Shun Sugata
Acting
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.
As actor 312
The Woman of S.R.I.
1999
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
Tokyo Vice
2022
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
Fuller House
2016
The Last Samurai
2003
Happy Kanako's Killer Life
2025
Engine Sentai Go-Onger
2008
Denshi Sentai Denziman
1980
Juukou B-Fighter
1995
Silence
2016
Pulse
2001
Ichi the Killer
2001
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013
Blade of the Immortal
2017
A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!
1984
A Family
2021
Chaka: The Lonely Hitman
1998
Bunraku
2010
The Outsider
2018
Beyond Outrage
2012
Graveyard of Honor
2002
Taboo
1999
64: Part 1
2016
Zero Woman R
2007
Tokyo Gore Police
2008
Zero: Dragon Blood
2017
Great Selection Taxi
2014
Ninjutsu Chronicles: NINJA STAR
2009
Ley Lines
1999
Unification of Japan 40
2020
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 10
2025
Unification of Japan 69
2025
Unification of Japan 41
2020
Unification Of Japan 22
2017
Johnen: Love of Sada
2008
Dororo
2007
Eyes of the Spider
1998
Tochka
2009
Unification of Japan 42
2020
Izo
2004
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 11
2025
Unification of Japan 34
2019
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 5
2024
Wild Criminal
1999
Unification Of Japan 19
2016
Unification of Japan 43
2021
Fireflies in the North
1984
Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street
2001
Blood
1998
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 9
2025
Unification of Japan 33
2019
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
25
2014
Ghost Shout
2004
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 1
2024
Stray Dog
2002
Unification of Japan 31
2018
Unification of Japan 44
2021
Unification of Japan 39
2020
Unification of Japan 62
2024
Unification of Japan 61
2024
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion
2000
Zen
2009
Unification Of Japan 21
2017
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 13
2025
Unification Of Japan 18
2016
Unification of Japan 65
2024
Don's Road 14
2015
Unification Of Japan 23
2017
Kekko Kamen 3
1993
Shura ga Yuku 8
1998
300 Million
2010
Unification of Japan 70
2025
Nekonade
2008
Unification of Japan 29
2018
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 3
2024
Unification of Japan 30
2018
Unification of Japan 67
2025
64: Part 2
2016
The Unbroken
2009
Attack! Yan Mama Gang
1995
Unification of Japan 59
2023
Tomie: Replay
2000
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
2017
The Parades
2024
Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere
2002
Geisha War
2026
Kingdom: The Man Who Became Don
2019
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage
1999
IKUSA
2005
Heaven's Story
2010
Butterfly Sleep
2018
Unification Of Japan 26
2018
Dark Love: Rape
2008
YOKOHAMA BLACK 5
2018
Unification of Japan 28
2018
Unification Of Japan 25
2017
Unification of Japan 32
2019
Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days
2011
Unification Of Japan 24
2017
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 4
2024
Unification of Japan 68
2025
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
1982
Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
2000
Silent Night
2025
Onmyou Shoujo
2004
Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!
1997
Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai
2014
Confessions of a Dog
2006
Chivalry's Lament 3
2018
Just Remembering
2022
Awaremi Mumashika
2010
MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent
2007
CONFLICT II: Conclusion
2016
Unification of Japan 71
2025
The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War
2017
Yakuza Powered by Nihon Touitsu
2026
Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
1988
Marebito
2004
Domination
2008
[Is A.]
2004
Showa Gamblers Gaiden
2008
Unification of Japan Gaiden: Kawatani Family — Jiro the Outlaw Assassin
2024
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4
1998
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 2
2024
Akashi
2025
Unification Of Japan 20
2017
Alive
2003
Dead Run
2005
Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
2005
Dangerous Cops
1987
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 8
2025
Shikeidai no 72-Jikan
2013
Prisoner No. 07: Reina
2006
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 7
2025
The Last Loyalty Offering
1995
Tear Jar
2008
Wangan Midnight: The Movie
2009
Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi
2023
Be a Man!! Samurai School
2008
YOKOHAMA BLACK 6
2018
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
2017
CONFLICT: Outbreak
2016
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
2001
Dirty Hearts
2012
Daydream
2009
Tatara Samurai
2017
Yakuza Zombie
2001
License to Live
1999
Chivalry's Lament 2
2018
Chaka 2
1999
MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi
2006
No Problem 2
2002
Don's Road 13
2014
Fearless
2023
Utenai Keikan
2016
MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon
2006
Jingi 6: Full Overkill War
1995
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3
2006
Gandaba: Strings of a Broken Harp
2020
Unification of Japan 35
2019
Cut
2011
Nebagiba New World
2021
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1
1998
Fake Out
2025
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3
1998
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
2000
Unification of Japan 27
2018
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2
2006
Balloon
1990
CONNECT: Road to Conquest 6
2024
Otoko Michi 2
2000
Gonin Saga
2015
Chameleon
2008
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 3
2016
The Soup of Heaven
2008
Damned Files 8
2004
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 4
2016
Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
1990
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
2008
Naniwa’s Mahjong Showdown
2000
Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
1993
The Promised Land
2009
Men of the Underworld: Final Chapter
2016
Unification of Japan: Compilation III — Invasion Strategy
2017
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
2018
Shabu
1996
The Lady in a Black Dress
1987
MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui
2006
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My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness
1998
MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi
2006
Vigilante
2017
Nobody
1994
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5
1998
New Dochinpira
1997
Chasuke's Journey
2015
Tomorrow's Dining Table
2021
Ah, A Sharp Detective
2001
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
1997
Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama
2004
The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2
1998
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 5
2016
MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi
2006
Otoko Michi 6 The End
2001
Summer of the Lion Kings
1991
Toryu-den
1995
Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
1993
Chivalry's Lament
2018
HAYATE: Basement Fight
2004
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 5
2017
Kanikôsen
2009
Men of the Underworld
2015
Don's Road Final
2015
My Sky (Detective Edition)
1998
A Weapon in My Heart
1996
Don Woman
2001
Running on Empty
2010
Black Crow 2
2019
Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
2000
Madness in Bloom
2002
HEAT -Incandescence- PART II
2004
FIST
2009
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
1996
The Woman Tamer 2
1995
Under the Same Moon
2005
修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団
2002
Prison Hotel
1996
Young Wife Detective Wild Honey
2005
Yakuza Don
2006
Otoko Michi 3
2000
Don Woman 3
2002
Be-Bop High School 3
1996
Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus
1988
Trouble Is My Business: Incident Agency
1992
Don's Road 12
2014
Sisterhood
2008
Jingi 50: Final Chapter
2008
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
1993
Bad Moon Rising
2015
Dance till Tomorrow
1991
New Book of the Waru 2: Challenge
1993
Welcome Back
2025
The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza
2007
Kaneko Fumiko
2026
Yakuza Kōshien
2004
The King of Minami: Lady Loan Shark
1994
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
1999
Kawaki no machi
1997
Danger de mort
1999
Black Crow 3
2021
Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
2001
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
1998
The Setting Sun
2022
The Shonan Martial Arts High School Chronicles 2: The Birth of the New Leader
1997
Organ
1996
Men of the Underworld: Chapter 2
2015
Public Security Police Investigator
2007
Family Bonds
2014
Tokyo Bitch, I Love You
2013
Helpless and Reckless
2012
Onmyō Girl: One
2005
Heat After Dark
1996
Water Moon
1989
Playback
2012
Black Crow 1
2019
Toryu-den 2
1995
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
1999
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
2023
Yuriko's Picture Book
2016
I Am a Weapon
2016
Be-Bop High School 2-2
1998
Invisible War
2007
Strong Man Chapter 2
2016
Strong Man Chapter 3
2017
Murder Net
2004
Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward
1999
Aishiteyo
2005
Kirikomi
1995
Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: Dance of the Demon
2001
Otoko Michi
2000
Strong Man
2016
The Way to Fight 3
1997
Otoko Michi 4
2000
Jingi 49: The Final Yakuza War
2008
Shin Shizukanaru Don
1997
Fire and Ice 2
2005
Don Woman 2
2001
Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2
2000
Blowback: Love & Death
1991
Fire and Ice
2004
Dochinpira 8
1994
MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi
2006
Strangers in the City
2010
The Informer
1998
Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: The Demon’s Scream
2002
雀狼伝 必殺！！亜空間殺法
2000
Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk
2020
Scars and Codes 2
2018
Black Crow 0
2021
Jingi: Prologue
2001
Making of Confessions of a Dog
2011
Crocodile Woman’s Revenge
2001
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1
2006
Conquest
1999
Domination Final Chapter
2008
Ayamariya Business
1997