Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 feature films. Dropping out of Waseda University, he worked as a model before entering the film industry in 1956. After years of work, Sugawara finally established himself as a famous actor at the age of 39, with the lead role of Shozo Hirono in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series (1973–1976) of yakuza films. He quickly found additional success starring as the truck driver Momojiro Hoshi in the comedic Torakku Yarō series (1975–1979). In 1980, Sugawara won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a detective in the satirical Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1979).
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Run Truck Rascal, Run!
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1979
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
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1979
The Man Who Stole the Sun
actor
1979
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
actor
1979
Down with The Big Boss
actor
1979
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
actor
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
actor
1978
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
actor
1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
actor
1978
Shag
actor
1978
I Am A Man of Honor
actor
1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
actor
1977
Boxer
actor
1977
Truckster of Guts
actor
1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice
actor
1977
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
actor
1977
Japan's Don
actor
1977
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
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1976
The Three Ginza Rascals
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1976
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
actor
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
actor
1976
The Machine Gun Dragon
actor
1976
The Wild Trucker
actor
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
actor
1975
The International Gang of Kobe
actor
1975
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
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1975
Cops vs. Thugs
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1975
Great Jailbreak
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1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
actor
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
actor
1974
Violent Fraternity
actor
1974
Code of Wolves
actor
1974
Father of the Kamikaze
actor
1974
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
actor
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
actor
1974
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
actor
1974
The Tattooed Hitman
actor
1974
Violent Streets
actor
1974
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
actor
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
actor
1974
Yokosuka Navy Prison
actor
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
actor
1973
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
actor
1973
Japan's Top Gangster
actor
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
actor
1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
actor
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
actor
1973
The Red Silk Gambler
actor
1972