
Acting
Kenji Sugawara
Born — Died
1926-03-14 — 1999-12-24
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
61 titles
Known for
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tokai toiu minato
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Essay on Conflict
1959
NRThe drama depicts the lives and loves of people living in three different environments: a family consisting of two brothers and their parents; a family with a father and a daughter who are not well organized; and a girl who has moved from the countryside to Tokyo to live alone in the whirlwind of the big city, desperately trying to survive.
Brother
1969
NRIttōsai, who trained in the Itto-ryu style deep in the mountains of Nara, joins a professional baseball team.
Ittōsai wa sebangō 6
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
7.7Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Street of Shame
1956
Film credits
1970s · 1 titles
1960s · 9 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Legendary Hell
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kingdom of Samurai
1966
NRA song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.
Dash to the Sun
1966
6.4The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.
A Woman's Testament
1960
6.5A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.
Judo vs. Karate
1966
NR1961 Japanese movie
Tejō ni kaketa koi
1961
6.6The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.
Satan's Sword
1960
NRJapanese crime film.
The Woman Killer
1969
NRMiyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...
Shichinin no keiji
1963
1950s · 49 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tokai toiu minato
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Essay on Conflict
1959
NRIttōsai, who trained in the Itto-ryu style deep in the mountains of Nara, joins a professional baseball team.
Ittōsai wa sebangō 6
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
7.7Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Street of Shame
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Horeruna Yanpachi
1956
NRJudo movie.
Duel at Noon
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tsuki no kōdōkan
1956
NRA passionate young man who risks his life for love and judo and the innocent young woman who adores him face off against an evil judoka at Chidorigafuchi.
The Big Four of the Kodokan
1955
NRCentered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.
The Birth of Judo
1955
NRA young engineer and a pure-hearted mountain girl take on the challenges of the Akan primeval forest, where lawlessness and violence run rampant.
Outlaw
1953
7.1Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
NRA romantic story about a young medical student and a Japanese dancer who meet while watching a university ice hockey league game, and how they overcome various difficulties to be together.
I Love You
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Zoku bakurō ichidai
1952
NRChieko Izumi is a reporter for the magazine "Weekly Japanese Women". She had come to Tokyo to stay with her aunt in order to escape her stubborn grandmother in her hometown in Kyushu, who was trying to force her to marry Komori, the local ringleader.
Inhibited Love
1955
NRYosuke Machida of the Daito Shinpo hears from a boy named Toshi-bo, whom he found on the street, that Toshi-bo’s older sister, Toyo, was deceived by a man named Taichi Tachikawa and sold into prostitution in a red-light district. He then set foot in this district for the first time and met Michiko Kawabe, a female reporter known by the nickname “Yoshie.” After hearing various details about the situation from her, he learned that Toyo was at “Kotogawa.”
Dorei no machi
1951
NRThis story depicts the struggles of a man living in the cutthroat world of competition and the pure love of his wife.
Tsuma koso waga inochi
1957
8.5Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.
The Makioka Sisters
1959
NRJudo movie.
Zoku ginga no miyako
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Where Might is Right
1955
NRAfter helping a woman recover her wallet, which had been stolen by a pickpocket, a rough-around-the-edges young man who is a sixth-dan judo practitioner falls in love with a beautiful teacher of traditional folk songs.
Ginga no miyako
1957
NRA passionate, righteous journalist, burning with indignation, draws his gun of justice in response to the death of his fellow photographer.
Tokyo Gang
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Bara no kōdōkan
1956
An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.
Studio wa ōsawagi
1956
NRA mystery story set on a haunted island: a student is murdered, followed by the suicide of his lover.
Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi
1952
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
NRA beautiful dancer who lost her mother and was raised abroad searches for her long-lost father in the homeland she has always longed for.
Haru no uzumaki
1954
5.0During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a rival force led by her grandfather.
The Princess Sen
1954
NRSet against the backdrop of Nagasaki, a love story blossoms between an unfortunate circus girl and a shipbuilding engineer.
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
NRSanpei, an innocent sailor with incredible strength, arrives in the big city teeming with social ills carrying a mysterious bag.
Okore Sanpei
1953
NRA young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.
Yearning
1954
NRThere are male and female students working part-time jobs in the city center while facing the harsh realities of society as they struggle to pay for tuition and living expenses, and there are those who prey on these students. The Sugita-gumi, which was supposed to have been disbanded under the Ordinance on the Regulation of Organizations, established the “Student Part-Time Workers’ Association” and began ensnaring innocent students in its clutches. Eguchi of the student newspaper editorial board and his fellow staff members begin an investigation to expose the Sugita-gumi’s misdeeds.
Gunrō no machi
1952
NRA passionate young man who lives for judo, the innocent girl he adores, and a challenge to the judo boss… A major match where love and life are on the line.
Hida no ko tengu
1951
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Wicked Boy
1956
NRThe former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase. Murase's mother had remarried after his father's death and the impressionable boy hated his overbearing father who held the whip-hand over his gentle mother. Out of defiance of his step-father he became wayward. But he was bright and his teacher persuaded him to enter the Academy as he knew that if he left home, his mother need not feel apologetic towards her husband on his account. Discipline was strict, their studies were hard and, in between, all the new cadets received an ample share of beatings, at the hands of the senior cadets, for the slightest mistakes. Murase thought all picked on him the most, especially Cadet First Class Kogure, who manhandled him at the slightest excuse.
Etajima, the Naval Academy
1959
NRWith his mother’s wishes and a young woman’s prayers in his heart, a spirited young man fights to uphold the honor of college judo.
Daigaku no kotengu
1952
NRAn exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.
Tokyo Crime Map
1956
NRA romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of the February 26 Incident.
The Aristocrat's Stairs
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kurohyō
1953
NRAdaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.
The Messenger from the Moon
1954
NRJapanese drama from 1954
Hana no Inochi wo
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Machi no kotengu
1952
NRA studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
8.0A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.
Hole in One
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Musume no boken
1958
9.0Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu’s brother works.
The Precipice
1958
10.0A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955


