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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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
actor
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
actor
1975
Great Jailbreak
actor
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
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
actor
1972
Yakuza Skirmishes
actor
1972
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
actor
1972
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
actor
1972
A Yakuza Has His Way
actor
1972
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
actor
1972
Street Mobster
actor
1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
actor
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
actor
1972
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
actor
1972
Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor
actor
1971
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
actor
1971
Evil Boss vs. Henchmen
actor
1971
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
actor
1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
actor
1971
The Viper Brothers
actor
1971
A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code
actor
1971
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
actor
1971
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
actor
1971