Sugawara Bunta

Sugawara Bunta (菅原文太) was born on August 16, 1933. Sugawara Bunta movies and tv shows: Kougen e Irasshai 2003 (Japan), Furuhata Ninzaburo 1994 (Japan), Woman in Black 1987 (Japan), The Man Who Stole the Sun 1979 (Japan), Cops vs. Thugs 1975 (Japan)...

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First Name: Bunta

Family Name: Sugawara

Native Name: 菅原文太

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Born: August 16, 1933

Sugawara Bunta was a Japanese actor from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture who appeared in almost 200 feature films. He is the father of one son, actor Kaoru Sugawara, and two daughters.
He's known for his Yakuza movies roles especially "The Yakuza Papers" series.
On February 23, 2012, Sugawara announced his retirement from acting. He came to the decision after the Great East Japan Earthquake and being hospitalized in the winter of 2011, although he said he might consider future roles. Late in life, he took up farming in Yamanashi Prefecture.

On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Sugawara had died from liver cancer on November 28, 2014.