Bunta Sugawara

Career timeline

1. 1933 · Born

   Born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

2. 1959 · Screen debut

   The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin (Movie)

3. 2001 · Breakthrough

   Spirited Away (Movie)

4. 2012 · Latest release

   Wolf Children (Movie)

5. 2014 · Died

   November 28, 2014

Career in numbers

1 1950s

18 1960s

33 1970s

11 1980s

6 1990s

9 2000s

1 2010s

• Drama56
• Crime34
• Action28
• Comedy11
• Thriller6
• Romance5

Highest-rated title Spirited Away 2001 8.5 Most popular title Spirited Away 2001 8.5

1. — 警視庁殺人課 Upcoming TV
2. 2012 Wolf Children as Nirasaki (voice) 8.2 Movie
3. 2007 The Battery as Yozo Ioka Movie
4. 2007 Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth as Syouzaburou Ooki TV
5. 2006 Tales from Earthsea as Haitaka (voice) 6.5 Movie
6. 2005 The Great Yokai War as Shuntarō Ino 6.3 Movie
7. 2004 Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter Movie
8. 2003 My Grandpa as Godai Kenzo Movie
9. 2002 Toshiie and Matsu as Toshimasa Maeda TV
10. 2001 Spirited Away as Kamaji (voice) 8.5 Movie
11. 2000 Dora-heita as Nadahachi on the Great River Movie
12. 1998 You Don't Know That, Teacher? TV
13. 1998 Tokugawa Yoshinobu as Saisho Tokugawa TV
14. 1998 Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most as Gensai TV
15. 1994 Furuhata Ninzaburo 8.8 TV
16. 1992 Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 Movie
17. 1990 Yellow Fangs Movie
18. 1987 The Lady in a Black Dress as Shoji Katsuaki Movie
19. 1987 Actress as Kenji Mizoguchi Movie
20. 1986 Musashibo Benkei as Tomo TV
21. 1985 The Burmese Harp as Platoon Commander Movie
22. 1984 The Story of a Man Among Men Movie
23. 1982 Domineering as Koji Kawakami Movie
24. 1982 To Trap a Kidnapper Movie
25. 1981 Tuesday Suspense Theater TV
26. 1981 Flames of Blood as Senkichi Movie
27. 1981 Gate of Youth as Shigezo Ibuki Movie
28. 1980 The Lion Era TV
29. 1979 Run Truck Rascal, Run! Movie
30. 1979 Star of David: Beauty Hunting as Momojirô Hoshi 6.2 Movie
31. 1979 The Man Who Stole the Sun as Inspector Yamashita 7.4 Movie
32. 1979 Dog of Fortune as Lorry driver Movie
33. 1978 Dynamite Don-Don as Ongagawa no Kasuke Movie
34. 1978 Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Akira Kawanishi Movie
35. 1977 Japanese Godfather: Ambition as Shinsuke Tembo Movie
36. 1977 The Boxer as Hayato Movie
37. 1977 Japanese Godfather as Eizo Iwami Movie
38. 1976 Truckster Goes to Hokkaido Movie
39. 1976 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss as Shuichi Nozaki Movie
40. 1975 The Wild Trucker as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi Movie
41. 1975 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss as Shuji Kuroda 7.4 Movie
42. 1975 The International Gang of Kobe as Kenzo Otaki Movie
43. 1975 Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me as Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi Movie
44. 1975 Cops vs. Thugs as Detective Kuno 6.1 Movie
45. 1974 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Makio Miyoshi 5.9 Movie
46. 1974 The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers Movie
47. 1974 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Shozo Hirono 7.2 Movie
48. 1974 The Tattooed Hitman as Ginji Yozokura Movie
49. 1974 Violent Streets as Tatsu 6.8 Movie
50. 1974 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics as Shozo Hirono 7.0 Movie
51. 1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War as Shozo Hirono 7.0 Movie
52. 1973 Japan's Top Gangster as Hachiro Daicho Movie
53. 1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima as Shozo Hirono 7.3 Movie
54. 1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Shozo Hirono 7.3 Movie
55. 1972 Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers as Gondo Movie
56. 1972 Turtle Geisha Movie
57. 1972 Street Mobster as Isamu Okita 6.8 Movie
58. 1972 The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang as Yuijiro Movie
59. 1971 The Viper Brothers as Masataro (Goro Masa) Movie
60. 1970 The Last Kamikaze as Lieutenant Satake Movie
61. 1970 A Lively Geisha as Yukichi Movie
62. 1969 Memoir of Japanese Assassinations as Heigo Asahi Movie
63. 1969 The Private Police Movie
64. 1969 Japan Organized Crime Boss as Tsutomu Kazama Movie
65. 1969 Yakuza Law Movie
66. 1969 A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw Movie
67. 1968 Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder as Ryutatsu Movie
68. 1968 Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation as Shiraishi Movie
69. 1968 Wicked Priest as Ryotatsu Movie
70. 1968 Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit as Shibayama Ukon Movie
71. 1968 Scoundrel Movie
72. 1967 Rebellion of Japan Movie
73. 1966 By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him Movie
74. 1964 The Shape of Night as Tamura Movie
75. 1964 The Scent of Incense as Sugiura Movie
76. 1963 A Legend or Was It? as Goichi Takamori Movie
77. 1960 This Is a Man's World as Toshio Sugawara Movie
78. 1960 Female Detective as Sugiyama Movie
79. 1960 Female Slave Ship as Sugawa Movie
80. 1959 The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin as Masayuki Abe Movie

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