Shun Sugata
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Fuller House
The Dragon
2016
Film
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Boss Benta
2004
Series
The Woman of S.R.I.
1999
Film
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Boss Benta
2003
Series
Tokyo Vice
Hitoshi Ishida
2022
Series
Cold Case: Door of Truth
Detective Sugata
2016
Film
The Last Samurai
Nakao
2003
Series
Engine Sentai Go-Onger
Gang Father
2008
Series
Denshi Sentai Denziman
Akimoto
1980
Series
Happy Kanako's Killer Life
2025
Film
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Boss Benta
2011
Series
Juukou B-Fighter
Ryuzaburou Tatewaki / Bill Goldy
1995
Film
Silence
Samurai Commander
2016
Series
Great Selection Taxi
Hayami
2014
Film
Pulse
Boss
2001
Film
Ichi the Killer
Takayama
2001
Film
Taboo
1999
Film
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Goro
2013
Series
Zero: Dragon Blood
Harukawa
2017
Film
The Parades
Nakata
2024
Film
Bunraku
Uncle
2010
Film
Blade of the Immortal
2017
Film
Beyond Outrage
Okamoto
2012
Film
Tokyo Gore Police
Tokyo Police Commissioner
2008
Film
64: Part 1
Urushibara
2016
Film
A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX
1984
Film
A Family
Makoto Takeda
2021
Series
Nekonade
Ishiguro
2008
Film
Blood
1998
Film
Tomie: Replay
Kenzô Morita
2000
Film
Dororo
Hibukuro
2007
Film
The Outsider
Prison Warden
2018
Film
Yakuza Powered by Nihon Touitsu
Shintaro Kazama
2026
Series
Utenai Keikan
2016
Film
Zero Woman R
2007
Series
Onmyou Shoujo
2004
Film
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Inspecteur Fuji
2008
Film
Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX / Ambassador Darkness (voice)
2014
Film
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Maruman, Police Chief
2018
Film
Johnen: Love of Sada
Otoku
2008
Film
Fireflies in the North
1984
Film
Zen
2009
Film
Geisha War
Wang
2026
Film
Eyes of the Spider
Hinuma
1998
Film
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Film
Izo
Monk Soldier
2004
Film
Unification of Japan 61
2024
Film
Otoko Michi 2
2000
Film
Gonin Saga
Yuzuru Matsuura
2015
Film
The Unbroken
Tatsuro Shikata
2009
Film
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Hisamatsu
2007
Film
Graveyard of Honor
Toshi Nishizaki
2002
Film
Unification of Japan 43
2021
Shikeidai no 72-Jikan
Yutaka Aizawa
2013
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 4
2024
Film
Tatara Samurai
Sakichi
2017
Film
Just Remembering
Bar Customer
2022
Film
Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
2005
Film
64: Part 2
Urushibara
2016
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11
2025
Film
Marebito
MIB
2004
Film
Chaka: The Lonely Hitman
1998
Film
Dangerous Cops
Hyodoh
1987
Film
CONFLICT: Outbreak
Otani
2016
Film
Unification of Japan 42
2020
Film
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3
2006
[Is A.]
2004
Film
Unification of Japan 34
2019
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6
2024
Film
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2
2006
Film
Gandaba: Strings of a Broken Harp
2020
Film
Unification Of Japan 26
2018
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10
2025
Film
Unification of Japan 62
2024
Film
Unification of Japan 39
2020
Film
License to Live
Shinichiro Yoshii
1999
Film
Unification Of Japan 21
2017
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 5
2024
Film
Kekko Kamen 3
Kaoru Mayuzumi
1993
Film
Unification of Japan 44
2021
Film
Otoko Michi
2000
Film
Heaven's Story
Suzuki
2010
Film
25
2014
Film
Alive
Matsuda
2003
Film
Be a Man!! Samurai School
Onihige
2008
Film
Wangan Midnight: The Movie
2009
Film
Dead Run
Shuji's Father
2005
Film
Butterfly Sleep
Ryuji Ayamine
2018
Film
Chasuke's Journey
2015
Film
Unification of Japan 41
2020
Film
Unification Of Japan 25
2017
Film
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
1999
Film
Ley Lines
Detective
1999
Film
Organ
Nakanishi
1996
Film
Unification Of Japan 19
2016
Film
Under the Same Moon
Joji Sugyama
2005
Film
Unification Of Japan 22
2017
Film
Unification of Japan 40
2020
Film
Dirty Hearts
Sasaki
2012
Film
Invisible War
Mayor of Maisaka
2007
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 13
2025
Film
No Problem 2
Kazuo Ota
2002
Film
Akashi
Tadashi
2025
Film
Silent Night
Keizo Kuno
2025
Film
Kaneko Fumiko
2026
Film
Tomorrow's Dining Table
Tsuneo Fujisaki
2021
Film
Tear Jar
Shugo
2008
Film
Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi
Ryo Murasame
2023
Film
Nobody
1994
Film
Chivalry's Lament 2
2018
Film
The Promised Land
Harukaze Genji
2009
Film
Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days
Officer Urakawa
2011
Film
Kakatte Koi yo Sekai
Shoichi
2023
Film
Playback
2012
Film
Vigilante
Takeo Shindo
2017
Film
Unification of Japan 32
2019
Film
Sisterhood
2008
Film
Unification of Japan 65
2024
Film
The Soup of Heaven
2008
Film
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
2017
Film
Unification of Japan 31
2018
Film
Shabu
1996
Film
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Nozomu Matsuura
1995
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 9
2025
Film
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 5
2017
Film
Unification of Japan 35
2019
Film
Ninjutsu Chronicles: NINJA STAR
2009
Film
Yakuza Don
2006
Film
Fake Out
Goto
2025
Film
CONFLICT II: Conclusion
Otani
2016
Film
Kanikôsen
2009
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 1
2024
Film
Don Woman
2001
Film
Unification of Japan 68
2025
Film
Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
1993
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 2
2024
Film
Kirikomi
1995
Film
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
Film
300 Million
2010
Film
The Setting Sun
2022
Film
Unification Of Japan 20
2017
Film
Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don
2019
Film
Unification of Japan 69
2025
Film
Unification of Japan 30
2018
Film
Summer of the Lion Kings
1991
Film
Don's Road 13
2014
Film
A Weapon in My Heart
Hoshi
1996
Film
New Book of the Waru 2: Challenge
1993
Film
Aishiteyo
2005
Film
Unification Of Japan 18
2016
Film
Shura ga Yuku 8
1998
Film
Unification Of Japan 24
2017
Film
Heat After Dark
1996
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7
2025
Film
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4
1998
Film
Stray Dog
2002
Film
Wild Criminal
Tadokoro
1999
Film
Prisoner No. 07: Reina
2006
Film
Trouble Is My Business: Incident Agency
1992
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 8
2025
Film
Don Woman 3
2002
Film
Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2
2000
Film
Cut
Masaki
2011
Film
Danger de mort
1999
Film
Unification of Japan 29
2018
Film
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
Film
Don's Road 14
2015
Film
Yakuza Zombie
2001
Film
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion
2000
Film
Unification of Japan 33
2019
Film
Otoko Michi 6 The End
2001
Film
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 3
2024
Film
Strangers in the City
Yukio Ohmori
2010
Film
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3
1998
Film
Chameleon
2008
Film
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
2001
Film
Unification of Japan 28
2018
Film
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
1998
Film
Running on Empty
2010
Film
Unification of Japan 67
2025
Film
Helpless and Reckless
Aoki
2012
Film
Unification Of Japan 23
2017
Film
Don Woman 2
2001
Film
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Film
The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War
2017
Film
Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere
Takara Shuhei
2002
Film
Ghost Shout
2004
Film
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage
1999
Film
Unification of Japan 27
2018
Film
The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark
Katsunori Onadera
1994
Film
Domination
2008
Film
Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
1993
Film
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1
1998
Film
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
2017
Film
FIST
2009
Film
Awaremi Mumashika
2010
Film
Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus
Hyodo
1988
Film
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 4
2016
Film
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2
1998
Film
Prison Hotel
1996
Film
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
2000
Film
Ayamariya Business
1997
Film
Madness in Bloom
2002
Film
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
Toshi Yoshioka
1997
Film
IKUSA
2005
Film
Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX (archival)
1988
Film
Chivalry's Lament 3
2018
Film
Dark Love: Rape
2008
Film
Kawaki no machi
1997
Film
Public Security Police Investigator
2007
Film
Fire and Ice
2004
Film
Unification of Japan 70
2025
Film
Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
1990
Film
Black Crow 2
Kanai
2019
Film
Unification of Japan 71
2025
Film
Showa Gamblers Gaiden
2008
Film
MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi
2006
Film
Nebagiba New World
2021
Film
Attack! Yan Mama Gang
1995
Film
Strong Man Chapter 3
2017
Film
Welcome Back
2025
Film
Balloon
1990
Film
HEAT -Incandescence- PART II
Fujimaki
2004
Film
Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk
2020
Film
HAYATE: Basement Fight
2004
Film
Yuriko's Picture Book
2016
Film
Fire and Ice 2
2005
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
1982
Film
Men of the Underworld
2015
Film
Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!
1997
Film
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
1996
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Film
My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness
1998
Film
Strong Man
2016
Film
Strong Man Chapter 2
2016
Film
MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon
2006
Film
Be-Bop High School 3
1996
Film
Blowback: Love & Death
Ratts
1991
Film
Naniwa’s Mahjong Showdown
2000
Film
YOKOHAMA BLACK 6
2018
Film
Black Crow 1
Kanai
2019
Film
Be-Bop High School 2-2
1998
Film
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 3
2016
Film
Chivalry's Lament
2018
Film
The Woman Tamer 2
1995
Film
Daydream
Tsuyuki
2009
Film
Otoko Michi 3
2000
Film
Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
2001
Film
Bad Moon Rising
Keiji
2015
Film
Damned Files 8
2004
Film
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
Film
Domination Final Chapter
2008
Film
The Last Loyalty Offering
1995
Film
MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent
2007
Film
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 5
2016
Film
Jingi 6: Full Overkill War
1995
Film
Black Crow 0
2021
Film
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5
1998
Film
Tokyo Bitch, I Love You
2013
Film
Unification of Japan Gaiden: Kawatani Family — Jiro the Outlaw Assassin
2024
Film
Confessions of a Dog
Hassei Takeda
2006
Water Moon
1989
Film
MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi
2006
Film
Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
2000
Film
The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza
Patriarch T.
2007
Film
Men of the Underworld: Final Chapter
2016
Film
Black Crow 3
Kanai
2021
Film
Don's Road 12
2014
Film
Scars and Codes 2
2018
Film
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
2023
Film
Yakuza Kōshien
2004
Film
Otoko Michi 4
2000
Film
Unification of Japan 59
2023
Film
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
1999
Film
The Shonan Martial Arts High School Chronicles 2: The Birth of the New Leader
1997
Film
MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui
2006
Film
Chaka 2
1999
Film
修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団
2002
Film
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
Film
Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
2000
Film
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 2
2015
Film
Making of Confessions of a Dog
Self
2011
Film
Young Wife Detective Wild Honey
2005
Film
Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama
2004
Film
Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: Dance of the Demon
2001
Film
MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi
2006
Film
Don's Road Final
2015
Film
The Way to Fight 3
1997
Film
Murder Net
Cameo
2004
Film
Tochka
2009
Film
MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi
2006
Film
Onmyō Girl: One
2005
Film
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
1993
Film
My Sky (Detective Edition)
1998
Film
New Dochinpira
1997
Film
Jingi 50: Final Chapter
2008
Film
Dochinpira 8
1994
Film
Ah, A Sharp Detective
2001
Film
Family Bonds
2014
Film
YOKOHAMA BLACK 5
2018
Film
I Am a Weapon
2016
Film
Crocodile Woman’s Revenge
2001
Film
Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward
1999
Film
Toryu-den
1995
Film
Unification of Japan: Compilation III — Invasion Strategy
2017
Film
Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: The Demon’s Scream
2002
Film
Conquest
1999
Film
Jingi: Prologue
Onimaru
2001
Film
Toryu-den 2
1995
Film
Jingi 49: The Final Yakuza War
2008
Film
The Informer
1998
Film
雀狼伝 必殺！！亜空間殺法
2000
Film
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1
2006
Film
Shin Shizukanaru Don
1997