Shun Sugata
Acting • Born 1955-02-17
Biography
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
306 credits
Tomorrow's Dining Table
Movie • 2021
Tsuneo Fujisaki
The Last Samurai
Movie • 2003
Nakao
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
Movie • 1982
Just Remembering
Movie • 2022
Bar Customer
Bunraku
Movie • 2010
Uncle
Taboo
Movie • 1999
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Movie • 2008
Inspecteur Fuji
Ichi the Killer
Movie • 2001
Takayama
Pulse
Movie • 2001
Boss
Unification Of Japan 20
Movie • 2017
Be a Man!! Samurai School
Movie • 2008
Onihige
Unification Of Japan 18
Movie • 2016
Playback
Movie • 2012
雀狼伝 必殺！！亜空間殺法
Movie • 2000
Unification Of Japan 21
Movie • 2017
Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
Movie • 2001
Ah, A Sharp Detective
Movie • 2001
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
Movie • 1993
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
Movie • 1994
Confessions of a Dog
Movie • 2006
Hassei Takeda
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
Movie • 2000
Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2
Movie • 2000
Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
Movie • 1993
Tokyo Gore Police
Movie • 2008
Tokyo Police Commissioner
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
Movie • 1999
Unification Of Japan 22
Movie • 2017
Unification Of Japan 19
Movie • 2016
Otoko Michi
Movie • 2000
Otoko Michi 4
Movie • 2000
Be-Bop High School 3
Movie • 1996
Be-Bop High School 2-2
Movie • 1998
Otoko Michi 6 The End
Movie • 2001
The Informer
Movie • 1998
License to Live
Movie • 1999
Shinichiro Yoshii
Organ
Movie • 1996
Nakanishi
Marebito
Movie • 2004
MIB
Tomie: Replay
Movie • 2000
Kenzô Morita
Unification Of Japan 25
Movie • 2017
Unification Of Japan 23
Movie • 2017
Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere
Movie • 2002
Takara Shuhei
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
Movie • 1999
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
Movie • 1998
Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!
Movie • 1997
Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
Movie • 1988
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX (archival)
Shura ga Yuku 8
Movie • 1998
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Movie • 2001
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
Movie • 2023
Dororo
Movie • 2007
Hibukuro
Nebagiba New World
Movie • 2021
Otoko Michi 2
Movie • 2000
Otoko Michi 3
Movie • 2000
Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi
Movie • 2023
Ryo Murasame
Beyond Outrage
Movie • 2012
Okamoto
Running on Empty
Movie • 2010
Ayamariya Business
Movie • 1997
Don Woman 3
Movie • 2002
Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk
Movie • 2020
The Way to Fight 3
Movie • 1997
Chivalry's Lament
Movie • 2018
Men of the Underworld: Final Chapter
Movie • 2016
Don Woman 2
Movie • 2001
Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don
Movie • 2019
Strong Man
Movie • 2016
Chivalry's Lament 2
Movie • 2018
Chivalry's Lament 3
Movie • 2018
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
Movie • 2017
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
Movie • 2017
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 2
Movie • 2015
Don Woman
Movie • 2001
Don's Road 12
Movie • 2014
Don's Road Final
Movie • 2015
Men of the Underworld
Movie • 2015
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 3
Movie • 2016
Strong Man Chapter 2
Movie • 2016
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 4
Movie • 2016
Don's Road 14
Movie • 2015
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 5
Movie • 2017
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 5
Movie • 2016
Young Wife Detective Wild Honey
Movie • 2005
Don's Road 13
Movie • 2014
Strong Man Chapter 3
Movie • 2017
The Setting Sun
Movie • 2022
![My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/rRZGvBUTEWY9E3ZQzHxHmTzAHuY.jpg)
My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness
Movie • 1998
YOKOHAMA BLACK 6
Movie • 2018
My Sky (Detective Edition)
Movie • 1998
YOKOHAMA BLACK 5
Movie • 2018
Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Scream
Movie • 2002
Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Dance
Movie • 2001
Unification of Japan 27
Movie • 2018
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Movie • 2013
Goro
Ghost Shout
Movie • 2004
HEAT -Incandescence- PART II
Movie • 2004
Fujimaki
The Unbroken
Movie • 2009
Tatsuro Shikata
Fearless
Movie • 2023
Wangan Midnight: The Movie
Movie • 2009
Jingi 6: Full Overkill War
Movie • 1995
Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward
Movie • 1999
Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
Movie • 1993
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
Movie • 1996
Sisterhood
Movie • 2008
Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama
Movie • 2004
Alive
Movie • 2003
Matsuda
MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon
Movie • 2006
MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi
Movie • 2006
MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi
Movie • 2006
MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent
Movie • 2007
MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi
Movie • 2006
MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui
Movie • 2006
MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi
Movie • 2006
Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai
Movie • 2014
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX / Ambassador Darkness (voice)
A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!
Movie • 1984
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX
Kawaki no machi
Movie • 1997
Zero Woman R
Movie • 2007
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
Movie • 1997
Toshi Yoshioka
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Movie • 2004
Boss Benta
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Movie • 2003
Boss Benta
Strangers in the City
Movie • 2010
Yukio Ohmori
Nobody
Movie • 1994
Dead Run
Movie • 2005
Shuji's Father
Black Crow 3
Movie • 2021
Kanai
Black Crow 0
Movie • 2021
Kanikôsen
Movie • 2009
Zen
Movie • 2009
Invisible War
Movie • 2007
Mayor of Maisaka
Under the Same Moon
Movie • 2005
Joji Sugyama
300 Million
Movie • 2010
Graveyard of Honor
Movie • 2002
Toshi Nishizaki
Aishiteyo
Movie • 2005
Damned Files 8
Movie • 2004
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Movie • 2007
Hisamatsu
Heaven's Story
Movie • 2010
Suzuki
Johnen: Love of Sada
Movie • 2008
Otoku
Eyes of the Spider
Movie • 1998
Hinuma
Chameleon
Movie • 2008
Dark Love: Rape
Movie • 2008
Kirikomi
Movie • 1995
Wild Criminal
Movie • 1999
Tadokoro
Awaremi Mumashika
Movie • 2010
Blowback: Love & Death
Movie • 1991
Ratts
The Parades
Movie • 2024
Nakata
Prisoner No. 07: Reina
Movie • 2006
Tochka
Movie • 2009
IKUSA
Movie • 2005
Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days
Movie • 2011
Officer Urakawa
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1
Movie • 2006
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2
Movie • 2006
Onmyō Girl: One
Movie • 2005
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3
Movie • 2006
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage
Movie • 1999
Yakuza Kōshien
Movie • 2004
Fire and Ice
Movie • 2004
Fire and Ice 2
Movie • 2005
Domination
Movie • 2008
Domination Final Chapter
Movie • 2008
Dangerous Cops
Movie • 1987
Hyodoh
Water Moon
Movie • 1989
Gonin Saga
Movie • 2015
Yuzuru Matsuura
The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark
Movie • 1994
Katsunori Onadera
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1
Movie • 1998
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4
Movie • 1998
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3
Movie • 1998
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5
Movie • 1998
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2
Movie • 1998
Heat After Dark
Movie • 1996
Unification of Japan 29
Movie • 2018
The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza
Movie • 2007
Patriarch T.
Unification of Japan 43
Movie • 2021
Unification of Japan 44
Movie • 2021
Unification of Japan 59
Movie • 2023
Cut
Movie • 2011
Masaki
Tatara Samurai
Movie • 2017
Sakichi
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
Movie • 1999
64: Part 2
Movie • 2016
Urushibara
64: Part 1
Movie • 2016
Urushibara
Dance till Tomorrow
Movie • 1991
25
Movie • 2014
Silence
Movie • 2016
Samurai Commander
Balloon
Movie • 1990
A Weapon in My Heart
Movie • 1996
Hoshi
Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
Movie • 2005
Fireflies in the North
Movie • 1984
Tokyo Bitch, I Love You
Movie • 2013
Yakuza Don
Movie • 2006
Shin Shizukanaru Don
Movie • 1997
Butterfly Sleep
Movie • 2018
Ryuji Ayamine
The Monster Bus
Movie • 1988
ZVP
Movie • 2017
Zatoichi
Kekko Kamen 3
Movie • 1993
Kaoru Mayuzumi
Izo
Movie • 2004
Monk Soldier
Tear Jar
Movie • 2008
Shugo
Blade of the Immortal
Movie • 2017
Black Crow 1
Movie • 2019
Kanai
Daydream
Movie • 2009
The Outsider
Movie • 2018
Prison Warden
Ley Lines
Movie • 1999
Detective
The Soup of Heaven
Movie • 2008
Shabu
Movie • 1996
Dirty Hearts
Movie • 2012
Sasaki
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Movie • 2018
Maruman, Police Chief
CONFLICT: Outbreak
Movie • 2016
Otani
CONFLICT II: Conclusion
Movie • 2016
Otani
Danger de mort
Movie • 1999
Attack! Yan Mama Gang
Movie • 1995
Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
Movie • 2000
Vigilante
Movie • 2017
Takeo Shindo
Yuriko's Picture Book
Movie • 2016
Helpless and Reckless
Movie • 2012
Aoki
Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
Movie • 1990
The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War
Movie • 2017
Madness in Bloom
Movie • 2002
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Movie • 2011
Boss Benta
Murder Net
Movie • 2004
Cameo
A Family
Movie • 2021
Makoto Takeda
Blood
Movie • 1998
Black Crow 2
Movie • 2019
Kanai
[Is A.]
Movie • 2004
No Problem 2
Movie • 2002
Kazuo Ota
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Movie • 2021
Chasuke's Journey
Movie • 2015
Summer of the Lion Kings
Movie • 1991
Public Security Police Investigator
Movie • 2007
Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
Movie • 2000
I Am a Weapon
Movie • 2016
The Lady in a Black Dress
Movie • 1987
Welcome Back
Movie • 2025
Jingi 50: Final Chapter
Movie • 2008
Jingi 49: The Final Yakuza War
Movie • 2008
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion
Movie • 2000
Scars and Codes 2
Movie • 2018
Unification of Japan Gaiden: Kawatani Family — Jiro the Outlaw Assassin
Movie • 2024
Showa Gamblers Gaiden
Movie • 2008
Making of Confessions of a Dog
Movie • 2011
Self
Yakuza Zombie
Movie • 2001
ワニ女の逆襲
Movie • 2001
Unification of Japan 65
Movie • 2024
事件屋稼業
Movie • 1992
Unification of Japan 67
Movie • 2025
Unification of Japan 68
Movie • 2025
修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団
Movie • 2002
Dochinpira 8
Movie • 1994
Jingi: Prologue
Movie • 2001
Onimaru
New Dochinpira
Movie • 1997
Unification of Japan 69
Movie • 2025
Unification of Japan 70
Movie • 2025
Gandaba: Strings of a Broken Harp
Movie • 2020
Toryu-den
Movie • 1995
Toryu-den 2
Movie • 1995
Kaneko Fumiko
Movie • 2026
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 1
Movie • 2024
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 2
Movie • 2024
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 3
Movie • 2024
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 4
Movie • 2024
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 5
Movie • 2024
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6
Movie • 2024
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7
Movie • 2025
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 8
Movie • 2025
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 9
Movie • 2025
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10
Movie • 2025
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11
Movie • 2025
Unification of Japan 71
Movie • 2025
Conquest
Movie • 1999
Akashi
Movie • 2025
Tadashi
Unification of Japan: Compilation III — Invasion Strategy
Movie • 2017
Stray Dog
Movie • 2002
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
Movie • 2001
Geisha War
Movie
Wang
Family Bonds
Movie • 2014
Unification of Japan 62
Movie • 2024
Unification of Japan 61
Movie • 2024
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 13
Movie • 2025
Bad Moon Rising
Movie • 2015
Keiji
Chaka: The Lonely Hitman
Movie • 1998
Chaka 2
Movie • 1999
New Book of the Waru 2: Challenge
Movie • 1993
Fake Out
Movie • 2025
Goto
Silent Night
Movie • 2025
Keizo Kuno
Unification Of Japan 24
Movie • 2017
Unification Of Japan 26
Movie • 2018
Unification of Japan 28
Movie • 2018
Unification of Japan 30
Movie • 2018
Unification of Japan 31
Movie • 2018
Unification of Japan 32
Movie • 2019
Unification of Japan 33
Movie • 2019
Unification of Japan 34
Movie • 2019
Unification of Japan 35
Movie • 2019
Like a Dragon — Powered by Nihon Touitsu
Movie • 2026
Shintaro Kazama
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Movie • 1995
Nozomu Matsuura
Ninjutsu Chronicles: NINJA STAR
Movie • 2009
Unification of Japan 39
Movie • 2020
Unification of Japan 40
Movie • 2020
Unification of Japan 41
Movie • 2020
Unification of Japan 42
Movie • 2020
Denshi Sentai Denziman
TV • 1980
Akimoto
Zero: Dragon Blood
TV • 2017
Harukawa
Engine Sentai Go-Onger
TV • 2008
Gang Father
Great Selection Taxi
TV • 2014
Hayami
Juukou B-Fighter
TV • 1995
Ryuzaburou Tatewaki / Bill Goldy
Utenai Keikan
TV • 2016
The Woman of S.R.I.
TV • 1999
Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors
TV • 2021
陰陽少女
TV • 2004
Fuller House
TV • 2016
The Dragon
Nekonade
TV • 2008
Ishiguro
Tokyo Vice
TV • 2022
Hitoshi Ishida
Happy Kanako's Killer Life
TV • 2025
Ryu Ga Gotoku Powered by Nihon Touitsu
TV • 2026
Shintaro Kazama