Shun Sugata
February 17, 1955 (70 years old) in Yamanashi, Japan
Character actor Shun Sugata (菅田 俊 Sugata Shun) was born on February 17, 1955 in Yamanashi, Japan as Masamichi Shibuya. Often cast in violent, villainous roles he can be instantly recognized by his deep, gruff voice and imposing stature. His most notable roles include the intimidating mob enforcer Takayama in Takeshi Miike's Ichi the Killer and the corrupt police commissioner in Tokyo Gore Police. He has also had minor roles outside Japanese cinema in Quention Tarantino's Kill Bill and The Last Samurai as well as playing the main villain opposing Scott Adkins in Ninja 2.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Like a Dragon — Powered by Nihon Touitsu as Shintaro Kazama
- 2025 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10 as
- 2025 · Unification of Japan 68 as
- 2025 · Unification of Japan 67 as
- 2025 · Happy Kanako's Killer Life as
- 2025 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 8 as
- 2025 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7 as
- 2024 · Unification of Japan 65 as
- 2024 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 5 as
- 2024 · Unification of Japan 62 as
- 2024 · Unification of Japan 61 as
- 2024 · The Parades as Nakata
- 2023 · ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止 as
- 2022 · The Setting Sun as
- 2022 · Tokyo Vice as Hitoshi Ishida
- 2022 · Just Remembering as Bar Customer
- 2021 · Nebagiba New World as
- 2021 · Tomorrow's Dining Table as Tsuneo Fujisaki
- 2021 · The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as
- 2021 · A Family as Makoto Takeda
- 2021 · Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors as
- 2018 · Unification of Japan 30 as
- 2018 · The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine as Maruman, Police Chief
- 2018 · Butterfly Sleep as Ryuji Ayamine
- 2018 · The Outsider as Prison Warden
- 2017 · ZVP as Zatoichi
- 2017 · Vigilante as Takeo Shindo
- 2017 · Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 5 as
- 2017 · Unification Of Japan 23 as
- 2017 · Strong Man Chapter 3 as
- 2017 · Unification Of Japan 22 as
- 2017 · Tatara Samurai as Sakichi
- 2017 · Blade of the Immortal as
- 2017 · Unification Of Japan 21 as
- 2017 · Unification Of Japan 20 as
- 2017 · Zero: Dragon Blood as Harukawa
- 2016 · Silence as Samurai Commander
- 2016 · Unification Of Japan 19 as
- 2016 · Unification Of Japan 18 as
- 2016 · Yuriko's Picture Book as
- 2016 · 64: Part 2 as Urushibara
- 2016 · CONFLICT: Outbreak as Otani
- 2016 · 64: Part 1 as Urushibara
- 2016 · Fuller House as The Dragon
- 2016 · Strong Man Chapter 2 as
- 2016 · Strong Man as
- 2016 · Utenai Keikan as
- 2015 · Gonin Saga as Yuzuru Matsuura
- 2015 · Chasuke's Journey as
- 2014 · 25 as
- 2014 · Great Selection Taxi as Hayami
- 2014 · Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai as Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX / Ambassador Darkness (voice)
- 2013 · Ninja: Shadow of a Tear as Goro
- 2013 · Tokyo Bitch, I Love You as
- 2012 · Beyond Outrage as Okamoto
- 2012 · Dirty Hearts as Sasaki
- 2011 · Cut as Masaki
- 2011 · Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days as Officer Urakawa
- 2011 · Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Boss Benta
- 2010 · Strangers in the City as Yukio Ohmori
- 2010 · Heaven's Story as Suzuki
- 2010 · Bunraku as Uncle
- 2009 · Tochka as
- 2009 · The Unbroken as Tatsuro Shikata
- 2009 · Wangan Midnight: The Movie as
- 2009 · Daydream as
- 2009 · Kanikôsen as
- 2009 · Zen as
- 2008 · The Soup of Heaven as
- 2008 · Tokyo Gore Police as Tokyo Police Commissioner
- 2008 · Inju: The Beast in the Shadow as Inspecteur Fuji
- 2008 · Chameleon as
- 2008 · Johnen: Love of Sada as Otoku
- 2008 · Dark Love: Rape as
- 2008 · Tear Jar as Shugo
- 2008 · Engine Sentai Go-Onger as Gang Father
- 2008 · Be a Man!! Samurai School as Onihige
- 2008 · Nekonade as Ishiguro
- 2007 · Glory to the Filmmaker! as Hisamatsu
- 2007 · Zero Woman R as
- 2007 · Public Security Police Investigator as
- 2007 · Dororo as Hibukuro
- 2007 · Invisible War as Mayor of Maisaka
- 2006 · MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui as
- 2006 · Prisoner No. 07: Reina as
- 2006 · MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi as
- 2006 · 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2 as
- 2006 · 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3 as
- 2006 · Confessions of a Dog as Hassei Takeda
- 2006 · MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon as
- 2005 · Dead Run as Shuji's Father
- 2005 · Aishiteyo as
- 2005 · Under the Same Moon as Joji Sugyama
- 2005 · IKUSA as
- 2005 · Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire as
- 2004 · Ghost Shout as
- 2004 · [Is A.] as
- 2004 · 陰陽少女 as
- 2004 · Izo as Monk Soldier
- 2004 · Fire and Ice as
- 2004 · Marebito as MIB
- 2004 · 極道甲子園 as
- 2004 · Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Boss Benta
- 2003 · The Last Samurai as Nakao
- 2003 · Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Boss Benta
- 2003 · Alive as Matsuda
- 2002 · Madness in Bloom as
- 2002 · Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere as Takara Shuhei
- 2002 · Graveyard of Honor as Toshi Nishizaki
- 2002 · No Problem 2 as Kazuo Ota
- 2002 · Stray Dog as
- 2001 · Ichi the Killer as Takayama
- 2001 · Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 as
- 2001 · Pulse as Boss
- 2000 · Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy as
- 2000 · Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2 as
- 2000 · Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War as
- 2000 · Tomie: Replay as Kenzô Morita
- 2000 · Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion as
- 1999 · Taboo as
- 1999 · The Woman of S.R.I. as
- 1999 · Wild Criminal as Tadokoro
- 1999 · Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage as
- 1999 · Ley Lines as Detective
- 1999 · Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight as
- 1999 · Danger de mort as
- 1999 · License to Live as Shinichiro Yoshii
- 1998 · Eyes of the Spider as Hinuma
- 1998 · Blood as
- 1998 · The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3 as
- 1998 · The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1 as
- 1998 · The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2 as
- 1997 · Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes! as
- 1996 · I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE as
- 1996 · A Weapon in My Heart as Hoshi
- 1996 · Shabu as
- 1995 · Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist as
- 1995 · Juukou B-Fighter as Ryuzaburou Tatewaki / Bill Goldy
- 1995 · Toryu-den as
- 1994 · Nobody as
- 1994 · Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 as
- 1993 · Kekko Kamen 3 as Kaoru Mayuzumi
- 1993 · Bastard LAST DOWN TEN as
- 1991 · Summer of the Lion Kings as
- 1991 · Blowback: Love & Death as Ratts
- 1990 · Balloon as
- 1988 · Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering as Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX (archival)
- 1987 · The Lady in a Black Dress as
- 1984 · Fireflies in the North as
- 1984 · A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble! as Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX
- 1980 · Denshi Sentai Denziman as Akimoto
- Future · Geisha War as Wang
- 2026 · Kaneko Fumiko as
- 2026 · Like a Dragon — Powered by Nihon Touitsu as Shintaro Kazama
- 2025 · Silent Night as Keizo Kuno
- 2025 · Unification of Japan 71 as
- 2025 · Akashi as Tadashi
- 2025 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 13 as
- 2025 · Unification of Japan 70 as
- 2025 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11 as
- 2025 · Unification of Japan 69 as
- 2025 · Fake Out as Goto
- 2025 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 9 as
- 2025 · Welcome Back as
- 2024 · Unification of Japan Gaiden: Kawatani Family — Jiro the Outlaw Assassin as
- 2024 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6 as
- 2024 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 4 as
- 2024 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 3 as
- 2024 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 2 as
- 2024 · CONNECT: Road to Conquest 1 as
- 2023 · Unification of Japan 59 as
- 2023 · Fearless as
- 2023 · Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi as Ryo Murasame
- 2021 · Black Crow 0 as
- 2021 · Black Crow 3 as Kanai
- 2021 · Unification of Japan 44 as
- 2021 · Unification of Japan 43 as
- 2020 · Unification of Japan 41 as
- 2020 · Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk as
- 2020 · Gandaba: Strings of a Broken Harp as
- 2019 · Unification of Japan 35 as
- 2019 · Unification of Japan 34 as
- 2019 · Unification of Japan 33 as
- 2019 · Black Crow 2 as Kanai
- 2019 · Black Crow 1 as Kanai
- 2019 · Unification of Japan 32 as
- 2019 · Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don as
- 2018 · Unification of Japan 31 as
- 2018 · YOKOHAMA BLACK 6 as
- 2018 · Scars and Codes 2 as
- 2018 · Unification of Japan 29 as
- 2018 · Chivalry's Lament 3 as
- 2018 · Chivalry's Lament 2 as
- 2018 · Unification of Japan 28 as
- 2018 · Unification of Japan 27 as
- 2018 · Chivalry's Lament as
- 2018 · Unification Of Japan 26 as
- 2018 · YOKOHAMA BLACK 5 as
- 2017 · Unification Of Japan 25 as
- 2017 · Unification Of Japan 24 as
- 2017 · The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War as
- 2017 · Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4 as
- 2017 · Unification of Japan: Compilation III — Invasion Strategy as
- 2017 · Yakuza: Domination of the Realm as
- 2016 · Men of the Underworld: Final Chapter as
- 2016 · CONFLICT II: Conclusion as Otani
- 2016 · Men of the Underworld: Chapter 5 as
- 2016 · I Am a Weapon as
- 2016 · Men of the Underworld: Chapter 4 as
- 2016 · Men of the Underworld: Chapter 3 as
- 2015 · Bad Moon Rising as Keiji
- 2015 · Men of the Underworld: Chapter 2 as
- 2015 · Don's Road Final as
- 2015 · Don's Road 14 as
- 2015 · Men of the Underworld as
- 2014 · Don's Road 13 as
- 2014 · Don's Road 12 as
- 2014 · Family Bonds as
- 2012 · Playback as
- 2012 · Helpless and Reckless as Aoki
- 2011 · Making of Confessions of a Dog as Self
- 2010 · Awaremi Mumashika as
- 2010 · 300 Million as
- 2010 · Running on Empty as
- 2008 · Showa Gamblers Gaiden as
- 2008 · Sisterhood as
- 2008 · Domination Final Chapter as
- 2008 · Domination as
- 2008 · Jingi 50: Final Chapter as
- 2008 · Jingi 49: The Final Yakuza War as
- 2007 · The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza as Patriarch T.
- 2007 · MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent as
- 2006 · Yakuza Don as
- 2006 · MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi as
- 2006 · MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi as
- 2006 · 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1 as
- 2006 · MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi as
- 2005 · Onmyō Girl: One as
- 2005 · Fire and Ice 2 as
- 2005 · Young Wife Detective Wild Honey as
- 2004 · Murder Net as Cameo
- 2004 · Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama as
- 2004 · HEAT -Incandescence- PART II as Fujimaki
- 2004 · Damned Files 8 as
- 2002 · 修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団 as
- 2002 · Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Scream as
- 2002 · Don Woman 3 as
- 2001 · ワニ女の逆襲 as
- 2001 · Don Woman 2 as
- 2001 · Ah, A Sharp Detective 2 as
- 2001 · Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Dance as
- 2001 · Otoko Michi 6 The End as
- 2001 · Ah, A Sharp Detective as
- 2001 · Jingi: Prologue as Onimaru
- 2001 · Yakuza Zombie as
- 2001 · Don Woman as
- 2001 · Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street as
- 2000 · Otoko Michi 4 as
- 2000 · Otoko Michi 3 as
- 2000 · Otoko Michi 2 as
- 2000 · 雀狼伝 必殺!!亜空間殺法 as
- 2000 · Otoko Michi as
- 2000 · Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest as
- 1999 · Chaka 2 as
- 1999 · Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward as
- 1999 · Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3 as
- 1999 · Conquest as
- 1999 · Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha as
- 1998 · Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks! as
- 1998 · Chaka: The Lonely Hitman as
- 1998 · My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness as
- 1998 · Shura ga Yuku 8 as
- 1998 · The Informer as
- 1998 · My Sky (Detective Edition) as
- 1998 · Be-Bop High School 2-2 as
- 1998 · The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4 as
- 1998 · The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5 as
- 1997 · The Way to Fight 3 as
- 1997 · New Dochinpira as
- 1997 · Ayamariya Business as
- 1997 · The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears as Toshi Yoshioka
- 1997 · Kawaki no machi as
- 1997 · Shin Shizukanaru Don as
- 1996 · Organ as Nakanishi
- 1996 · Be-Bop High School 3 as
- 1996 · Heat After Dark as
- 1995 · Attack! Yan Mama Gang as
- 1995 · Kirikomi as
- 1995 · Jingi 6: Full Overkill War as
- 1995 · Toryu-den 2 as
- 1994 · The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark as
- 1994 · Dochinpira 8 as
- 1993 · Eleven Without Honor or Humanity as
- 1993 · Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters as
- 1993 · New Book of the Waru 2: Challenge as
- 1992 · 事件屋稼業 as
- 1991 · Dance till Tomorrow as
- 1990 · Blowback: Midnight Gangsters as
- 1989 · Water Moon as
- 1988 · The Monster Bus as
- 1987 · Abunai Deka as Hyodoh
- 1982 · Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute as