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.
Known For
Silence
(2016)
Samurai Commander
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
(2003)
Boss Benta
The Last Samurai
(2003)
Nakao
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
(2004)
Boss Benta
The Outsider
(2018)
Prison Warden
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
(2011)
Boss Benta
The Parades
(2024)
Nakata
Ichi the Killer
(2001)
Takayama
Bunraku
(2010)
Uncle
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
(2013)
Goro
Blade of the Immortal
(2017)
Taboo
(1999)
Tokyo Gore Police
(2008)
Tokyo Police Commissioner
Pulse
(2001)
Boss
Dororo
(2007)
A Family
(2021)
Takeda Makoto
Full Filmography
Acting
Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
(1982)
Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
(1984)
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX
Fireflies in the North
(1984)
Abunai Deka
(1987)
Hyodoh
The Lady in a Black Dress
(1987)
The Monster Bus
(1988)
Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
(1988)
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX (archival)
Water Moon
(1989)
Balloon
(1990)
Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
(1990)
Blowback: Love & Death
(1991)
Ratts
Dance till Tomorrow
(1991)
Summer of the Lion Kings
(1991)
Kekko Kamen 3
(1993)
Kaoru Mayuzumi
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
(1993)
Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
(1993)
Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
(1993)
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
(1994)
Nobody
(1994)
Attack! Yan Mama Gang
(1995)
Jingi 6: Full Overkill War
(1995)
Kirikomi
(1995)
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
(1995)
Organ
(1996)
Nakanishi
A Weapon in My Heart
(1996)
Hoshi
Heat After Dark
(1996)
Shabu
(1996)
Be-Bop High School 3
(1996)
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
(1996)
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
(1997)
Toshi Yoshioka
Shin Shizukanaru Don
(1997)
Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!
(1997)
Kawaki no machi
(1997)
Ayamariya Business
(1997)
The Way to Fight 3
(1997)
License to Live
(1998)
Shinichiro Yoshii
Eyes of the Spider
(1998)
Hinuma
Blood
(1998)
Be-Bop High School 2-2
(1998)
密告（チクリ） マル暴裏捜査
(1998)
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
(1998)
Shura ga Yuku 8
(1998)
My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness
(1998)
My Sky (Detective Edition)
(1998)
Wild Criminal
(1999)
Tadokoro
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
(1999)
Ley Lines
(1999)
Danger de mort
(1999)
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
(1999)
Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
(1999)
Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward
(1999)
Taboo
(1999)
Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage
(1999)
Tomie: Replay
(2000)
Kenzô Morita
Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
(2000)
Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
(2000)
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
(2000)
Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2
(2000)
Otoko Michi
(2000)
Otoko Michi 4
(2000)
Otoko Michi 2
(2000)
Otoko Michi 3
(2000)
雀狼伝 必殺！！亜空間殺法
(2000)
Ichi the Killer
(2001)
Takayama
Pulse
(2001)
Boss
Ah, A Sharp Detective
(2001)
Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
(2001)
Otoko Michi 6 The End
(2001)
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
(2001)
Don Woman 2
(2001)
Don Woman
(2001)
Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Dance
(2001)
Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere
(2002)
Takara Shuhei
Graveyard of Honor
(2002)
Toshi Nishizaki
Madness in Bloom
(2002)
No Problem 2
(2002)
Kazuo Ota
Don Woman 3
(2002)
Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Scream
(2002)
The Last Samurai
(2003)
Nakao
Alive
(2003)
Matsuda
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
(2003)
Boss Benta
Marebito
(2004)
MIB
Ghost Shout
(2004)
HEAT -Incandescence- PART II
(2004)
Fujimaki
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
(2004)
Boss Benta
Izo
(2004)
Monk Soldier
Murder Net
(2004)
[Is A.]
(2004)
Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama
(2004)
Damned Files 8
(2004)
Dead Run
(2005)
Shuji's Father
Aishiteyo
(2005)
Under the Same Moon
(2005)
Joji Sugyama
Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
(2005)
Ikusa
(2005)
Young Wife Detective Wild Honey
(2005)
Onmyō Girl: One
(2005)
Confessions of a Dog
(2006)
Hassei Takeda
Prisoner No. 07: Reina
(2006)
Yakuza Don
(2006)
MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon
(2006)
MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi
(2006)
MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi
(2006)
MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi
(2006)
MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi
(2006)
MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui
(2006)
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1
(2006)
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2
(2006)
「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3
(2006)
Invisible War
(2007)
Mayor of Maisaka
Glory to the Filmmaker!
(2007)
Hisamatsu
Investigator of the Public Security Police
(2007)
Dororo
(2007)
Zero Woman R
(2007)
MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent
(2007)
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
(2008)
Inspecteur Fuji
Be a Man!! Samurai School
(2008)
Onihige
Tokyo Gore Police
(2008)
Tokyo Police Commissioner
Sisterhood
(2008)
Johnen: Love of Sada
(2008)
Otoku
Chameleon
(2008)
Dark Love: Rape
(2008)
Tear Jar
(2008)
Shugo
The Soup of Heaven
(2008)
The Unbroken
(2009)
Tatsuro Shikata
Kanikôsen
(2009)
Zen
(2009)
Daydream
(2009)
Tochka
(2009)
Wangan Midnight: The Movie
(2009)
Bunraku
(2010)
Uncle
Running on Empty
(2010)
300 Million
(2010)
Heaven's Story
(2010)
Suzuki
Strangers in the City
(2010)
Yukio Ohmori
Awaremi Mumashika
(2010)
Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days
(2011)
Officer Urakawa
Cut
(2011)
Masaki
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
(2011)
Boss Benta
Beyond Outrage
(2012)
Okamoto
Dirty Hearts
(2012)
Sasaki
Helpless and Reckless
(2012)
Aoki
Playback
(2012)
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
(2013)
Goro
Tokyo Bitch, I Love You
(2013)
25
(2014)
Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai
(2014)
Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX / Ambassador Darkness (voice)
Don's Road 12
(2014)
Don's Road 13
(2014)
Gonin Saga
(2015)
Yuzuru Matsuura
Chasuke's Journey
(2015)
Don's Road 14
(2015)
Don's Road Final
(2015)
Men in the Underworld
(2015)
Men in the Underworld: Chapter 2
(2015)
64: Part 1
(2016)
Urushibara
64: Part 2
(2016)
Urushibara
Silence
(2016)
Samurai Commander
Conflict II
(2016)
Otani
Conflict
(2016)
Otani
Yuriko's Picture Book
(2016)
I Am a Weapon
(2016)
Unification Of Japan 18
(2016)
Unification Of Japan 19
(2016)
Strong Man
(2016)
Strong Man Chapter 2
(2016)
Men in the Underworld: Chapter 3
(2016)
Men in the Underworld: Chapter 4
(2016)
Men in the Underworld: Chapter 5
(2016)
Men in the Underworld: Final Chapter
(2016)
Tatara Samurai
(2017)
Sakichi
ZVP
(2017)
Zatoichi
Blade of the Immortal
(2017)
Vigilante
(2017)
Takeo Shindo
The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War
(2017)
Unification Of Japan 20
(2017)
Unification Of Japan 21
(2017)
Unification Of Japan 22
(2017)
Unification Of Japan 25
(2017)
Unification Of Japan 24
(2017)
Unification Of Japan 23
(2017)
Gokudō tenka fubu
(2017)
Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4
(2017)
Strong Man Chapter 3
(2017)
Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 5
(2017)
Butterfly Sleep
(2018)
Ryuji Ayamine
The Outsider
(2018)
Prison Warden
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
(2018)
Maruman, Police Chief
Elegy
(2018)
Elegy 2
(2018)
Elegy 3
(2018)
YOKOHAMA BLACK 5
(2018)
YOKOHAMA BLACK 6
(2018)
日本統一27
(2018)
Black Crow 1
(2019)
Kanai
Black Crow 2
(2019)
Kanai
Kingdom The Man Who Became the Leader
(2019)
Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk
(2020)
A Family
(2021)
Takeda Makoto
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
(2021)
Tomorrow's Dining Table
(2021)
Tsuneo Fujisaki
Nebagiba New World
(2021)
Black Crow 0
(2021)
Black Crow 3
(2021)
Kanai
Just Remembering
(2022)
Bar Customer
The Setting Sun
(2022)
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
(2023)
Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi
(2023)
Ryo Murasame
Fearless
(2023)
The Parades
(2024)
Nakata