Kōtarō Sugie

Kōtarō Sugie

Born: January 21, 1932
Died: September 11, 1998
in Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Kōtarō Sugie...

G.I. Samurai
Title: G.I. Samurai
Character: Koizumi's Important Courtiers
Released: September 17, 1979
Type: Movie
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
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Records of Bloodshed
Title: Records of Bloodshed
Released: June 10, 1970
Type: Movie
Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One day, he is arrested due to the plotting of Kurahata, a member of the Yakuza who doesn't like him.
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Midnight Virgin
Title: Midnight Virgin
Released: April 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a suicide attempt. The two girls become close, eventually leading to a lesbian relationship. Their affair drifts into sadism and involvement with a bizarre sex cult, resulting in the deaths of the two lovers.
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Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders
Title: Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders
Released: December 17, 1969
Type: Movie
Japanese crime film
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Showdown at Nagasaki
Title: Showdown at Nagasaki
Released: September 17, 1969
Type: Movie
When Keiji Takama returns to Nagasaki, he finds many changes. The rights of the entertainment field that had been held by his family have been taken over by the Matsui Group, a new gangster setup. So he becomes head of the Takama Group to regain lost territory. With the cooperation of all the Bosses from Tokyo to Nagasaki, who had known his father, Keiji recovers the rights to put on shows at the City Hall. As he had feared, however, Matsui begins to interfere with his plans. Keiji's men are furious, but he knows better than to take up the cudgels with Matsui at this important time. Whatever Matsui does, Keiji goes one better. Frustrated and bitter, Matsui calls in the help of Koiwa, a killer. Now, having tried his best to oust Keiji but finding that he is made of sterner stuff than he had counted on, he decides to have Koiwa do away with him for good.
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
Title: Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
Character: Uno
Released: November 2, 1968
Type: Movie
On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrusts his last wish; "find my sister and take care of her." Goro leaves as a free man with a mission, but soon finds that he might have been better off in jail.
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Duel in the Storm
Title: Duel in the Storm
Character: Funatatsu
Released: August 1, 1968
Type: Movie
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has not begun well and he is determined to rebuild the shattered business. The Yakuza, however, have added the ferry business to the rest of their portfolio of local concerns.
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Dice and Swords
Title: Dice and Swords
Released: January 13, 1968
Type: Movie
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his daughter Orin (Ruriko Asaoka) and the son of notorious Gyotoku clan, but Orin’s heart belonged to Shinjiro (Yujiro Ishihara), a member of her father’s clan.
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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Title: Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Character: Reporter #1
Released: April 22, 1967
Type: Movie
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
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The Man of Victory
Title: The Man of Victory
Released: February 25, 1967
Type: Movie
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Dreams Come True at Night
Title: Dreams Come True at Night
Released: January 14, 1967
Type: Movie
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Fearless Comrades
Title: Fearless Comrades
Released: October 8, 1966
Type: Movie
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to marry. Kosuke decides to settle in this city and help him find his beloved, but the future of this city is not cloudless either, because the cruel Yakuza is in power in the city, and soon Kosuke will have to fight with him...
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Kaerazeru hatoba
Title: Kaerazeru hatoba
Released: August 13, 1966
Type: Movie
A crime film from 1966
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Love Eternal
Title: Love Eternal
Released: July 9, 1966
Type: Movie
A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. After one last job, they intend to run off together to Hong Kong, but their plans are hindered when an uninvited yakuza stirs up a vicious shootout. In the midst of it all, Ayako is kidnapped.
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Night of Sorrow
Title: Night of Sorrow
Character: Goichi Hirose
Released: March 27, 1966
Type: Movie
A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves.
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Bastards Without Borders
Title: Bastards Without Borders
Character: Goto
Released: November 13, 1965
Type: Movie
Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action masterpiece with Akira Kobayashi, in the role of an international secret police officer who challenges organizations throughout the world.
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Woman Gambler
Title: Woman Gambler
Character: Takemi
Released: October 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza.
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The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
Title: The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
Character: Anzai
Released: October 8, 1965
Type: Movie
As a foreign gambling ring tries to take over the Japanese underworld, Himuro the ace gambler must face their leader - and his dangerous gadgets…
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Loss of innocence
Title: Loss of innocence
Released: June 20, 1965
Type: Movie
A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."
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Taking the Castle
Title: Taking the Castle
Released: March 6, 1965
Type: Movie
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
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A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
Title: A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
Released: December 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series.
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The Hunter's Diary
Title: The Hunter's Diary
Released: April 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...
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Cruel Gun Story
Title: Cruel Gun Story
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
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The Symbol of a Man
Title: The Symbol of a Man
Released: July 14, 1963
Type: Movie
In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's reputation. Torn between filial piety and his ideals Ryuji is told of the murder of his father by men of a rival gang. He experiences another shock when informed that the woman behind the rival gang is his true mother who was forced to leave his father due to an unwritten code among gamblers.
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Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
Title: Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
Released: April 28, 1963
Type: Movie
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Badge of the Night
Title: Badge of the Night
Released: March 31, 1963
Type: Movie
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. Kobayashi then discovers evidence that points to the doctor sibling of an innocent girl. The climax in a rural snowy locale is suspenseful and well-staged.
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Sarariiman monogatari Taiki bansai
Title: Sarariiman monogatari Taiki bansai
Released: February 20, 1963
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
Title: The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
Character: Detective
Released: February 10, 1963
Type: Movie
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an honest life seems like an unattainable goal for Jiro. Can there be anything else but a tragic ending?
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Utau abarenbō
Title: Utau abarenbō
Released: December 26, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Namari o buchikome
Title: Namari o buchikome
Released: December 16, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Hitoribotchi no futari daga
Title: Hitoribotchi no futari daga
Released: November 3, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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零戦黒雲一家
Title: 零戦黒雲一家
Released: August 12, 1962
Type: Movie
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I Hate But Love
Title: I Hate But Love
Released: July 9, 1962
Type: Movie
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
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The Man From the Sea
Title: The Man From the Sea
Released: July 8, 1962
Type: Movie
Japanese action film.
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Sun and stars
Title: Sun and stars
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
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Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami
Title: Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami
Released: May 13, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Wakai tsume ato
Title: Wakai tsume ato
Released: May 9, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Title: Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Released: February 25, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Title: Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Released: January 14, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Fuun shinsegumi
Title: Fuun shinsegumi
Character: Okita Soji
Released: May 17, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Japanese film about the Shinsengumi.
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Sexy Line
Title: Sexy Line
Released: January 9, 1961
Type: Movie
It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his lover. The other is a woman pick-pocket who is entrapped by the organization's schemes involving their crimes. Fate places them together, and they start to investigate the prostitution ring run by the organization...
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Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Title: Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Released: September 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Japanese action film.
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Death Row Woman
Title: Death Row Woman
Character: Doctor
Released: March 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.
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Female Slave Ship
Title: Female Slave Ship
Released: January 3, 1960
Type: Movie
The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is taken aboard a ship bound for Shanghai to deliver its merchandise - a ship filled with Female Slaves kidnapped from Japan. Will he abandon the women to pursue his main objective? Or will he fight foes, spies and pirates to save these women against all odds?
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Quiet Dawn in the Front
Title: Quiet Dawn in the Front
Released: September 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Japanese war film.
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影法師捕物帖
Title: 影法師捕物帖
Released: April 29, 1959
Type: Movie
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Underwater Murder
Title: Underwater Murder
Released: July 27, 1958
Type: Movie
The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.
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黄金奉行
Title: 黄金奉行
Released: June 29, 1958
Type: Movie
Japanese film.
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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Title: Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Released: March 14, 1958
Type: Movie
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関八州喧嘩陣
Title: 関八州喧嘩陣
Released: February 4, 1958
Type: Movie
1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho.
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Queen of Asia
Title: Queen of Asia
Released: December 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
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Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Title: Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals
Released: November 10, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese mystery film.
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Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
Title: Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction
Released: October 8, 1957
Type: Movie
The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2)
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Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
Title: Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle
Released: October 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens.
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Super Giant Continues
Title: Super Giant Continues
Released: August 13, 1957
Type: Movie
The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. (Part 2 of 2)
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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Title: Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Released: April 29, 1957
Type: Movie
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
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Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties
Title: Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: 6 Famous Beauties
Character: Yonosuke
Released: December 11, 1956
Type: Movie
Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women under the aegis of local showman Ibaragiya. The film opens with the sextet humiliating a respected painter's portraits of them, driving the man to a sus­picious suicide. Later, while celebrating his son's impending marriage into a wealthy family, Ibaragiya releases six pigeons from a pleasure boat, each with a rolled up drawing of one of the beauties tied to their legs. He offers a cash reward to whomever recovers the pictures, but they instead become death notices of which of the six are next to die.
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The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
Title: The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
Character: Yoshichi
Released: September 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga. Before learning of these plots, Ryutaro discovers himself in a predicament of his own when he rushes to the defence of a local girl who is caught between her boyfriend and a greedy businessman. The situation results in many violent one-on-one skirmishes between Ryutaro and the businessman’s many samurai defendants, one of whom enigmatically refuses to reveal his face or use more than just the one hand. Before long, Ryutaro’s top priority is not protecting Iemitsu as it should be, but rather unearthing the true identity of the mystery samurai.
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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Title: Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
Released: July 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
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銀蛇の岩屋
Title: 銀蛇の岩屋
Released: May 24, 1956
Type: Movie
1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
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The Fencing Collegian
Title: The Fencing Collegian
Released: February 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
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The Tale of Jiro
Title: The Tale of Jiro
Character: Elementary school teacher
Released: October 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.