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name: "Ichirō Sugai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ichiro-sugai"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 July 1907"
died: "11 August 1973"
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:43:56.035153+00:00"
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# Ichirō Sugai

Actor. Born 24 July 1907 in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan. Died 11 August 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 July 1907, Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 11 August 1973

## Biography

Ichirō Sugai was a Japanese actor and film director. Born in Kyoto in 1907, he joined the Kyoto section of Nikkatsu in 1925 after leaving junior high school and later worked at Shinkō Kinema before becoming a freelance actor in 1939.

Over a career spanning more than 300 films, Sugai appeared in supporting roles for directors including Kenji Mizoguchi, Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu and Kaneto Shindō. Notable credits include *Sansho the Bailiff* (1954) as the Minister of Justice, *Early Summer* (1951), *The Life of Oharu* (1952), *Stray Dog* (1949) and *Sanshiro Sugata* (1943). He also directed two films: *Dorodarake no seishun* (1954) and *Furanki no uchūjin* (1957). Sugai died in 1973.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sansho the Bailiff* (1954), Fi1m 92, as Minister of Justice — [page](https://film.one/film/sansho-the-bailiff.md)

## Also known for

- *Stray Dog* (1949), Yayoi Hotel owner
- *Early Summer* (1951), Shukichi Mamiya
- *The Life of Oharu* (1952), Shinzaemon
- *Chikamatsu Monogatari* (1954), Gembei
- *Sanshiro Sugata* (1943), Police Chief Mishima
- *Gamera vs. Barugon* (1966), Dr. Matsushita
- *One Wonderful Sunday* (1947), Black-marketeer
- *A Geisha* (1953), Saeki

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