Tsûsai Sugawara

Personal Info

Birthday

February 16, 1894

Day of Death

1981-06-13

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Tsûsai Sugawara

Biography

Japanese social activist, business leader, writer, art patron, and occasional actor. In the West he is best known for his cameo appearances in several of the last films directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Known For

Floating Weeds

Tokyo Twilight

Early Spring

Late Autumn

A Geisha's Diary

The Kii River

The Horrible Obsessions

Our Town

Filmography

1973
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
as Tsusai Sugawara
1972
The Horrible Obsessions
as Sugawara
1966
The Kii River
as Tazaki
1961
A Geisha's Diary
as Shimazaki
1960
Late Autumn
as Sushiya Kyaku
1959
Floating Weeds
as Sushi Restaurant Customer
Good Morning
as Customer
1958
Equinox Flower
as Mr. Sugai
Flower's Yearning
as Tsuzuki Keigo
1957
Tokyo Twilight
as Mahjong Parlor Owner
1956
Our Town
as Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss
Early Spring
as Mr. Sugai