Shun Sugata
Character actor Shun Sugata 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 intimidating stature. His most notable roles include the brutal 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.
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- Born:
- Feb 17, 1955 In Yamanashi, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 198
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute 1982-01-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Kaneko Fumiko 2026-02-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Kaneko Fumiko | 2026-02-28 | |
| Series | Happy Kanako's Killer Life | 2025-02-28 | |
| Movie | Unification of Japan 67 | 2025-03-25 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7 | 2025-02-05 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 8 | 2025-02-05 | |
| Movie | Welcome Back | 2025-01-10 | |
| Movie | Unification of Japan 68 | 2025-05-25 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 9 | 2025-02-05 | |
| Movie | Akashi | Tadashi | 2025-10-05 |
| Movie | Unification of Japan 69 | 2025-07-25 | |
| Movie | Unification of Japan 71 | 2025-11-05 | |
| Movie | Unification of Japan 70 | 2025-09-25 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10 | 2025-09-03 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11 | 2025-09-03 | |
| Movie | The Parades | Nakata | 2024-02-28 |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 1 | 2024-02-02 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 2 | 2024-03-06 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 4 | 2024-08-02 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 3 | 2024-04-05 | |
| Movie | CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6 | 2024-08-02 | |
| Movie | ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止 | 2023-04-07 | |
| Movie | Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi | Ryo Murasame | 2023-06-18 |
| Movie | Just Remembering | Bar Customer | 2022-02-11 |
| Series | Tokyo Vice | Hitoshi Ishida | 2022-04-07 |
| Movie | The Setting Sun | 2022-11-04 | |
| Movie | A Family | Makoto Takeda | 2021-01-29 |
| Movie | The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood | 2021-04-09 | |
| Movie | Tomorrow's Dining Table | Tsuneo Fujisaki | 2021-05-28 |
| Movie | Black Crow 0 | 2021-09-17 | |
| Movie | Black Crow 3 | Kanai | 2021-09-03 |
| Movie | Nebagiba New World | 2021-07-10 | |
| Movie | Gandaba: Strings of a Broken Harp | 2020-01-23 | |
| Movie | Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk | 2020-02-13 | |
| Movie | Black Crow 1 | Kanai | 2019-03-09 |
| Movie | Kingdom: The Man Who Became the Leader | 2019-01-01 | |
| Movie | Black Crow 2 | Kanai | 2019-03-30 |
| Movie | The Outsider | Prison Warden | 2018-03-09 |
| Movie | Chivalry's Lament | 2018-03-06 | |
| Movie | Chivalry's Lament 2 | 2018-05-25 | |
| Movie | Butterfly Sleep | Ryuji Ayamine | 2018-05-12 |
| Movie | Chivalry's Lament 3 | 2018-07-10 | |
| Movie | Scars and Codes 2 | 2018-10-01 | |
| Movie | The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine | Maruman, Police Chief | 2018-07-07 |
| Movie | Blade of the Immortal | 2017-04-29 | |
| Movie | Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4 | 2017-03-30 | |
| Movie | Yakuza: Domination of the Realm | 2017-01-27 | |
| Movie | Tatara Samurai | Sakichi | 2017-05-20 |
| Movie | The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War | 2017-06-16 | |
| Movie | ZVP | Zatoichi | 2017-12-09 |
| Movie | Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 5 | 2017-11-23 | |
| Movie | Vigilante | Takeo Shindo | 2017-12-09 |
| Movie | Strong Man Chapter 3 | 2017-07-14 | |
| Movie | Men of the Underworld: Chapter 4 | 2016-02-26 | |
| Movie | I Am a Weapon | 2016-03-01 | |
| Movie | Strong Man Chapter 2 | 2016-02-19 | |
| Movie | Strong Man | 2016-01-15 | |
| Series | Utenai Keikan | 2016-01-10 | |
| Movie | 64: Part 1 | Urushibara | 2016-05-07 |
| Movie | Men of the Underworld: Chapter 3 | 2016-01-22 | |
| Movie | CONFLICT: Outbreak | Otani | 2016-05-28 |
| Movie | CONFLICT II: Conclusion | Otani | 2016-05-29 |
| Movie | Silence | Samurai Commander | 2016-12-23 |
| Movie | Yuriko's Picture Book | 2016-07-30 | |
| Movie | Men of the Underworld: Final Chapter | 2016-11-24 | |
| Movie | Men of the Underworld: Chapter 5 | 2016-07-14 | |
| Movie | 64: Part 2 | Urushibara | 2016-06-01 |
| Movie | Men of the Underworld | 2015-01-01 | |
| Movie | Men of the Underworld: Chapter 2 | 2015-02-19 | |
| Movie | Gonin Saga | Yuzuru Matsuura | 2015-09-26 |
| Movie | Chasuke's Journey | 2015-06-27 | |
| Movie | Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai | Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX / Ambassador Darkness (voice) | 2014-03-29 |
| Movie | 25 | 2014-11-01 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Bitch, I Love You | 2013-12-07 | |
| Movie | Ninja: Shadow of a Tear | Goro | 2013-12-27 |
| Movie | Dirty Hearts | Sasaki | 2012-07-21 |
| Movie | Helpless and Reckless | Aoki | 2012-02-01 |
| Movie | Beyond Outrage | Okamoto | 2012-09-03 |
| Movie | Playback | 2012-11-10 | |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Boss Benta | 2011-03-27 |
| Movie | Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days | Officer Urakawa | 2011-06-18 |
| Movie | Cut | Masaki | 2011-12-17 |
| Movie | 300 Million | 2010-07-03 | |
| Movie | Awaremi Mumashika | 2010-07-31 | |
| Movie | Running on Empty | 2010-02-20 | |
| Movie | Bunraku | Uncle | 2010-09-01 |
| Movie | Strangers in the City | Yukio Ohmori | 2010-11-20 |
| Movie | Heaven's Story | Suzuki | 2010-10-02 |
| Movie | Zen | 2009-01-10 | |
| Movie | Daydream | 2009-09-05 | |
| Movie | Kanikôsen | 2009-07-04 | |
| Movie | The Unbroken | Tatsuro Shikata | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | Wangan Midnight: The Movie | 2009-09-12 | |
| Movie | Johnen: Love of Sada | Otoku | 2008-05-31 |
| Movie | Be a Man!! Samurai School | Onihige | 2008-01-26 |
| Movie | Chameleon | 2008-07-05 | |
| Movie | Tear Jar | Shugo | 2008-02-21 |
| Movie | Dark Love: Rape | 2008-03-01 | |
| Movie | Inju: The Beast in the Shadow | Inspecteur Fuji | 2008-09-03 |
| Movie | Tokyo Gore Police | Tokyo Police Commissioner | 2008-10-04 |
| Movie | The Soup of Heaven | 2008-10-19 | |
| Movie | Sisterhood | 2008-09-20 | |
| Movie | MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent | 2007-02-22 | |
| Movie | Invisible War | Mayor of Maisaka | 2007-02-10 |
| Movie | Dororo | Hibukuro | 2007-03-15 |
| Movie | Public Security Police Investigator | 2007-05-12 | |
| Movie | Zero Woman R | 2007-05-26 | |
| Movie | Glory to the Filmmaker! | Hisamatsu | 2007-06-02 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Dog | Hassei Takeda | 2006-05-07 |
| Movie | MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi | 2006-04-27 | |
| Movie | MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon | 2006-01-28 | |
| Movie | MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi | 2006-06-24 | |
| Movie | MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui | 2006-12-21 | |
| Movie | MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi | 2006-08-30 | |
| Movie | MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi | 2006-10-27 | |
| Movie | Prisoner No. 07: Reina | 2006-11-24 | |
| Movie | Yakuza Don | 2006-09-25 | |
| Movie | Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire | 2005-03-26 | |
| Movie | IKUSA | 2005-10-01 | |
| Movie | Fire and Ice 2 | 2005-01-25 | |
| Movie | Young Wife Detective Wild Honey | 2005-01-01 | |
| Movie | Dead Run | Shuji's Father | 2005-12-17 |
| Movie | Under the Same Moon | Joji Sugyama | 2005-11-19 |
| Movie | Aishiteyo | 2005-12-17 | |
| Movie | Marebito | MIB | 2004-05-22 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Boss Benta | 2004-04-16 |
| Movie | Damned Files 8 | 2004-03-26 | |
| Movie | HEAT -Incandescence- PART II | Fujimaki | 2004-05-28 |
| Movie | Izo | Monk Soldier | 2004-09-07 |
| Movie | Ghost Shout | 2004-12-18 | |
| Movie | Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama | 2004-10-16 | |
| Movie | [Is A.] | 2004-10-09 | |
| Movie | Fire and Ice | 2004-09-06 | |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Boss Benta | 2003-10-10 |
| Movie | Alive | Matsuda | 2003-06-21 |
| Movie | The Last Samurai | Nakao | 2003-12-05 |
| Movie | No Problem 2 | Kazuo Ota | 2002-02-06 |
| Movie | Graveyard of Honor | Toshi Nishizaki | 2002-06-22 |
| Movie | Madness in Bloom | 2002-10-19 | |
| Movie | Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere | Takara Shuhei | 2002-08-23 |
| Movie | Yakuza Zombie | 2001-02-15 | |
| Movie | Pulse | Boss | 2001-02-03 |
| Movie | Otoko Michi 6 The End | 2001-07-13 | |
| Movie | Ah, A Sharp Detective | 2001-07-13 | |
| Movie | Ah, A Sharp Detective 2 | 2001-09-14 | |
| Movie | Ichi the Killer | Takayama | 2001-12-22 |
| Movie | Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War | 2000-03-10 | |
| Movie | Otoko Michi | 2000-05-12 | |
| Movie | Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion | 2000-01-01 | |
| Movie | Tomie: Replay | Kenzô Morita | 2000-02-11 |
| Movie | Otoko Michi 3 | 2000-10-13 | |
| Movie | Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2 | 2000-07-14 | |
| Movie | Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy | 2000-11-10 | |
| Movie | Otoko Michi 4 | 2000-12-08 | |
| Movie | Otoko Michi 2 | 2000-08-04 | |
| Movie | Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3 | 1999-05-14 | |
| Movie | Danger de mort | 1999-05-08 | |
| Movie | Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha | 1999-02-20 | |
| Movie | Ley Lines | Detective | 1999-05-22 |
| Movie | License to Live | Shinichiro Yoshii | 1999-01-23 |
| Movie | Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage | 1999-06-15 | |
| Movie | Taboo | 1999-12-18 | |
| Movie | Wild Criminal | Tadokoro | 1999-07-24 |
| Movie | Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward | 1999-06-25 | |
| Movie | Blood | 1998-01-22 | |
| Movie | Eyes of the Spider | Hinuma | 1998-04-11 |
| Movie | Be-Bop High School 2-2 | 1998-02-03 | |
| Movie | My Sky (Detective Edition) | 1998-05-29 | |
| Movie | Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks! | 1998-11-13 | |
| Movie | Shin Shizukanaru Don | 1997-01-01 | |
| Movie | Kawaki no machi | 1997-01-18 | |
| Movie | The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears | Toshi Yoshioka | 1997-05-31 |
| Movie | Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes! | 1997-07-11 | |
| Movie | Heat After Dark | 1996-06-01 | |
| Movie | Shabu | 1996-05-28 | |
| Movie | Be-Bop High School 3 | 1996-06-14 | |
| Movie | A Weapon in My Heart | Hoshi | 1996-10-04 |
| Movie | Organ | Nakanishi | 1996-07-06 |
| Movie | I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE | 1996-11-08 | |
| Movie | Kirikomi | 1995-02-08 | |
| Movie | Jingi 6: Full Overkill War | 1995-01-03 | |
| Movie | Attack! Yan Mama Gang | 1995-07-21 | |
| Movie | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! I: The Heist | 1995-04-22 | |
| Movie | Nobody | 1994-05-28 | |
| Movie | The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark | 1994-06-10 | |
| Movie | Tokusou Robo Janperson the Movie: Mother is Eternal! The Electric Brain’s Love and Passion on the Operating Table | Tatewaki Ryusaburo | 1993-04-17 |
| Movie | Kekko Kamen 3 | Kaoru Mayuzumi | 1993-04-23 |
| Movie | Blowback: Love & Death | Ratts | 1991-01-02 |
| Movie | Dance till Tomorrow | 1991-06-22 | |
| Movie | Summer of the Lion Kings | 1991-01-12 | |
| Movie | Blowback: Midnight Gangsters | 1990-04-21 | |
| Movie | Balloon | 1990-05-12 | |
| Movie | Water Moon | 1989-12-16 | |
| Movie | The Monster Bus | 1988-07-30 | |
| Movie | Abunai Deka | Hyodoh | 1987-12-12 |
| Movie | The Lady in a Black Dress | 1987-03-14 | |
| Movie | A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble! | Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX | 1984-01-03 |
| Movie | Fireflies in the North | 1984-09-01 | |
| Movie | Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute | 1982-01-05 |