- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 7.15
- Peak run
- 1951’54
- 7+ run
- 6 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ichirō by the numbers
Average
7.15
11 rated films
Vote weighted
7.19
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±1.01
rating spread
Career
37y
1933 to 1969
Total votes
71.8K
across every film
Best
8.3
Sansho the Bailiff
Worst
6.7
Sanshiro Sugata
Newest first
Filmography
| 1969 | Yakuza Law | · | · | 495 |
| 1966 | Gamera vs. Barugon | Dr. Matsushita | 5.2 | 3,223 |
| 1966 | The Pornographers | Shinun | 7.2 | 2,803 |
| 1962 | Black Test Car | · | · | 776 |
| 1959 | The Key | Masseur | 6.8 | 1,148 |
| 1958 | Endless Desire | Kinzo Onoyu | · | 586 |
| 1954 | A Story from Chikamatsu | Gembê | 8.0 | 5,531 |
| 1954 |  Sansho the Bailiff | Niô - Old Escaped Slave | 8.3 | 20,211 |
| 1953 | A Geisha | Saeki | 7.6 | 2,693 |
| 1952 |  The Life of Oharu | Shinzaemon, Oharu's Father | 8.0 | 8,531 |
| 1951 |  Early Summer | Shukichi Mamiya | 8.0 | 10,919 |
| 1949 | Flame of My Love | Kentaro Omoi | · | 537 |
| 1947 | One Wonderful Sunday | Yamiya, the black-marketeer | 7.2 | 4,244 |
| 1944 | The Most Beautiful | Ken Shinda, Chief of Labor Section | 5.6 | 2,883 |
| 1943 | Sanshiro Sugata | Police Chief Mishima | 6.7 | 6,366 |
| 1937 | The Straits of Love and Hate | Sanjuro Mori | · | 268 |
| 1933 | The Water Magician | Usurer Gōzō Iwabuchi | · | 558 |
Better together?
Ichirō Sugai's regulars
- Kenji MizoguchiDirector and actor · 6 films · 7.98 avg▲+0.63
- Kinuyo TanakaCo-star · 3 films · 8.15 avg▲+0.82
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Films together: Kenji Mizoguchi and Ichirō Sugai movies · Ichirō Sugai and Kinuyo Tanaka movies
Takes
On Ichirō Sugai
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