Acting
Bunta Sugawara
- Titles
- 102movies10TV shows
- Career
Active from 1959 to 2007, busiest in 1960 and 1970 with 7 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 66top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Japan Organized Crime Boss74/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime7.6average 3.7
- Historical6.3average 2.6
- Violence7.9average 4.3
- Politics5.8average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism6.3average 3.3
- Adrenaline6.8average 5.1
- Nostalgia5.1average 3.6
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.2
- Wholesome1.8, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Romance2.6, average 3.8
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Gang Warfare 15
- Political Intrigue 14
- Social Commentary 10
- Japanese Cinema 10
- Character-Driven 7
- Gritty Realism 6
- Historical Setting 6
- Brotherhood & Betrayal 6
- Yakuza 5
- Crime Drama 5
- Revenge 4
- Historical Drama 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kinji FukasakuWriterBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Japan Organized Crime Boss, Gate of Youth, +10 more
Tomisaburō WakayamaActorWicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder, Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1, Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation, Flames of Blood, +8 more
Kunie TanakaActorBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1, +6 more- SShintarō MiyamotoEditorBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, A Lively Geisha, +6 more
Kōji TakadaWriterJapanese Godfather: Ambition, Japan's Don, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss, The Tattooed Hitman, +6 more
Hiroki MatsukataActorSanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Japanese Godfather: Ambition, Japan's Don, New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji, +5 more
Kazuo KasaharaWriterBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga, +5 more- KKozo HoriikeEditorBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Japan's Don, Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro, Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation, Cops vs. Thugs, +5 more
Sadao NakajimaDirectorJapanese Godfather: Ambition, Japan's Don, Postwar Secrets, Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro, Memoir of Japanese Assassinations, +4 more- TToshiaki TsushimaComposerBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics, Street Mobster, +4 more
Shingo YamashiroActorBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga, +3 more
Koji TsurutaActorThe Lion Era, Japan Organized Crime Boss, Japan's Don, 警視庁殺人課, Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
112Upcoming
1 title
警視庁殺人課
TV show
2010s
2 titles · average score 81
81
Wolf Children (2012)
as Nirasaki (voice)
2000s
11 titles · average score 66
59
The Battery (2007)
as Yozo Ioka
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (2007)
TV show · as Syouzaburou Ooki
64
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
as Haitaka (voice)
63
The Great Yokai War (2005)
as Shuntarō Ino
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji (2005)
as Tokugawa Leyasu
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter (2005)
as Tokugawa Leyasu
My Grandpa (2003)
as Godai Kenzo
Ryoukan-san (2003)
as Ryoukan
Toshiie and Matsu (2002)
TV show · as Toshimasa Maeda
85
Spirited Away (2001)
as Kamaji (voice)
59
Dora-heita (2000)
as Nadahachi on the Great River
1990s
7 titles · average score 57
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998)
TV show · as Saisho Tokugawa
Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most (1998)
TV show · as Gensai
85
Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)
TV show
Distant Justice (1992)
as Rio Yuki
29
Tekken (1990)
as Seiji Nakamoto
Battleship Yamato (1990)
as Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki
1980s
14 titles
Yawara! (1989)
as Kumajiro inokuma
Crane (1988)
as Rich man
Actress (1987)
as Kenji Mizoguchi
The Lady in a Black Dress (1987)
as Shoji Katsuaki
Musashibo Benkei (1986)
TV show · as Tomo
The Burmese Harp (1985)
as Platoon Commander
Domineering (1982)
as Koji Kawakami
Gate of Youth (1981)
as Shigezo Ibuki
Flames of Blood (1981)
as Senkichi
The Lion Era (1980)
TV show
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
as Shozo Hirono
1970s
45 titles · average score 69
74
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
as Inspector Yamashita
67
Boxer (1977)
as Hayato
65
Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
as Detective Kuno
71
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
as Shozo Hirono
72
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
as Shozo Hirono
62
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)
as Miyoshi Makio
73
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
as Shozo Hirono
71
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
as Shozo Hirono
70
Street Mobster (1972)
as Isamu Okita
1960s
29 titles · average score 70
74
Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)
as Kazama
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
as Heigo Asahi
Wicked Priest (1968)
as Ryotatsu
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)
as Ryutatsu
Rogue (1968)
as Ichiro Yamakawa
67
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)
as Shiraishi
70
The Shape of Night (1964)
as Tamura
70
A Legend, or Was It? (1963)
as Goichi Takamori
Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu (1960)
as Lieutenant Matsumoto
Brutal Woman (1960)
as Hiroshi Taniguchi
Female Detective (1960)
as Sugiyama
Female Thief and the Bomb (1960)
as Nobuo Asakura
1950s
3 titles
The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin (1959)
as Masayuki Abe
Haunted Cave (1959)
as Detective Nonomiya
Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu (1956)
as Nakagawa, a student