Ichirō Sugai
Acting Born Jul 24, 1907 Died Aug 11, 1973 Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan 224 credits
Biography
Ichirō Sugai was a male actor known for his work in movies and television shows. He was born in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan, on July 24, 1907. Throughout his career, he accumulated 238 known credits in the entertainment industry. His stage name in Japanese characters is 菅井一郎. Sugai passed away at the age of 66 on August 11, 1973. Information regarding his personal life, awards, or specific titles of his movies and television shows is not provided in the source material.
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Career overview
Ichirō Sugai was a Japanese actor known for his extensive work in film and television. Born in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan, on July 24, 1907, he built a prolific career in the entertainment industry. During his lifetime, he accumulated a substantial body of work, credited with two hundred thirty-eight known credits primarily focused on acting.
Throughout his active years in the profession, Sugai established himself as a recognizable presence on screen, contributing to a wide variety of cinematic and television productions. His career spanned decades, reflecting a steady output of acting performances until the later portion of his life.
Ichirō Sugai passed away on August 11, 1973, at the age of sixty-six. His extensive filmography remains documented through his numerous acting credits, cementing his legacy in Japanese cinema and television history as a dedicated performer.
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Kogarashi Monjiro
The Armed OrganizationThe Gambler's CounterattackTroops of Darkness
Silk Hat BossRise and Fall of ChivalryCode Between Brothers: All New
Heat Wave IslandYakuza LawJapan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the KillersFamily Crest: Loyalty Offering HellFamily Crest: Die Like a Man
Ashita KosoHarbor Light Yokohama魔性の女Outlaw: Black DaggerDuel in the Storm
Showdown of Men 3Journey
Youth A Go Go!Gamera vs. BarugonThe PornographersNight of SorrowDash to the Sun
Gambling KittenThe Man's Crest: I Shall KillThe Radish and the CarrotTokyo In LoveWoman Gambler
The Flower and the SwordMuchana YakkoTiger of the SeaThe Sound of WavesHot Spring Doctress
Blind WolfViolent StreetA Samurai Never Tells a LieBad Reputation: Three Notorious MenTyphoon Reporter
Love in the AirThe BodyBlack Test CarNippon no obaachanThe Man From the Sea
A Lustful ManKillers on ParadeA Good Man, A Good DayLiving by KarateCrimson Pistol
BananaBonchiThe Gun Like LightningBlood Is DryRyuji, the Gun Slinger
Odd ObsessionKiri aru jyojiEnchanted PrincessThe Human CycloneWho is in the Background?
Endless DesireNight DrumThe Stars Know EverythingThe Night is MineTaiyō o buchi otose
Harbor RatsWho's the Real KillerThe Naked Woman and the GunThe Way of YouthFrankie's Aliens
Kingorô no omawari-sanConfessionSatan's TownDrums Love and DreamsJazz on Parade (1956): The Tomboy from the Backstreets
Taira Clan SagaShōnen shikeishūA Girl Who Delivers HappinessThe WolvesBodyguard from Hell
Sansho the BailiffChikamatsu MonogatariCape AshizuriKokoro no nichigetsuTurbid Youth · Director
Before DawnThe LoversReminiscenceA Song of Little MenA Geisha
Beauty and the ThiefToki no teizo: SōshūbanThe Life of OharuSisters of NishijinViolence
Honoo no hadaSaijoke no kyoenEarly SummerThe Tale of GenjiClothes of Deception
Senka o koeteDuel in the SunThe Angry StreetConfessions of a GynecologistWhen We Came Back
Flame of My LoveStray DogMessenger from the MoonA Fool's LoveSad Whistling
MotherA Visage to RememberMy Love on the Other Side of the MountainThe PortraitApostasy
Sabakareru aijōOne Wonderful SundayChikagai nijuyojikanWar and Peace
As Long as I LiveYoki na onnaA Descendant of Urashima TaroEleven High School GirlsLord for a Night
Sanshiro Sugata, Part TwoThe Admirable Isshin Tasuke!Kanchō umi no bara
This Happy LifeThe Most Beautiful
Sanshiro SugataSuicide Troops of the WatchtowerMilitary Song of the Morning MistWorld of LoveSearing Wind
Full Filmography
224 titles- Kogarashi Monjiro (1972) as Yamatoya
- The Armed Organization (1971)
- The Gambler's Counterattack (1971) as Fujioka
- Troops of Darkness (1971)
- Silk Hat Boss (1970)
- Rise and Fall of Chivalry (1970)
- Code Between Brothers: All New (1970)
- Heat Wave Island (1969)
- Yakuza Law (1969)
- Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers (1969)
- Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell (1969) as Kinosuke Aoi
- Family Crest: Die Like a Man (1969) as Kinosuke Aoi
- The Woman Gambler's Tenth Game (1969)
- Ashita Koso (1968) as 良二
- Harbor Light Yokohama (1968)
- 魔性の女 (1968)
- Outlaw: Black Dagger (1968) as Yakuza boss Kanichi Shige
- Duel in the Storm (1968) as Jisuke Sawaiya
- Secret Report From A House Of Women (1968)
- Showdown of Men 3 (1967)
- Journey (1967)
- Youth A Go Go! (1966) as Iwao Muraki
- Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) as Dr. Matsushita
- The Pornographers (1966) as Shun Ogata
- Night of Sorrow (1966) as Machiko's grandfather
- Dash to the Sun (1966)
- Chivalry Broken from All Sides (1966) as Denkichi
- Gambling Kitten (1965) as Detective Kinoshita
- The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill (1965)
- The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
- Tokyo In Love (1965)
- Woman Gambler (1965) as Detective Kinoshita
- Flowering Maidens (1965) as Suganuma
- The Flower and the Sword (1964)
- Muchana Yakko (1964)
- Tiger of the Sea (1964)
- The Sound of Waves (1964) as Jukichi Oyama
- Hot Spring Doctress (1964) as Daisaku Yabuuchi
- Profit from Killing (1964)
- The Long Death (1964)
- The Donkey Comes on a Tank (1964)
- Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa (1964)
- Gun Demon Without Form (1964)
- Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel (1964)
- Blind Wolf (1963)
- Violent Street (1963)
- A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963) as Hikozaemon Okubo
- Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men (1963)
- Typhoon Reporter (1963)
- Futari dake no toride (1963)
- Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki (1963)
- Love in the Air (1962) as Ezaki
- The Body (1962)
- Black Test Car (1962) as Mawatari
- Nippon no obaachan (1962)
- The Man From the Sea (1962)
- Ningen Gari (1962)
- Yôki na tono-sama (1962)
- Naku n janai ze (1962)
- Kono ni uruwashi (1962)
- Princess and I (1962)
- Nuki uchi fūraibō (1962)
- Teppo Yasu no Shogai (1962)
- Umineko ga tonde (1962)
- Aru kankei (1962)
- Secret Love (1962)
- Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa (1962)
- Taiyō no yō ni akaruku (1962)
- Kanbi no ware koso wa ittō shain (1962)
- A Lustful Man (1961)
- Killers on Parade (1961) as Mizuta
- A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)
- Living by Karate (1961) as Tsuyama
- Crimson Pistol (1961)
- Gunman's Alley (1961)
- Banana (1960)
- Bonchi (1960)
- The Gun Like Lightning (1960) as Hitoshi Otsu
- Blood Is Dry (1960)
- Ryuji, the Gun Slinger (1960) as Dr Goro Shizu
- The Rambler on a Pearl Farm (1960)
- Kirai Kirai Kirai (1960)
- Odd Obsession (1959) as Masseur
- Kiri aru jyoji (1959)
- Enchanted Princess (1959) as Doroemon
- The Human Cyclone (1959) as Saido
- Who is in the Background? (1959)
- Mighty Rules (1959)
- Endless Desire (1958) as Kinzo Onoyu
- Night Drum (1958)
- The Stars Know Everything (1958) as Kuratani
- The Night is Mine (1958)
- Taiyō o buchi otose (1958)
- City Boys, City Girls (1958)
- Harbor Rats (1957)
- Who's the Real Killer (1957) as Eikichi
- The Naked Woman and the Gun (1957)
- The Way of Youth (1957)
- Frankie's Aliens (1957)
- Frankie's Aliens (1957) Director
- Kingorô no omawari-san (1956)
- Confession (1956)
- Satan's Town (1956) as Ôba
- Drums Love and Dreams (1956) as Father
- Jazz on Parade (1956): The Tomboy from the Backstreets (1956) as Shonoshin Oyama
- How Sorrowful (1956)
- Darkness at Noon (1956) as Lawyer Yamamoto
- Love is Lost (1956) as Kurimoto
- Victory Is Ours (1956)
- Song of the Underworld (1956) as Okaruhachi
- I'm Not the Criminal (1956) as Kondo
- Evil Reward (1956)
- Tonari no yome (1956)
- Taira Clan Saga (1955) as Carpenter
- Shōnen shikeishū (1955)
- A Girl Who Delivers Happiness (1955)
- The Wolves (1955)
- Bodyguard from Hell (1955)
- Iroha Elegy (1955)
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Minister of Justice
- Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) as Gembei
- Cape Ashizuri (1954)
- Kokoro no nichigetsu (1954)
- Turbid Youth (1954) Director
- Ditch (1954)
- Before Dawn (1953) as Kinbei
- The Lovers (1953) as Teppuu
- Reminiscence (1953)
- A Song of Little Men (1953)
- A Geisha (1953) as Saeki
- The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) as Admiral Koshirô Oikawa
- Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)
- Miniature (1953) as Isogai
- Yokubo (1953)
- 江戸いろは祭 (1953) as 赤羽根多仲
- Mr. Pu (1953)
- Murahachibu (1953)
- Kimi yue ni (1953)
- Made in Japan (1953) as Artist Sakamoto
- Kurohyō (1953)
- Beauty and the Thief (1952) as Mr. Inokuma
- Toki no teizo: Sōshūban (1952)
- The Life of Oharu (1952) as Shinzaemon
- Sisters of Nishijin (1952)
- Violence (1952)
- 三万両五十三次 (1952)
- Kanpai! Tokyo Musume (1952)
- Tange Sazen (1952)
- Honoo no hada (1951)
- Saijoke no kyoen (1951)
- Early Summer (1951) as Shukichi Mamiya
- The Tale of Genji (1951) as Minister of the Left
- Clothes of Deception (1951) as Yamashita
- The White Orchid (1951)
- The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) as Ogasawara
- Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
- The Red Key (1951)
- The Man Without a Nationality (1951) as Sakurai
- The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951) as Numata
- Senka o koete (1950)
- Duel in the Sun (1950) as Mr. Kon
- The Angry Street (1950)
- Confessions of a Gynecologist (1950)
- When We Came Back (1950)
- Asakusa no hada (1950)
- Wife and the Female Reporter: A Crisis of Young Love (1950)
- Flame of My Love (1949) as Kentaro Omoi
- Stray Dog (1949) as Yayoi Hotel owner
- Messenger from the Moon (1949)
- A Fool's Love (1949) as Tagawa
- Sad Whistling (1949) as Osamu Kachigawa
- A Bullet Hole Underground (1949)
- Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume (1949)
- Doburoku no Tatsu (1949)
- My Name Is Mistress (1949)
- Mother (1948)
- A Visage to Remember (1948)
- My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain (1948) as Yoshikawa
- The Portrait (1948) as Nomura
- Apostasy (1948) as Keinosuke Kazama
- Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume (1948)
- Sabakareru aijō (1947)
- One Wonderful Sunday (1947) as Black-marketeer
- Chikagai nijuyojikan (1947)
- War and Peace (1947)
- As Long as I Live (1946)
- Yoki na onna (1946)
- A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)
- Eleven High School Girls (1946)
- Lord for a Night (1946)
- An Enemy of the People (1946)
- Hinoki Butai (1946)
- Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) as Yoshizo Fubiki
- The Admirable Isshin Tasuke! (1945)
- Kanchō umi no bara (1945)
- This Happy Life (1944)
- The Most Beautiful (1944) as Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section
- Sanshiro Sugata (1943) as Police Chief Mishima
- Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943) as Ryu
- Military Song of the Morning Mist (1943) as Gonjûrô Suehiro
- World of Love (1943) as Schoolmaster of Yotsutsuji Kyûgo-in
- Searing Wind (1943) as Grandfather Yoshino
- The Opium War (1943)
- Mother Never Dies (1942)
- Onna keizu (1942)
- Bouquet of the South Seas (1942) as Nagabayashi, former chief
- A World of Two (1940)
- Spring on Leper's Island (1940)
- A Brother and His Younger Sister (1939) as Kiyosi Arakava
- Haha ni sasaguru uta (1939)
- The Straits of Love and Hate (1937) as Sanjuro Mori
- Tsuki yori no shisha (1934) as Totsuka
- The Foghorn (1934) as Cooper
- Karisome no kuchibeni (1934) as Kono
- The Water Magician (1933) as Gozô Iwabuchi
- The Feast of Gion (1933) as Jinbee
- The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia (1932) as Charlie Cho
- Jean Valjean: Part One (1931)
- And Yet They Go On (1931)
- Jean Valjean: Part Two (1931)
- Mistress of a Foreigner (1930) as Denkichi
- Return to Heaven (1930)
- The King of Rowing (1927)
- Fighting Horizon as Ban Araki
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Ichirō Sugai best known for?
Ichirō Sugai is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Yakuza Law (1969), Gamera vs. Barugon (1966), The Pornographers (1966), A Lustful Man (1961).
When and where was Ichirō Sugai born?
Ichirō Sugai was born on July 24, 1907 in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan. They passed away on August 11, 1973.
How many credits does Ichirō Sugai have?
Ichirō Sugai has accumulated over 224 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1927 to 1972.
What is Ichirō Sugai's background in cinema and television?
Ichirō Sugai was a male actor known for his work in movies and television shows. He was born in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan, on July 24, 1907. Throughout his career, he accumulated 238 known credits in the entertainment industry. His stage name in Japanese characters is 菅井一郎. Sugai passed away at the age of 66 on Au...
Ichirō Sugai by the numbers
224credits
222films
2TV series
1927–1972active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Minister of Justice — aged about 46
- Early Summer (1951) as Shukichi Mamiya — aged about 43
- Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) as Gembei — aged about 46
- The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) as Admiral Koshirô Oikawa — aged about 45
- Miniature (1953) as Isogai — aged about 45
- The Life of Oharu (1952) as Shinzaemon — aged about 44
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