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.
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 | Ishida | 2022-04-07 |
Movie | A Family | Takeda Makoto | 2021-01-29 |
Movie | The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood | 2021-04-09 | |
Movie | Nebagiba New World | 2021-07-10 | |
Movie | Tomorrow's Dining Table | Tsuneo Fujisaki | 2021-05-28 |
Movie | Kingdom The Man Who Became the Leader | 2019-01-01 | |
Movie | Black Crow 1 | Kanai | 2019-03-09 |
Movie | Black Crow 2 | Kanai | 2019-03-30 |
Movie | Elegy | 2018-03-06 | |
Movie | Butterfly Sleep | Ryuji Ayamine | 2018-05-12 |
Movie | The Outsider | Prison Warden | 2018-03-09 |
Movie | Elegy 2 | 2018-05-25 | |
Movie | The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine | Maruman, Police Chief | 2018-07-07 |
Movie | Elegy 3 | 2018-07-10 | |
Movie | Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4 | 2017-03-30 | |
Movie | Gokudō tenka fubu | 2017-01-27 | |
Movie | Tatara Samurai | Sakichi | 2017-05-20 |
Movie | Blade of the Immortal | 2017-04-29 | |
Movie | The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War | 2017-06-16 | |
Movie | Vigilante | Takeo Shindo | 2017-12-09 |
Movie | ZVP | Zatoichi | 2017-12-09 |
Movie | Strong Man Chapter 3 | 2017-07-14 | |
Movie | I Am a Weapon | 2016-03-01 | |
Movie | 64: Part 1 | Urushibara | 2016-05-07 |
Movie | Men in the Underworld: Chapter 4 | 2016-02-26 | |
Movie | Conflict | Otani | 2016-05-28 |
Movie | Men in the Underworld: Chapter 3 | 2016-01-22 | |
Movie | Strong Man Chapter 2 | 2016-02-19 | |
Movie | Strong Man | 2016-01-15 | |
Movie | Conflict II | Otani | 2016-05-29 |
Movie | Silence | Samurai Commander | 2016-12-22 |
Movie | Yuriko's Picture Book | 2016-07-30 | |
Movie | Men in the Underworld: Final Chapter | 2016-11-24 | |
Movie | Men in the Underworld: Chapter 5 | 2016-07-14 | |
Movie | 64: Part 2 | Urushibara | 2016-06-01 |
Movie | Men in the Underworld | 2015-01-01 | |
Movie | Chasuke's Journey | 2015-02-13 | |
Movie | Gonin Saga | Yuzuru Matsuura | 2015-09-26 |
Movie | Men in the Underworld: Chapter 2 | 2015-02-19 | |
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 | 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 | Strangers in the City | Yukio Ohmori | 2010-11-20 |
Movie | Bunraku | Uncle | 2010-09-01 |
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 | Tear Jar | Shugo | 2008-02-21 |
Movie | Dark Love: Rape | 2008-03-01 | |
Movie | Be a Man!! Samurai School | Onihige | 2008-01-26 |
Movie | Johnen: Love of Sada | Otoku | 2008-05-31 |
Movie | Tokyo Gore Police | Tokyo Police Commissioner | 2008-10-04 |
Movie | The Soup of Heaven | 2008-10-19 | |
Movie | Chameleon | 2008-07-05 | |
Movie | Sisterhood | 2008-09-20 | |
Movie | Inju: The Beast in the Shadow | Inspecteur Fuji | 2008-09-03 |
Movie | Investigator of the Public Security Police | 2007-05-12 | |
Movie | Invisible War | Mayor of Maisaka | 2007-02-10 |
Movie | Dororo | 2007-03-15 | |
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 | Yakuza Don | 2006-09-25 | |
Movie | Prisoner No. 07: Reina | 2006-11-24 | |
Movie | Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire | 2005-03-26 | |
Movie | Under the Same Moon | Joji Sugyama | 2005-11-19 |
Movie | Ikusa | 2005-10-01 | |
Movie | Aishiteyo | 2005-12-17 | |
Movie | Dead Run | Shuji's Father | 2005-12-17 |
Movie | Marebito | MIB | 2004-05-22 |
Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Boss Benta | 2004-04-16 |
Movie | HEAT -Incandescence- PART II | Fujimaki | 2004-05-28 |
Movie | [Is A.] | 2004-10-09 | |
Movie | Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama | 2004-10-16 | |
Movie | Izo | Monk Soldier | 2004-09-07 |
Movie | Ghost Shout | 2004-12-18 | |
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 | Pulse | Boss | 2001-02-03 |
Movie | Otoko Michi 6 The End | 2001-07-13 | |
Movie | Ah, A Sharp Detective 2 | 2001-09-14 | |
Movie | Ah, A Sharp Detective | 2001-07-13 | |
Movie | Ichi the Killer | Takayama | 2001-12-22 |
Movie | Otoko Michi | 2000-05-12 | |
Movie | Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War | 2000-03-10 | |
Movie | Tomie: Replay | Kenzô Morita | 2000-02-11 |
Movie | Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2 | 2000-07-14 | |
Movie | Otoko Michi 4 | 2000-12-08 | |
Movie | Otoko Michi 2 | 2000-08-04 | |
Movie | Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy | 2000-11-10 | |
Movie | Otoko Michi 3 | 2000-10-13 | |
Movie | Danger de mort | 1999-05-08 | |
Movie | Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3 | 1999-05-14 | |
Movie | Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha | 1999-02-20 | |
Movie | Taboo | 1999-12-18 | |
Movie | Ley Lines | 1999-05-22 | |
Movie | Wild Criminal | Tadokoro | 1999-07-24 |
Movie | Blood | 1998-01-22 | |
Movie | Be-Bop High School 2-2 | 1998-02-03 | |
Movie | License to Live | Shinichiro Yoshii | 1998-11-07 |
Movie | Eyes of the Spider | Hinuma | 1998-04-11 |
Movie | Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks! | 1998-11-13 | |
Movie | Shin Shizukanaru Don | 1997-01-01 | |
Movie | The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears | Toshi Yoshioka | 1997-05-31 |
Movie | Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes! | 1997-07-11 | |
Movie | Shabu | 1996-05-28 | |
Movie | Heat After Dark | 1996-06-01 | |
Movie | Be-Bop High School 3 | 1996-06-14 | |
Movie | I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE | 1996-11-08 | |
Movie | A Weapon in My Heart | Hoshi | 1996-10-04 |
Movie | Organ | Nakanishi | 1996-07-06 |
Movie | Jingi 6: Full Overkill War | 1995-01-03 | |
Movie | Kirikomi | 1995-02-08 | |
Movie | Attack! Yan Mama Gang | 1995-07-21 | |
Movie | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist | 1995-04-22 | |
Movie | Nobody | 1994-05-28 | |
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 | 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 | The Lady in a Black Dress | 1987-03-14 | |
Movie | Abunai Deka | Hyodoh | 1987-12-12 |
Movie | Fireflies in the North | 1984-09-01 | |
Movie | Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! | Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX | 1984-01-03 |
Movie | Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute | 1982-01-05 |