
as Aoyama Tsunejiro

Shag
1978

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza
1961

The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
1959
as Masayuki Abe

The Man Who Shot the Don
1994

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966

Kanto Street Peddlers
1969
as Masaru Kokubun

The Kii River
1966
as School principal

Crazy Desire
1959

Big Boss
1992

Fugitive Scoundrel
1970
as Izumi Tatsuya

A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw
1969

Dynamite Don-Don
1978
as Ongagawa no Kasuke

The Shape of Night
1964
as Tamura

The Swindlers
1970

History of Japan’s Yakuza — Ambition Corps 3
1999

Rogue
1968
as Ichiro Yamakawa

The Machine Gun Dragon
1976

Great Jailbreak
1975
as Kunizo Kuniiwa

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972
as Monjirô Kogarashi

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
as Gondo

Shura Group Part 3
2002

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
1972

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
1971
as Masaru Kokubun

The Three Ginza Rascals
1976

4Teen
2003

Shura ga Yuku
1995
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)
- Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979) — as Momojirô Hoshi
- Wolf Children (2012) — as Nirasaki (voice)
- Tales from Earthsea (2006) — as Haitaka (voice)
- The Great Yokai War (2005) — as Shuntarō Ino
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