Ichiro Sugai

Japanese actor

Ichirō Sugai

Sugai in The Life of Oharu

Born| (1907-07-25)25 July 1907

Kyoto, Japan

Died| 11 August 1973(1973-08-11) (aged 66)
Occupation(s)| Actor, film director
Years active| 1927-1971

Ichirō Sugai (菅井一郎, Sugai Ichirō; 25 July 1907 – 11 August 1973) was a Japanese actor and film director[1] who appeared in more than 300 films in his 45 years spanning career,[2][3] working with directors such as Kaneto Shindō, Kenji Mizoguchi and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.[1]

## Biography

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Sugai was born in Rukahara (now Higashiyama Ward), Kyoto.[1][3] He left junior high school prematurely and entered the Kyoto section of the Nikkatsu film company in 1925.[1] In the 1930s, he first switched to Shinkō Kinema before founding the actors group Dai-ichi kyōdan and becoming a freelance actor in 1939.[1] Notable films of this era include Kenji Mizoguchi's The Water Magician (1933) and The Straits of Love and Hate (1937).[1] After World War II, Sugai became a sought after supporting actor.[1] In addition to numerous films by directors Shindō, Mizoguchi and Yoshimura, he appeared in films by Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Tadashi Imai, Shōhei Imamura and Yasujirō Ozu.[2]

Sugai directed two films himself, Dorodarake no seishun (1954) and Furanki no uchūjin (1957).[1][2]

## Selected filmography

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* The Water Magician (1933)
* The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
* Spring on Leper's Island (1940)
* Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
* The Most Beautiful (1944)
* Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945)
* Minshū no Teki (1946)
* Aru yo no Tonosama (1946)
* Apostasy (1948)
* Stray Dog (1949)
* Flame of My Love (1949)
* Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
* Early Summer (1951)
* Avalanche (1952)
* The Life of Oharu (1952)
* Epitome (1953)
* A Geisha (1953)
* Life of a Woman (1953)
* Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
* The Crucified Lovers (1954)
* Wolf (1955)
* Shirogane Shinjū (1956)
* Ryūri no Kishi (1956)
* Night Drum (1958)
* Endless Desire (1958)
* Odd Obsession (1959)
* Kenju burai-chō Nukiuchino Ryu (1960)
* Blood Is Dry (1960)
* Black Test Car (1962)
* The Pornographers (1966)
* Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
* The Yoshiwara Story (1968)
* Daimon Otokode Shinitai (1969)
* Chōkōsō no Akebono (1969)
* Heat Wave Island (1969)
* Yakuza's Law: Yakuza Keibatsushi: Rinchi (1969)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h "菅井 一郎". Kotobank. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ a b c "菅井一郎". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
3. ^ a b "菅井一郎". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 July 2023.

## External links

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* Ichiro Sugai at IMDb

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