Acting
Shun Sugata
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.
Movies with Shun Sugata
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
The Last Samurai
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
Ichi the Killer
2001
Silence
2016
Pulse
2001
Tokyo Gore Police
2008
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013
Bunraku
2010
Zero Woman R
2007
Blade of the Immortal
2017
A Family
2021
The Outsider
2018
Yakuza Powered by Nihon Touitsu
2026
Fireflies in the North
1984
Beyond Outrage
2012
Taboo
1999
Blood
1998
Tomie: Replay
2000
Geisha War
Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai
2014
Izo
2004
The Parades
2024
Johnen: Love of Sada
2008
Just Remembering
2022
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 4
2024
Prisoner No. 07: Reina
2006
Chaka: The Lonely Hitman
1998
Dororo
2007
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days
2011
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
2018
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11
2025
Zen
2009
Butterfly Sleep
2018
Ley Lines
1999
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
2008
The Unbroken
2009
Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
2005
Silent Night
2025
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007
Dochinpira 8
1994
Nobody
1994
License to Live
1999
Ninjutsu Chronicles: NINJA STAR
2009
Marebito
2004
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 3
2024
Graveyard of Honor
2002
Wangan Midnight: The Movie
2009
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 2
2024
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 1
2024
64: Part 2
2016
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 13
2025
Confessions of a Dog
2006
Stray Dog
2002
Fake Out
2025
Tochka
2009
Dangerous Cops
1987
Prison Hotel
1996
Unification of Japan 29
2018
Be a Man!! Samurai School
2008
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
Gandaba: Strings of a Broken Harp
2020
Gonin Saga
2015
Vigilante
2017
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 9
2025
Kekko Kamen 3
1993
Dirty Hearts
2012
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6
2024
Akashi
2025
Heaven's Story
2010
Tatara Samurai
2017
Unification of Japan 41
2020
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10
2025
Wild Criminal
1999
Chasuke's Journey
2015
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 5
2024
Madness in Bloom
2002
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3
2006
Kanikôsen
2009
The Setting Sun
2022
Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi
2023
Unification of Japan 42
2020
Attack! Yan Mama Gang
1995
Unification of Japan 39
2020
Unification of Japan 61
2024
Unification of Japan 34
2019
A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!
1984
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
Under the Same Moon
2005
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 8
2025
HEAT -Incandescence- PART II
2004
Dead Run
2005
Eyes of the Spider
1998
64: Part 1
2016
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
1998
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7
2025
Alive
2003
[Is A.]
2004
No Problem 2
2002
Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere
2002
Ghost Shout
2004
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2
2006
Unification Of Japan 18
2016
Awaremi Mumashika
2010
Unification of Japan 62
2024
Unification of Japan 31
2018
Otoko Michi 2
2000
Shura ga Yuku 8
1998
Welcome Back
2025
Unification of Japan 35
2019
Unification of Japan 33
2019
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3
1998
Strangers in the City
2010
Unification Of Japan 20
2017
Unification of Japan Gaiden: Kawatani Family — Jiro the Outlaw Assassin
2024
25
2014
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
1997
Unification of Japan 32
2019
Unification Of Japan 21
2017
Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!
1997
Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
1993
Unification Of Japan 25
2017
Unification of Japan 28
2018
Tear Jar
2008
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
1993
Unification Of Japan 23
2017
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995
Unification Of Japan 22
2017
Naniwa’s Mahjong Showdown
2000
300 Million
2010
Unification of Japan 30
2018
Chameleon
2008
Unification of Japan 40
2020
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
1996
Aishiteyo
2005
Summer of the Lion Kings
1991
Unification Of Japan 24
2017
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
1999
Unification Of Japan 19
2016
Helpless and Reckless
2012
Unification of Japan 69
2025
Water Moon
1989
Cut
2011
Unification Of Japan 26
2018
Nebagiba New World
2021
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion
2000
Organ
1996
Fire and Ice
2004
Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
1988
Chivalry's Lament
2018
CONFLICT II: Conclusion
2016
Trouble Is My Business: Incident Agency
1992
The Soup of Heaven
2008
Shabu
1996
Yuriko's Picture Book
2016
Unification of Japan 65
2024
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
2017
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage
1999
Dark Love: Rape
2008
Heat After Dark
1996
Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk
2020
Kaneko Fumiko
2026
Don Woman 3
2002
Tomorrow's Dining Table
2021
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
1982
Daydream
2009
Balloon
1990
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4
1998
Domination Final Chapter
2008
Black Crow 3
2021
Men of the Underworld
2015
Showa Gamblers Gaiden
2008
New Book of the Waru 2: Challenge
1993
Don's Road 13
2014
Yakuza Don
2006
Bad Moon Rising
2015
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
2000
Kirikomi
1995
Otoko Michi 6 The End
2001
CONFLICT: Outbreak
2016
A Weapon in My Heart
2026
MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon
2006
Don's Road 12
2014
Strong Man Chapter 3
2017
Otoko Michi
2000
Don Woman 2
2001
Jingi 6: Full Overkill War
1995
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
Danger de mort
1999
Black Crow 1
2019
Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
2000
Sisterhood
2008
Unification of Japan 70
2025
Unification of Japan 71
2025
Chaka 2
1999
Running on Empty
2010
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1
1998
Unification of Japan 67
2025
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
2017
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
2001
Ayamariya Business
1997
Black Crow 2
2019
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1
2006
Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don
2019
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 5
2017
MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui
2006
Strong Man Chapter 2
2016
Unification of Japan 68
2025
Fire and Ice 2
2005
Otoko Michi 3
2000
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2
1998
The Shonan Martial Arts High School Chronicles 2: The Birth of the New Leader
1997
Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: Dance of the Demon
2001
ワニ女の逆襲
2001
Toryu-den 2
1995
Be-Bop High School 2-2
1998
Domination
2008
MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi
2006
Scars and Codes 2
2018
MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi
2006
Invisible War
2007
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 5
2016
Strong Man
2016
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5
1998
Chivalry's Lament 3
2018
Public Security Police Investigator
2007
Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama
2004
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 3
2016
Yakuza Kōshien
2004
Toryu-den
1995
YOKOHAMA BLACK 6
2018
Chivalry's Lament 2
2018
Playback
2012
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My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness
1998
Be-Bop High School 3
1996
MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi
2006
Blowback: Love & Death
1991
Conquest
1999
MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent
2007
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
IKUSA
2005
Don Woman
2001
Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
2001
Fearless
2023
FIST
2009
The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza
2007
Tokyo Bitch, I Love You
2013
Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
2000
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 2
2015
Otoko Michi 4
2000
Unification of Japan 27
2018
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
1999
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 4
2016
HAYATE: Basement Fight
2004
Unification of Japan 44
2021
The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark
1994
MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi
2006
Kawaki no machi
1997
Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
1990
YOKOHAMA BLACK 5
2018
Yakuza Zombie
2001
Don's Road Final
2015
Young Wife Detective Wild Honey
2005
Black Crow 0
2021
Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus
1988
雀狼伝 必殺！！亜空間殺法
2000
Jingi: Prologue
2001
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
2023
Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2
2000
The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War
2017
Murder Net
2004
The Way to Fight 3
1997
Ah, A Sharp Detective
2001
Making of Confessions of a Dog
2011
修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団
2002
The Woman Tamer 2
1995
Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward
1999
Unification of Japan: Compilation III — Invasion Strategy
2017
Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: The Demon’s Scream
2002
Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
1993
Jingi 50: Final Chapter
2008
Family Bonds
2014
New Dochinpira
1997
Men of the Underworld: Final Chapter
2016
Unification of Japan 59
2023
I Am a Weapon
2016
Jingi 49: The Final Yakuza War
2008
Don's Road 14
2015
Damned Files 8
2004
Onmyō Girl: One
2005
Shin Shizukanaru Don
1997
Unification of Japan 43
2021
The Informer
1998
My Sky (Detective Edition)
1998
The Last Loyalty Offering
1995
TV Shows with Shun Sugata
Fuller House
2016
Tokyo Vice
2022
The Woman of S.R.I.
1999
Denshi Sentai Denziman
1980
Engine Sentai Go-Onger
2008
Happy Kanako's Killer Life
2025
Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors
2021
Juukou B-Fighter
1995
Great Selection Taxi
2014
Zero: Dragon Blood
2017
Nekonade
2008
Utenai Keikan
2016
陰陽少女
2004