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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🎬 Movies
Thugs of Shinjuku
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1970
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
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1970
The Last Kamikaze
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1970
Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering
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1970
A Lively Geisha
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1970
Postwar Secrets
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1970
The Japan Derby Race
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1970
Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel
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1970
Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty
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1970
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
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1970
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
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1970
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
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1970
Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
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1970
Kanto Street Peddlers
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1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
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1969
Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight
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1969
Team of Ruffians
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1969
The Private Police
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1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss
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1969
Yakuza Law
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1969
Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage
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1969
A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw
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1969
Brothers Serving Time
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1969
Yakuza on Foot
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1969
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
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1969
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
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1969
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
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1968
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
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1968
Wicked Priest
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1968
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
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1968
The Marked Man
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1968
Scoundrel
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1968
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
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1967
Rebellion of Japan
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1967
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
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1966
The Kii River
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1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
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1966
Blood and Law
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1965
Samurai from Somewhere
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1964
The Shape of Night
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1964
The Scent of Incense
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1964
For Love and Money
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1963
A Legend or Was It?
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1963
Marriage of the Sky and the Sea
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1962
Student Executive
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1961
Love New and Old
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1961
Invitation to the Enchanted Town
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1961
Five Violent Girls
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1960