Portrait of Kin Sugai

Acting

Kin Sugai

Career

Active from 1958 to 2010, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Funeral
The Funeral
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kin Sugai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    4.0, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.9, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Thought-Provoking 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Melancholy 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Japanese Family Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

95
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 76
Haru's Journey
Haru's Journey (2010)
GoodWatch score 68

as Keiko Kanemoto

Ryōmaden
Ryōmaden (2010)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

Piecing Me Back Together
Piecing Me Back Together (2010)

as Old Lady

2000s

11 titles · average score 57
Mission To Kill
Mission To Kill (2009)

TV show

Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen (2008)

as Yukari Godai

Hitomi
Hitomi (2008)

TV show · as Yokoyama Ume

My Grandma
My Grandma (2008)

as Misao Murata

Yellow Tears
Yellow Tears (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

as Yone

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007 (2007)

as Nakamura Sen

The Motive
The Motive (2004)

as Taeko Katakura

Gekidan Engimono
Gekidan Engimono (2004)

TV show

Handoku!!!
Handoku!!! (2001)

TV show

Watashi no Aozora
Watashi no Aozora (2000)

TV show · as Tome Hida

Trick
Trick (2000)

TV show

1990s

9 titles · average score 63
One Summer's Day
One Summer's Day (1999)

as Yuta's grandmother

さしすせそ!?
さしすせそ!? (1997)

TV show

Sure Death 6
Sure Death 6 (1996)

as Sen

Deep River
Deep River (1995)

as Tsukada's wife

Ie Naki Ko
Ie Naki Ko (1994)

TV show

The Diary of Chuji's Travels
The Diary of Chuji's Travels (1992)

TV show

Sure Death 5
Sure Death 5 (1991)

as Nakamura Sen

Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected
Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991)

as Mitsurei Kudo

Tales of a Golden Geisha
Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
GoodWatch score 63

as Foster Mother

1980s

11 titles · average score 77
Father
Father (1988)

as Matsu

Sure Death 4
Sure Death 4 (1987)

as Sen

Sure Death! 3
Sure Death! 3 (1986)

as Sen

Inochi
Inochi (1986)

TV show · as Iwata Teru

Tracked
Tracked (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

as Toyo

Fire Festival
Fire Festival (1985)
GoodWatch score 82

as Tatsuo's mother

Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! (1985)

as Sen

Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
Joke with a Sorrowful Heart (1985)

as Primary School Teacher

The Funeral
The Funeral (1984)
GoodWatch score 88

as Kikue Amamiya

Sure Death
Sure Death (1984)

as Sen

The Legend of Sayo
The Legend of Sayo (1982)

as Old woman picking up stones

1970s

16 titles · average score 74
Hissatsu Shigotonin
Hissatsu Shigotonin (1979)

TV show · as Sen Nakamura

Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
GoodWatch score 81

as Defendant's Mother

Gassan
Gassan (1979)

as Kane

Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
GoodWatch score 86

as Kimiyo Wakamoto

The Castle of Sand
The Castle of Sand (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

as Yamashita

Sandakan No. 8
Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
GoodWatch score 76

as Woman came back from Penang

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)
GoodWatch score 64

as Tadashi's Mother

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)

as Kyoko's mother

The Long Darkness
The Long Darkness (1972)
GoodWatch score 69

as Wellwisher on train

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ohno's Mother

Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
GoodWatch score 73

as Okuni

This Transient Life
This Transient Life (1970)
GoodWatch score 75

as Mother

1960s

34 titles · average score 78
I, the Executioner
I, the Executioner (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

as Misa Mori

The Human Bullet
The Human Bullet (1968)
GoodWatch score 66

as Sergeant's Wife

The Pornographers
The Pornographers (1966)
GoodWatch score 72

as Teacher Oda

Red Beard
Red Beard (1965)
GoodWatch score 84

as Choji's Mother

Kwaidan
Kwaidan (1965)
GoodWatch score 78

as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

High and Low
High and Low (1963)
GoodWatch score 90

as Female Drug Addict

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape (1963)

as Saku, Kirinoe's mother

Ballad of a Workman
Ballad of a Workman (1962)

as Mrs. Mochizuki

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
GoodWatch score 90

as Dôro no Hinanmin

Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
GoodWatch score 77

as Haruko's Mother

The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
GoodWatch score 91

as Tomoko Wada

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
GoodWatch score 92

as Katsuko

1950s

11 titles · average score 75
Stakeout
Stakeout (1958)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mrs. Shimooka

Stolen Desire
Stolen Desire (1958)
GoodWatch score 68

as Osen Yamamura

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958)

as Osumi

The Child Writers
The Child Writers (1958)

as Toki Kawahara

Zoku fûfu hyakkei
Zoku fûfu hyakkei (1958)

as Thief's wife

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

as Okuma

Black River
Black River (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mother

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ozawa-san (uncredited)

Burden of Love
Burden of Love (1955)
GoodWatch score 67

as Congresswoman Natsuko Kamioka

Godzilla
Godzilla (1954)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mrs. Ozawa

Ikiru
Ikiru (1952)
GoodWatch score 91

as Housewife