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Shun Sugata

Acting Born Feb 17, 1955 Yamanashi, Japan 310 credits

Biography

Shun Sugata is a Japanese character actor born on February 17, 1955, in Yamanashi, Japan. His birth name is Masamichi Shibuya. Sugata is often cast in violent, villainous roles and is recognizable by his deep, gruff voice and imposing stature. He has appeared in notable Japanese films such as Ichi the Killer and Tokyo Gore Police. Sugata has also had minor roles in international productions including Kill Bill and The Last Samurai. He has played the main villain in Ninja 2, starring opposite Scott Adkins. Sugata has a significant body of work, with 311 known credits, primarily in acting.

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Career

Career overview

Shun Sugata is a character actor known for his deep, gruff voice and imposing stature. Born on February 17, 1955, in Yamanashi, Japan, as Masamichi Shibuya, he has had a career in acting that spans multiple films and genres.

Sugata has been often cast in violent, villainous roles, which have become a hallmark of his acting style. He has appeared in notable films such as Ichi the Killer, where he played the intimidating mob enforcer Takayama, and Tokyo Gore Police, where he portrayed a corrupt police commissioner. His versatility as an actor has also led to minor roles in international productions, including Quention Tarantino's Kill Bill and The Last Samurai.

In addition to his work in Japanese cinema, Sugata has also appeared in other notable films, such as Ninja 2, where he played the main villain opposing Scott Adkins. Throughout his career, Sugata has accumulated a significant number of credits, with over 300 known credits to his name. His imposing presence and distinctive voice have made him a recognizable figure in the film industry, with a reputation for bringing depth and complexity to his characters.

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Known for

Tokyo Vice

as Hitoshi Ishida
Film

The Outsider

as Prison Warden
Film

Blade of the Immortal

2017
Film

Men and Women

as The Dragon
Film

Silence

as Samurai Commander
Film

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

as Goro
Film

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

as Boss Benta
Film

Bunraku

as Uncle

Engine Sentai Go-Onger

as Gang Father
Film

Tokyo Gore Police

as Tokyo Police Commissioner

Powerpuff Girls Z

as Inspecteur Fuji
Film

Zero Woman R

2007

Frequent co-stars

Kenji Ohba 2 shared titles
Yoshiyuki Morishita 2 shared titles
Jun Kunimura 2 shared titles
Ken Watanabe 2 shared titles
Koyuki 2 shared titles
Eita Okuno 2 shared titles
Tadanobu Asano 2 shared titles
Nao Omori 2 shared titles
Uma Thurman 1 shared title
David Carradine 1 shared title

Career timeline

Yakuza Powered by Nihon TouitsuA Weapon in My HeartKaneko Fumiko
Happy Kanako's Killer LifeSilent NightCONNECT: Road to Conquest 10CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7
Unification of Japan 62Unification of Japan 61The ParadesCONNECT: Road to Conquest 4CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6
FearlessUnification of Japan 59Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobiヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
Tokyo ViceJust RememberingThe Setting Sun
A FamilyThe Supporting Actors in ByplaywoodTomorrow's Dining TableUnification of Japan 43Nebagiba New World
Gandaba: Strings of a Broken HarpUnification of Japan 41Unification of Japan 39Unification of Japan 42Unification of Japan 40
Unification of Japan 35Unification of Japan 32Unification of Japan 33Unification of Japan 34Black Crow 1
The OutsiderUnification of Japan 29Unification of Japan 31Unification of Japan 30Unification of Japan 28
Blade of the ImmortalZero: Dragon BloodTatara SamuraiUnification Of Japan 20Unification Of Japan 25
Fuller HouseSilence64: Part 164: Part 2Yuriko's Picture Book
Gonin SagaChasuke's JourneyBad Moon RisingMen of the Underworld: Chapter 2Men of the Underworld
Great Selection TaxiHeisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai25Don's Road 12Family Bonds
Ninja: Shadow of a TearTokyo Bitch, I Love You
Beyond OutrageDirty HeartsHelpless and RecklessPlayback
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairAbe Sada: The Last Seven DaysMaking of Confessions of a DogCut
Awaremi MumashikaBunrakuHeaven's StoryStrangers in the CityRunning on Empty
Ninjutsu Chronicles: NINJA STARFISTThe UnbrokenWangan Midnight: The MovieKanikôsen
Engine Sentai Go-OngerTokyo Gore PoliceJohnen: Love of SadaNekonadeJingi 50: Final Chapter
Zero Woman RDororoGlory to the Filmmaker!The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the YakuzaInvisible War
Confessions of a DogPrisoner No. 07: Reina「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1
Yakuza Ladies: Burning DesireDead RunUnder the Same MoonOnmyō Girl: OneFire and Ice 2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2[Is A.]Ghost ShoutHAYATE: Basement FightIzo
Kill Bill: Vol. 1The Last SamuraiAlive
Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from NowhereMadness in BloomGraveyard of HonorStray DogNo Problem 2
Ichi the KillerPulseShibuya Midnight War Dark StreetJingi: PrologueYakuza Zombie
Tomie: ReplayNaniwa’s Mahjong ShowdownOtoko Michi 2Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The ExplosionDogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
The Woman of S.R.I.Danger de mortTabooChaka 2Ley Lines
Chaka: The Lonely HitmanBloodShura ga Yuku 8Eyes of the SpiderHeisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!The Shonan Martial Arts High School Chronicles 2: The Birth of the New Leader　The Revenge: A Scar That Never DisappearsThe Way to Fight 3New Dochinpira

Full filmography

  • Yakuza Powered by Nihon Touitsu (2026) as Shintaro Kazama
  • A Weapon in My Heart (2026) as Hoshi
  • Kaneko Fumiko (2026)
  • Happy Kanako's Killer Life (2025)
  • Silent Night (2025) as Keizo Kuno
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10 (2025)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11 (2025)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7 (2025)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 9 (2025)
  • Akashi (2025) as Tadashi
  • Welcome Back (2025)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 8 (2025)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 13 (2025)
  • Fake Out (2025) as Goto
  • Unification of Japan 69 (2025)
  • Unification of Japan 71 (2025)
  • Unification of Japan 67 (2025)
  • Unification of Japan 70 (2025)
  • Unification of Japan 68 (2025)
  • Unification of Japan 62 (2024)
  • Unification of Japan 61 (2024)
  • The Parades (2024) as Nakata
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 4 (2024)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6 (2024)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 3 (2024)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 2 (2024)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 5 (2024)
  • CONNECT: Road to Conquest 1 (2024)
  • Unification of Japan Gaiden: Kawatani Family — Jiro the Outlaw Assassin (2024)
  • Unification of Japan 65 (2024)
  • Fearless (2023)
  • Unification of Japan 59 (2023)
  • Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi (2023) as Ryo Murasame
  • ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止 (2023)
  • Tokyo Vice (2022) as Hitoshi Ishida
  • Just Remembering (2022) as Bar Customer
  • The Setting Sun (2022)
  • A Family (2021) as Makoto Takeda
  • The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)
  • Tomorrow's Dining Table (2021) as Tsuneo Fujisaki
  • Unification of Japan 43 (2021)
  • Nebagiba New World (2021)
  • Unification of Japan 44 (2021)
  • Black Crow 3 (2021) as Kanai
  • Black Crow 0 (2021)
  • Gandaba: Strings of a Broken Harp (2020)
  • Unification of Japan 41 (2020)
  • Unification of Japan 39 (2020)
  • Unification of Japan 42 (2020)
  • Unification of Japan 40 (2020)
  • Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk (2020)
  • Unification of Japan 35 (2019)
  • Unification of Japan 32 (2019)
  • Unification of Japan 33 (2019)
  • Unification of Japan 34 (2019)
  • Black Crow 1 (2019) as Kanai
  • Black Crow 2 (2019) as Kanai
  • Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don (2019)
  • The Outsider (2018) as Prison Warden
  • Unification of Japan 29 (2018)
  • Unification of Japan 31 (2018)
  • Unification of Japan 30 (2018)
  • Unification of Japan 28 (2018)
  • The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018) as Maruman, Police Chief
  • Scars and Codes 2 (2018)
  • Unification Of Japan 26 (2018)
  • Butterfly Sleep (2018) as Ryuji Ayamine
  • YOKOHAMA BLACK 5 (2018)
  • Chivalry's Lament (2018)
  • Chivalry's Lament 2 (2018)
  • Chivalry's Lament 3 (2018)
  • Unification of Japan 27 (2018)
  • YOKOHAMA BLACK 6 (2018)
  • Blade of the Immortal (2017)
  • Zero: Dragon Blood (2017) as Harukawa
  • Tatara Samurai (2017) as Sakichi
  • Unification Of Japan 20 (2017)
  • Unification Of Japan 25 (2017)
  • Unification Of Japan 24 (2017)
  • Unification Of Japan 23 (2017)
  • Unification Of Japan 22 (2017)
  • Unification Of Japan 21 (2017)
  • Vigilante (2017) as Takeo Shindo
  • The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War (2017)
  • Strong Man Chapter 3 (2017)
  • Unification of Japan: Compilation III — Invasion Strategy (2017)
  • Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4 (2017)
  • Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 5 (2017)
  • Yakuza: Domination of the Realm (2017)
  • Fuller House (2016) as The Dragon
  • Silence (2016) as Samurai Commander
  • 64: Part 1 (2016) as Urushibara
  • 64: Part 2 (2016) as Urushibara
  • Yuriko's Picture Book (2016)
  • CONFLICT: Outbreak (2016) as Otani
  • CONFLICT II: Conclusion (2016) as Otani
  • Unification Of Japan 19 (2016)
  • Utenai Keikan (2016)
  • Unification Of Japan 18 (2016)
  • Men of the Underworld: Chapter 4 (2016)
  • Strong Man (2016)
  • Men of the Underworld: Final Chapter (2016)
  • I Am a Weapon (2016)
  • Men of the Underworld: Chapter 3 (2016)
  • Strong Man Chapter 2 (2016)
  • Men of the Underworld: Chapter 5 (2016)
  • Gonin Saga (2015) as Yuzuru Matsuura
  • Chasuke's Journey (2015)
  • Bad Moon Rising (2015) as Keiji
  • Men of the Underworld: Chapter 2 (2015)
  • Men of the Underworld (2015)
  • Don's Road Final (2015)
  • Don's Road 14 (2015)
  • Great Selection Taxi (2014) as Hayami
  • Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai (2014) as Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX / Ambassador Darkness (voice)
  • 25 (2014)
  • Don's Road 12 (2014)
  • Family Bonds (2014)
  • Don's Road 13 (2014)
  • Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013) as Goro
  • Tokyo Bitch, I Love You (2013)
  • Beyond Outrage (2012) as Okamoto
  • Dirty Hearts (2012) as Sasaki
  • Helpless and Reckless (2012) as Aoki
  • Playback (2012)
  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) as Boss Benta
  • Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days (2011) as Officer Urakawa
  • Making of Confessions of a Dog (2011) as Self
  • Cut (2011) as Masaki
  • Awaremi Mumashika (2010)
  • Bunraku (2010) as Uncle
  • Heaven's Story (2010) as Suzuki
  • Strangers in the City (2010) as Yukio Ohmori
  • Running on Empty (2010)
  • 300 Million (2010)
  • Ninjutsu Chronicles: NINJA STAR (2009)
  • FIST (2009)
  • The Unbroken (2009) as Tatsuro Shikata
  • Wangan Midnight: The Movie (2009)
  • Kanikôsen (2009)
  • Zen (2009)
  • Tochka (2009)
  • Daydream (2009) as Tsuyuki
  • Engine Sentai Go-Onger (2008) as Gang Father
  • Tokyo Gore Police (2008) as Tokyo Police Commissioner
  • Johnen: Love of Sada (2008) as Otoku
  • Nekonade (2008) as Ishiguro
  • Jingi 50: Final Chapter (2008)
  • Tear Jar (2008) as Shugo
  • Jingi 49: The Final Yakuza War (2008)
  • Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008) as Inspecteur Fuji
  • Chameleon (2008)
  • Sisterhood (2008)
  • Be a Man!! Samurai School (2008) as Onihige
  • Dark Love: Rape (2008)
  • The Soup of Heaven (2008)
  • Showa Gamblers Gaiden (2008)
  • Domination (2008)
  • Domination Final Chapter (2008)
  • Zero Woman R (2007)
  • Dororo (2007) as Hibukuro
  • Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007) as Hisamatsu
  • The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza (2007) as Patriarch T.
  • Invisible War (2007) as Mayor of Maisaka
  • MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent (2007)
  • Public Security Police Investigator (2007)
  • Confessions of a Dog (2006) as Hassei Takeda
  • Prisoner No. 07: Reina (2006)
  • 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2 (2006)
  • 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3 (2006)
  • 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1 (2006)
  • Yakuza Don (2006)
  • MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi (2006)
  • MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi (2006)
  • MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon (2006)
  • MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi (2006)
  • MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi (2006)
  • MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui (2006)
  • Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire (2005)
  • Dead Run (2005) as Shuji's Father
  • Under the Same Moon (2005) as Joji Sugyama
  • Onmyō Girl: One (2005)
  • Fire and Ice 2 (2005)
  • Aishiteyo (2005)
  • IKUSA (2005)
  • Young Wife Detective Wild Honey (2005)
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) as Boss Benta
  • [Is A.] (2004)
  • Ghost Shout (2004)
  • HAYATE: Basement Fight (2004)
  • Izo (2004) as Monk Soldier
  • Marebito (2004) as MIB
  • 陰陽少女 (2004)
  • HEAT -Incandescence- PART II (2004) as Fujimaki
  • Yakuza Kōshien (2004)
  • Fire and Ice (2004)
  • Murder Net (2004) as Cameo
  • Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama (2004)
  • Damned Files 8 (2004)
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) as Boss Benta
  • The Last Samurai (2003) as Nakao
  • Alive (2003) as Matsuda
  • Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere (2002) as Takara Shuhei
  • Madness in Bloom (2002)
  • Graveyard of Honor (2002) as Toshi Nishizaki
  • Stray Dog (2002)
  • No Problem 2 (2002) as Kazuo Ota
  • 修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団 (2002)
  • Don Woman 3 (2002)
  • Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: The Demon’s Scream (2002)
  • Ichi the Killer (2001) as Takayama
  • Pulse (2001) as Boss
  • Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street (2001)
  • Jingi: Prologue (2001) as Onimaru
  • Yakuza Zombie (2001)
  • Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 (2001)
  • Ah, A Sharp Detective 2 (2001)
  • Crocodile Woman’s Revenge (2001)
  • Ah, A Sharp Detective (2001)
  • Otoko Michi 6 The End (2001)
  • Don Woman (2001)
  • Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: Dance of the Demon (2001)
  • Don Woman 2 (2001)
  • Tomie: Replay (2000) as Kenzô Morita
  • Naniwa’s Mahjong Showdown (2000)
  • Otoko Michi 2 (2000)
  • Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion (2000)
  • Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy (2000)
  • Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War (2000)
  • Otoko Michi 3 (2000)
  • Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2 (2000)
  • 雀狼伝　必殺！！亜空間殺法 (2000)
  • Otoko Michi 4 (2000)
  • Otoko Michi (2000)
  • Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest (2000)
  • The Woman of S.R.I. (1999)
  • Danger de mort (1999)
  • Taboo (1999)
  • Chaka 2 (1999)
  • Ley Lines (1999) as Detective
  • Wild Criminal (1999) as Tadokoro
  • Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha (1999)
  • License to Live (1999) as Shinichiro Yoshii
  • Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3 (1999)
  • Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage (1999)
  • Conquest (1999)
  • Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward (1999)
  • Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight (1999)
  • Chaka: The Lonely Hitman (1998)
  • Blood (1998)
  • Shura ga Yuku 8 (1998)
  • Eyes of the Spider (1998) as Hinuma
  • Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks! (1998)
  • Be-Bop High School 2-2 (1998)
  • The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5 (1998)
  • My Sky (Detective Edition) (1998)
  • The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1 (1998)
  • The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3 (1998)
  • My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness (1998)
  • The Informer (1998)
  • The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4 (1998)
  • The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2 (1998)
  • Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes! (1997)
  • The Shonan Martial Arts High School Chronicles 2: The Birth of the New Leader　 (1997)
  • The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears (1997) as Toshi Yoshioka
  • The Way to Fight 3 (1997)
  • New Dochinpira (1997)
  • Ayamariya Business (1997)
  • Kawaki no machi (1997)
  • Shin Shizukanaru Don (1997)
  • Prison Hotel (1996)
  • Organ (1996) as Nakanishi
  • Shabu (1996)
  • Be-Bop High School 3 (1996)
  • I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE (1996)
  • Heat After Dark (1996)
  • Juukou B-Fighter (1995) as Ryuzaburou Tatewaki / Bill Goldy
  • Attack! Yan Mama Gang (1995)
  • The Last Loyalty Offering (1995)
  • The Woman Tamer 2 (1995)
  • Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist (1995) as Nozomu Matsuura
  • Toryu-den (1995)
  • Toryu-den 2 (1995)
  • Kirikomi (1995)
  • Jingi 6: Full Overkill War (1995)
  • Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 (1994)
  • Nobody (1994)
  • Dochinpira 8 (1994)
  • The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark (1994) as Katsunori Onadera
  • Kekko Kamen 3 (1993) as Kaoru Mayuzumi
  • Eleven Without Honor or Humanity (1993)
  • New Book of the Waru 2: Challenge (1993)
  • Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters (1993)
  • Bastard LAST DOWN TEN (1993)
  • Trouble Is My Business: Incident Agency (1992)
  • Dance till Tomorrow (1991)
  • Summer of the Lion Kings (1991)
  • Blowback: Love & Death (1991) as Ratts
  • Balloon (1990)
  • Blowback: Midnight Gangsters (1990)
  • Water Moon (1989)
  • Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering (1988) as Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX (archival)
  • Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus (1988)
  • The Lady in a Black Dress (1987)
  • Dangerous Cops (1987) as Hyodoh
  • Fireflies in the North (1984)
  • A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble! (1984) as Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX
  • Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute (1982)
  • Denshi Sentai Denziman (1980) as Akimoto
  • Geisha War as Wang