Acting

Yasushi Sugita

Born 1930-10-23 · Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

Princess Yang Kwei-fei poster
6.7

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets.

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

The Great White Tower poster
6.9

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.

The Great White Tower

1966

The Lowest Man poster
9.0

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.

The Lowest Man

1958

Fangs of Vengeance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fangs of Vengeance

1965

The Woman Who Touched Legs poster
7.0

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her.

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960

The Whale God poster
7.0

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

The Whale God

1962

Sentimental Mobsters poster
7.0

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!

Sentimental Mobsters

1963

Afraid to Die poster
6.3

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.

Afraid to Die

1960

The False Student poster
6.7

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

The False Student

1960

Three O'clock in the Morning in a Big City poster
NR

To avenge the death of his brother, a student shooting champion infiltrates the criminal world. An entertaining action drama and an interesting love story.

Three O'clock in the Morning in a Big City

1958

A Woman's Life poster
7.5

Based on Kaoru Morimoto oft performed 1945 play, a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo as Kei an abused orphaned girl that eventually finds sanctuary with a wealthy family that trades goods with China and becomes a successful businesswoman. Masumura dilutes the originally intended pro-Japan propaganda elements for a more anti-war approach.

A Woman's Life

1962

A Design for Dying poster
6.5

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.

A Design for Dying

1961

The Last Loyalty Offering poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Last Loyalty Offering

1967

New Couple's Guide: The Young Wife is Popular poster
NR

A coming-of-age story that depicts the crisis of love in marital life in a light-hearted way, centering on the family of a young scholar whose young wife is a female doctor who has made a name for herself in sex medicine.

New Couple's Guide: The Young Wife is Popular

1961

Invitation to Jail poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Invitation to Jail

1967

Nine Hours of Terror poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nine Hours of Terror

1957

Kawaii mendori ga utatta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kawaii mendori ga utatta

1961

The Man Who Killed Six Women poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Man Who Killed Six Women

1965

Prize of Flesh poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Prize of Flesh

Mother poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mother

1958

The Bogus Policeman poster
8.0

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores it to his mother, then finds that someone has run off with his gun and later uses it to kill. Then he breaks up a group of hoodlums attacking a young girl named Mieko, and the police, his former friends, deciding he has gone too far, decide to sue him. On top of this the girl gets hurt and, consequently, a child from the kindergarten where Mieko teaches is kidnapped on his way home. Impersonating a policeman he tracks down the gangsters and rescues the boy. Due to this he also uncovers a scandal which allows the police to make a long due clean up in the political world. As a reward for all of this he wins the regard of the girl but now faces a stiff prison sentence for impersonating the policeman he had been and which, at heart, he truly remains.

The Bogus Policeman

1967

Hit and Run  Gang poster
NR

Detective Goto, who had sniffed out drugs as the culprit behind the murder of an elderly woman, was run over and killed while pursuing the culprit. His younger brother Matabei vowed to challenge the culprit in front of his brother's grave. A fast-paced action-packed story.

Hit and Run Gang

1960