was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 feature films. Dropping out of

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, he worked as a

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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

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s. He quickly found additional success starring as the

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Momojiro Hoshi in the comedic ''

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'' series (1975–1979). In 1980, Sugawara won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a detective in the satirical ''

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'' (1979).

Life and career

Sugawara was born in

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. His father was a newspaper reporter. His parents divorced when he was four, and he moved to

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to live with his father and stepmother. As part of a wartime policy to evacuate children from major cities, he was moved back to Sendai during fourth grade. As an adult he entered

's law program, but was dropped in his second year for failing to pay and began work as a model. He had minor roles in the

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. His first film role was in the 1956

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film ''Aishu no Machi ni Kiri ga Furu''. Sugawara appeared in

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's 1958 ''White Line'' after being scouted by the

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studio. At Shintoho he gained starring roles despite being a newcomer. However, when Shintoho filed for bankruptcy in 1961, Sugawara moved to the

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studio where he was cast in

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's ''Shamisen and Motorcycle'', but was fired from the role for coming to set late after a night drinking. He gave a notable performance in

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's ''Legend of a Duel to the Death'' (1963), but it did not fare well at the box office. Disenchanted with the low pay, and what he felt were unsuitable roles, he left and went to Toei in 1967 after being recommended by

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. He had a part in Ishii's 1967 ''Abashiri Bangaichi: Fubuki no Toso'', one of many films in the director's ''

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'' series. Sugawara's first starring role at Toei was in ''Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono no Okite'' in 1969. It launched a series, with the last installment, 1972's '' Street Mobster'' by

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, being the most successful. He achieved major success in 1973 at the age of 40, when he starred in Fukasaku's five-part

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epic ''

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''. Based on a real-life yakuza conflict in

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, the series was very successful, and popularized a new type of yakuza film called the '' Jitsuroku eiga'', and the role of Shozo Hirono still remains his most well known. Sugawara also starred in Fukasaku's ''

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'' in 1975. Also in 1975, he starred in the comedy '' Torakku Yarō: Go-Iken Muyō'' as love-seeking

Momojiro Hoshi, which launched a successful ten-installment series. Sugawara won the 1980 Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a detective in Kazuhiko Hasegawa's 1979 satirical film ''

''. His son Kaoru died in a railroad crossing accident in October 2001 at the age of 31. In 2007, Sugawara was diagnosed and treated with

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for

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. On February 23, 2012, Sugawara announced his retirement from acting. He came to the decision after the

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and being hospitalized in the winter of 2011, although he said he might consider future roles. Late in life, he took up farming in

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. On November 13, 2014, Sugawara was checked into a Tokyo hospital after having a routine checkup. He died in the hospital from liver failure caused by

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on November 28 at 3:00am, aged 81. A funeral for family was held on November 30 at

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, and his death was publicly announced by Toei on December 1.

Filmography

Films

*''Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu'' (1956) *''Shirosen himitsu chitai'' (1958) - Goto , Sudo's Henchman *''Joôbachi no ikari'' (1958) - Jôji *''Mofubuki no shito'' (1959) - Kinya *''Ama no bakemono yashiki'' (1959) - Detective Nonomiya *''Kurutta yokubô'' (1959) *''Kyûjûkyû-honme no kimusume'' (1959) - Abe Masayuki *''Onna dorei-sen'' (1960) - Sugawa *''Bakudan wo Daku Onna Kaitô'' (1960) - Asakura - Railroad Security Officer *''Taiheiyô Sensô: Nazo no senkan Mutsu'' (1960) - Naval officer *''Kuroi chibusa'' (1960) - Hiroshi Taniguchi *''Mejû'' (1960) - Sugiyama *''Otoko no sekai da'' (1960) *''Bôryoku Gonin Musume'' (1960) - Kazuhiko Nanjô *''Fûryû kokkei-tan: Sennin buraku'' (1961) *''Shamisen to ootobai'' (1961) *''Shitô no densetsu'' (1963) - Gôichi Takamori *''Miagete goran yoru no hoshi o'' (1963) - Miwa *''Iroboke yokuboke monogatari'' (1963) *''Kô ni kieta aitsu'' (1963) *''Kawachi no kaze yôri-abare daikô'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1964) - Sugiura *''Kodoku'' (1964) *''Nippon paradaisu'' (1964) *''Yoru no henrin'' (1964) - Tamura *''Kuchikukan yukikaze'' (1964) *''Chi to okite'' (1965) *''Blood and Rules'' (1965) *''Highway no Ohsama'' (1965) *''Zokû seiun yakuza - ikarî no otoko'' (1965) *''Seiun yakuza'' (1965) *''Kao o kase'' (1966) *''Honoo to okite'' (1966) - Ôtsu *''Otokonokao wa rirekisho'' (1966) *''Sora ippai no namida'' (1966) - Sakaki *''Kinokawa'' (1966) - School principal *''Ahendaichi jigokubutai totsugekseyo'' (1966) *''Shinka 101: Koroshi no Yojinbo'' (1966) *''Otoko no kon'' (1966) *''Dôsu-dokyô no hanamichi'' (1966) *''Abashiri Bangaichi: Fubuki no Toso'' (1967) - Mamushi *''Utage'' (1967) - Lieutenant Kuruihara *''Zenka mono'' (1968) *''Gorotsuki'' (1968) *''Hibotan bakuto: Isshuku ippan'' (1968) - Shiraishi *''Bakuto retsuden'' (1968) - Masakichi *''Kyôdai jingi gyakuen no sakazuki'' (1968) *''Kaibyô nori no numa'' (1968) - Ukon Shibayama *''Heitai gokudo'' (1968) *''Gokudo'' (1968) - Sasaki Toshiya *''Gokuaku bôzu'' (1968) - Ryotatsu *''Furyô banchô: Inoshika Ochô'' (1969) *''Tabi ni deta gokudo'' (1969) *'' Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono Jingi'' (1969) - Goro *'' Yakuza Law'' (1969) *'' Nihon boryoku-dan: Kumicho'' (a.k.a. ''Japan Organized Crime Boss'') (1969) *''Kantô Tekiya ikka'' (1969) *'' Soshiki Bōryoku Kyodaisakazuki'' (1969) *''Nihon boryoku-dan: Kumicho'' (1969) - Kazama *''Gorotsuki butai'' (1969) *''Gokuaku bôzu: nenbutsu hitokiri tabi'' (1969) *''Gendai yakuza: Yotamono no okite'' (1969) *''Furyo bancho okuri ookami'' (1969) *''Chôeki san kyôdai'' (1969) *'' Chi-zome no daimon'' (a.k.a. ''Bloodstained Clan Honor'') (1970) *''Kantô Tekiya ikka: Goromen jingi'' (1970) *''Hibotan bakuto: Oryû sanjô'' (1970) - Tsunejioro *''Furyô banchô: Ikkaku senkin'' (1970) *''Kantô Tekiya ikka: Tennôji no kettô'' (1970) *''Nippon dabi katsukyu'' (1970) *''Saigo no tokkôtai'' (1970) *''Gokuaku bozu hitokiri kazoe uta'' (1970) - Ryutatsu *''Hitokiri kannon-uta'' (1970) - Blind Priest Ryotatsu *''Gendai yakuza: Shinjuku no yotamono'' (1970) - Big Brother Katsumata *''Shin kyôdai jingi'' (1970) *''Sengo hiwa, hoseki ryakudatsu'' (1970) *''Nihon jokyo-den: tekka geisha'' (1970) - Yukichi *''Gokudo kyojo tabi'' (1970) - Izumi Tatsuya *''Gokuaku bozu nenbutsu sandangiri'' (1970) *''Gendai ninkyô kyôdai-bun'' (1970) *''Furyo bancho kuchi kara demakase'' (1970) *''Bâkuto jingi: sâkazukî'' (1970) *''Kantô Tekiya ikka: Goromen himatsuri'' (1971) *''Gokuaku bozu - Nomu utsu kau'' (1971) *''Kigeki toruko-buro osho-sen'' (1971) *''Kantô kyôdai jingi ninkyô'' (1971) - Takazaki Taichiro *''Nippon jokyô-den: Gekitô Himeyuri-misaki'' (1971) *''Gendai yakuza: Chizakura san kyodai'' (1971) *''Onna toseinin: ota no mushimasu'' (1971) *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Orei mairi'' (1971) *''Gendai yakuza: Sakazuki kaeshimasu'' (1971) *''Furyo bancho yarazu buttakuri'' (1971) *''Chōeki Tarō: Mamushi no Kyōdai'' (1971) *''Akû oyabûn tai daigashî'' (1971) *''Hibotan bakuto: Jingi tooshimasu'' (1972) *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Chôeki jûsankai'' (1972) *''Junko intai kinen eiga: Kantô hizakura ikka'' (1972) - Yuijiro *'' Gendai Yakuza: Hitokiri Yota'' (a.k.a. ''Street Mobster'') (1972) - Isamu Okita *''Gokudo makari touru'' (1972) - Ishido Tsuneo *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Shôgai kyôkatsu jûhappan'' (1972) *''Kogarashi Monjirô: Kakawari gozansen'' (1972) - Monjirô Kogarashi *'' Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers'' (1972) *''Hijirimen bakuto'' (1972) *''Yakuza to kôsô: Jitsuroku Andô-gumi'' (1972) *''Kogarashi Monjirô'' (1972) - Monjirô *''Furyo gai'' (1972) *''Bakuchi-uchi Gaiden'' (1972) *''

'' (1973) - Shozo Hirono *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Musho gurashi yonen-han'' (1973) *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' (1973) - Shozo Hirono *''Yakuza tai G-men'' (1973) - Lee Chung Shun, Narcotics Group Boss *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Kyôkatsu san-oku-en'' (1973) *''Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok'' (1973) *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War'' (1973) - Shozo Hirono *''Yokosuka Navy Prison'' (1973) *''Yamaguchi-gumi San-daime'' (1973) - Big Boss Hachiro *''Kâigun o shu ga kêimushyô'' (1973) *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics'' (1974) - Shozo Hirono *''Gakusei yakuza'' (1974) *''Bôryoku gai'' (1974) - Gizagoro's dragon *''Lubang tô no kiseki: Rikugun Nakano gakkô'' (1974) *'' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode'' (1974) - Shozo Hirono *''Gokudo VS Mamushi'' (1974) *''Andô-gumi gaiden: Hitokiri shatei'' (1974) *'' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1974) - Miyoshi Makio *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Futari awasete sanjuppan'' (1974) - Masataro of Mamushi's *''Jitsuroku hishyakaku ôkami domo no jingi'' (1974) - Ishikuro Hikoichi *''Â kessen kôkûtai'' (1974) *''Mamushi to aodaishô'' (1975) - Goromasa *''Dai dâtsu gokû'' (1975) *''Daidatsugoku'' (1975) - Kunizo Kuniiwa *''

'' (1975) - Detective Kuno *''Torakku yarô: Goiken muyô'' (1975) - Momojirô Hoshi - Ichibanboshi *''Kobe Kokusai Gang'' (1975) - Kenzo Otaki *'' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' (1975) - Shuji Kuroda *''Torakku yarô: Bakusô Ichibanboshi'' (1975) *'' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss'' (1976) - Shuichi Nozaki *''Torakku yarô: Bôkyô Ichibanboshi'' (1976) *''Baka Masa Hora Masa Toppa Masa'' (1976) - Bakamasa *''Torakku yarô: tenka gomen'' (1976) *''Yamaguchi-gumi gaiden: Kyushu shinko-sakusen'' (1977) - Yozakura *''Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don'' (1977) - Eizo Iwami *''Nihon no jingi'' (1977) *''Torakku yarô: Dokyô ichibanboshi'' (1977) *''Bokusâ'' (1977) - Hayato, ex-boxer *''Nippon no Don: Yabohen'' (1977) - Shinsuke Tembo *''Torakku yarô: Otoko ippiki momojirô'' (1977) *''Shinjuku yoidore banchi: Hitokiri tetsu'' (1977) *''Inubue'' (1978) - Shiro Akitsu *''Torakku yarô: Totsugeki ichiban hoshi'' (1978) - Hoshi Momojiro *''Dynamite Dondon'' (1978) - Kasuke *''Nihon no Don: Kanketsuhen'' (1978) - Akira Kawanishi *''Yokohama ankokugai mashingan no ryu'' (1978) - Ryuta Yabuki *''Torakku yarô: Ichiban hoshi kita e kaeru'' (1978) - Hoshi Momojiro *''Sochô no kubi'' (1979) - Hachiyo Shunji *''Ogon no inu'' (1979) - Lorry driver *''Torakku yarô: Neppû 5000 kiro'' (1979) - Hoshi Momojiro *''

'' (1979) - Inspector Yamashita *''Dabide no hoshi: Bishôjo-gari'' (1979) - Momojirô Hoshi *''Torakku yarô: Furusato tokkyûbin'' (1979) - Hoshi Momojiro *''Jingi naki tatakai: Sôshûhen'' (1980) - Shozo Hirono *'' The Gate of Youth'' (1981) - Shigezo Ibuki *''Honō no Gotoku'' (1981) - Senkichi Kotetsu *''Yûkai hôdô'' (1982) - Pilot *''Seiha'' (1982) - Koji Kawakami *''Shura no mure'' (1984) *'' The Burmese Harp'' (1985) - Platoon Commander *''Rokumeikan'' (1986) - Count Kageyama *''Eiga joyû'' (1987) - Kenji Mizoguchi *''Kuroi doresu no onna'' (1987) - Shoji *''Za samurai'' (1987) - Samurai *''Tsuru'' (1988) - Rich man *''

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Television

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