Bunta Sugawara

Personal Info

Birthday

August 16, 1933

Day of Death

2014-11-28

(81 years old)

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

Spirited Away

Toshiie and Matsu

Tales from Earthsea

Wolf Children

Star of David: Beauty Hunting

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Musashibo Benkei

Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most

Filmography

2012
Wolf Children
as Nirasaki (voice)
2007
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
2003
Ryoukan-san
as Ryoukan
My Grandpa
as Godai Kenzo
2001
Spirited Away
as Kamaji (voice)
2000
Dora-heita
as Nadahachi on the Great River
1992
Distant Justice
as Rio Yuki
1990
Tekken
as Seiji Nakamoto
1989
Yawara!
as Kumajiro inokuma
1988
Crane
as Rich man
1987
The Forced Marriage with Children
as Kumazou
The Eccentric Shinza
as Shinza
The Lady in a Black Dress
as Shoji Katsuaki
Actress
as Kenji Mizoguchi
1985
The Burmese Harp
as Platoon Commander
1982
Domineering
as Koji Kawakami
1981
Flames of Blood
as Senkichi
Gate of Youth
as Shigezo Ibuki
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Shozo Hirono
1979
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
as Momojirô Hoshi(運転手)
The Man Who Stole the Sun
as Inspector Yamashita
Dog of Fortune
as Lorry driver
Down with The Big Boss
as Hachiyo Shunji
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
as Ongagawa no Kasuke
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Akira Kawanishi
1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Shinsuke Tembo
Boxer
as Hayato
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
as Tetsuji Gondo
Japan's Don
as Eizo Iwami
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
as Shuichi Nozaki
1975
The Wild Trucker
as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
as Shuji Kuroda
The International Gang of Kobe
as Kenzo Otaki
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi
Cops vs. Thugs
as Detective Kuno
Great Jailbreak
as Kunizo Kuniiwa
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as Miyoshi Makio
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Shozo Hirono
The Tattooed Hitman
as Ginji Yozokura
Violent Streets
as Tatsu
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Shozo Hirono
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Shozo Hirono
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
as Masa
Japan's Top Gangster
as Hachiro Daicho
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
as Lee Chung Shun
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as Shozo Hirono
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Shozo Hirono
1972
The Red Silk Gambler
as Masa
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
as Gondo
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
as Monjirô Kogarashi
A Yakuza Has His Way
as Ishido Tsuneo
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
as Monjiro
Street Mobster
as Isamu Okita
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Yuijiro
1971
Evil Boss vs. Henchmen
as Hanjiro Murase
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
as Ryutatsu
1970
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
as Blind Priest Ryotatsu
The Last Kamikaze
as Lieutenant Satake
Fugitive Scoundrel
as Izumi Tatsuya
A Lively Geisha
as Yukichi
Postwar Secrets
as Shin'ichi Yamada
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
as Aoyama Tsunejiro
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
as Ryutatsu
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
as Gunji
1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Heigo Asahi
Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight
as Shuichi Kitahashi
Japan Organized Crime Boss
as Kazama
Brothers Serving Time
as Tatsuo Yaguchi
Yakuza on Foot
as Tamotsu Asai
1968
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
as Ryutatsu
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
as Shiraishi
Rogue
as Ichiro Yamakawa
Wicked Priest
as Ryotatsu
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
as Shibayama Ukon
1967
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
as Mamushi
1966
The Kii River
as School principal
A Sky Full of Tears
as Sakaki
Flame and the Code
as Ôtsu
Sword: Flower-Strewn Path of Courage
as Minoru Akihara
1964
Samurai from Somewhere
as Yoshioka Shinnosuke
The Shape of Night
as Tamura
The Scent of Incense
as Sugiura
1963
A Legend, or Was It?
as Goichi Takamori
1962
August Moon
as Ishikawa
1961
Love New and Old
as Kenji
1960
Five Violent Girls
as Kazuhiko Nanjô
This Is a Man's World
as Toshio Sugawara
Female Detective
as Sugiyama
皇室と戦争とわが民族
as Captain Uehara
Brutal Woman
as Hiroshi Taniguchi
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
as Lieutenant Matsumoto
Female Thief and the Bomb
as Nobuo Asakura
Female Slave Ship
as Sugawa
1959
The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
as Masayuki Abe
Haunted Cave
as Detective Nonomiya
1956
Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu
as Nakagawa, a student