Bunta Sugawara | |
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| Born | August 16, 1933 |
| Died | November 28, 2014 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–2012 |
| Children | 3 |
Bunta Sugawara (Japanese: 菅原 文太, Hepburn: Sugawara Bunta, August 16, 1933 – November 28, 2014) was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 feature films. Dropping out of Waseda University, he worked as a model before entering the film industry in 1956. After years of work, Sugawara finally established himself as a famous actor at the age of 39, with the lead role of Shozo Hirono in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series (1973–1976) of yakuza films.[1] He quickly found additional success starring as the truck driver Momojiro Hoshi in the comedic Torakku Yarō series (1975–1979).[1] In 1980, Sugawara won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a detective in the satirical Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1979).
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