Skip to content
Join
Actor · 1933 to 2014

Bunta Sugawara

Best rated (acting): Spirited Away (8.5)

Acting films
24
Acting avg
7.07
Peak run
1973’74
7+ run
5 films
CompareBacon number
Acting films, by TMDB rating

The career

Bunta Sugawara, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1973 to 1974, 7.17678919701980199020002010Spirited Away 8.5Tales from Earthsea 6.5Career avg 7.07

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Bunta Sugawara's career barcodecoolhot
196324 films2012
Current formLast 5: 7.15 vs career 7.07 (+0.08)
  1. LStar of David: Beauty Hunting1979 · 6.2−0.9
  2. WSpirited Away2001 · 8.5+1.5
  3. LThe Great Yokai War2005 · 6.3−0.8
  4. LTales from Earthsea2006 · 6.5−0.6
  5. WWolf Children2012 · 8.2+1.1
As an actor, films with 25+ votes

Bunta by the numbers

Average
7.07
13 rated films
Vote weighted
7.24
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.73
rating spread
Career
50y
1963 to 2012
Total votes
23.9K
across every film
Best
8.5
Spirited Away
Worst
6.5
Tales from Earthsea
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2012Wolf Children posterWolf ChildrenNirasaki (voice)8.22,556
2006Tales from Earthsea posterTales from EarthseaHaitaka (voice)6.51,548
2005The Great Yokai War posterThe Great Yokai WarShuntarō Ino6.378
2001Spirited Away posterSpirited AwayKamaji (voice)8.519,028
2000Dora-heita posterDora-heitaNadahachi on the Great River·11
1979Star of David: Beauty HuntingMomojirô Hoshi6.252
1979The Man Who Stole the Sun posterThe Man Who Stole the SunInspector Yamashita7.442
1977The BoxerHayato·8
1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss posterNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossShuichi Nozaki·14
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss posterNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossShuji Kuroda·20
1975Cops vs. Thugs posterCops vs. ThugsDetective Kuno6.129
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 posterNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Makio Miyoshi·21
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode posterBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeShozo Hirono7.250
1974Violent StreetsTatsu·23
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics posterBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsShozo Hirono7.051
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War posterBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarShozo Hirono7.060
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima posterBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaShozo Hirono7.375
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity posterBattles Without Honor and HumanityShozo Hirono7.3128
1972Street Mobster posterStreet MobsterIsamu Okita6.848
1969Japan Organized Crime Boss posterJapan Organized Crime BossTsutomu Kazama·12
Better together?

Bunta Sugawara's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Kinji Fukasaku and Bunta Sugawara movies · Bunta Sugawara and Tsunehiko Watase movies · Hiroki Matsukata and Bunta Sugawara movies · Bunta Sugawara and Kunie Tanaka movies

Takes

On Bunta Sugawara

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

TMDBThis website uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.