Kantarō Suga
Kantarō Suga 菅貫太郎 | |
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 Kantarō Suga in 1960 | |
| Born | December 12, 1934 Yuzawa, Akita, Japan |
| Died | March 22, 1994 (aged 59) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | actor |
Kantarō Suga (菅貫太郎, Suga Kantarō, born December 12, 1934 in Yuzawa, Akita - died March 22, 1994 in Yokohama)[1] was a leading Japanese actor. His film credits span three decades, from 1960 to 1990.[2][3] One of his prominent appearances was in the lead role in Pastoral: To Die in the Country. Suga also appeared in The Gate of Youth,[4] Sword of the Beast, and Theater of Life. He also portrays Souichiro Akizuki- the father of Nobuhiko, Kyoko and also the foster father of the protagonist Kotaro Minami in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Black.
A frequent television guest star, Suga acted in jidaigeki and contemporary shows. Twenty appearances on Abarenbō Shōgun, thirteen on Zenigata Heiji, eleven on Momotarō-zamurai, nine on Ōoka Echizen, seven on Edo o Kiru, and numerous guest roles on various programs in the Mito Komon and Hissatsu series top his list of roles.[4]
On March 16,1994, he was involved in a traffic accident in which he came into contact with a motorcycle while walking at an intersection without traffic lights in Kanagawa Prefecture, and died of brain contusion six days later on March 22. He died at the age of 59.
Filmography[]
Film[]
- Knightly Advice (1962)
- Jûsan-nin no shikaku (1963) - Naritsugu
- Ankokugai Main Street (1964) - Katsuo Nakata
- Sword of the Beast (1965) - Daizaburo
- Gohiki no shinshi (1966)
- Eleven Samurai (1967) - Lord Nariatsu
- Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta (1972)
- Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi: Kiba wa hikisaita (1972)
- Onsen suppon geisha (1972) - Kurajirô Hattori
- Sukeban: Tamatsuki asobi (1974) - Koike
- Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974) - Me
- Ôoku ukiyo-buro (1977)
- Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten (1977) - Keiji Sasamoto
- Tarao Bannai: Kimen mura no sangeki (1978) - Kazuomi Ebata
- The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) - Matsudaira Tadanao
- Seishun no mon (1981) - Ichimura
- Tsumiki kuzushi (1983) - Teacher
- Jinsei gekijo (1983)
- Renzoku satsujinki: Reiketsu (1984) - Takafumi Tatsuta
- Hakujitsumu 2 (1987) - Doctor
- Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) - Zennen
- Hanazono no meikyu (1998)
- Shaso (1989) - Hiroto, Fukamachi
- Gokudo no onna-tachi: Saigo no tatakai (1990) - Lawyer Sakurai
- Kyokutô kuroshakai (1993)
Television[]
- Shinsho Taikōki (1973) - Ashikaga Yoshiaki
- Shadow Warriors (1980)
- Ōoku (1983)
- Kawaite sōrō (1984)
- Kamen Rider Black (1987, episode 1) - Souichiro Akizuki
- Mito Komon（1989,epsode 18） - Ichijyo Sanyi
References[]
- ^ "Kantarō Suga biography (In Japanese language)". big.or.jp. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ Kantaro Suga at IMDb (Retrieved on April 30, 2009)
- ^ 菅貫太郎 (Suga Kantarō) at JMDB (Retrieved on April 30, 2009)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "菅貫太郎とは". kotobank. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
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