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Tsûsai Sugawara
Born
Feb 16, 1894
Died: Jun 13, 1981
Lived 87 years
Place of Birth
Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
18
Movies
0
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Tsûsai Sugawara
Acting
Biography
Japanese social activist, business leader, writer, art patron, and occasional actor. In the West he is best known for his cameo appearances in several of the last films directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Movies
18
TV Shows
0
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
as
Tsusai Sugawara
1973
The Horrible Obsessions
as
Sugawara
1972
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
Cast
1972
The Kii River
as
Tazaki
1966
A Trap
Cast
1965
How to Make Money
Cast
1964
The King
Cast
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
as
Dousousei Sugai
1962
This Year's Love
Cast
1962
A Geisha's Diary
as
Shimazaki
1961
Late Autumn
as
Sushiya Kyaku
1960
Floating Weeds
as
Sushi Restaurant Customer
1959
Good Morning
as
Customer
1959
Equinox Flower
as
Mr. Sugai
1958
Flower's Yearning
as
Tsuzuki Keigo
1958
Tokyo Twilight
as
Mahjong Parlor Owner
1957
Our Town
as
Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss
1956
Early Spring
as
Mr. Sugai
1956
