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name: "Sugisaku Aoyama"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sugisaku-aoyama"
fi1m_id: "sugisaku-aoyama"
imdb_id: "nm0031889"
tmdb_id: 1049221
wikidata_id: "Q11661283"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 July 1889"
died: "26 December 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:37:10.002522+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sugisaku Aoyama

## Identity

Sugisaku Aoyama

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sugisaku-aoyama
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sugisaku-aoyama
- **IMDb ID:** nm0031889
- **TMDB ID:** 1049221
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11661283
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11661283, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0031889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1049221

Actor. Born 22 July 1889 in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Died 26 December 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 July 1889, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 26 December 1956
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11661283, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0031889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1049221

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Ugetsu*](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md) (89)

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## Biography

Sugisaku Aoyama was a Japanese actor. He was born on 22 July 1889 in Niigata, Japan, and died on 26 December 1956.

Aoyama appeared in supporting roles in several notable Japanese films, including as Tsunetami Iimura in *Sanshiro Sugata* (1943), Dr Kataoka in *Scandal* (1950), and the Old Priest in *Ugetsu* (1953). He also directed and wrote early silent films such as *Ikura gôjô demo* (1920) and *Yama katarazu* (1924).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ugetsu* (1953), Fi1m 89, as Old Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fall of the Shogun's Militia* (1954), as Sato Hikogoro
- *A Geisha on Horseback* (1954), Actor
- *Date sōdō: Haha goten* (1954), Actor
- *The Story of Shunkin* (1954), Actor
- *Tree of Love* (1954), Actor
- *The Second Kiss* (1954), Actor
- *Waseda University* (1953), as Guest Watanabe
- *To the Ends of the Earth* (1953), Actor
- *The Blue Revolution* (1953), Actor
- *Ugetsu* (1953), as Old Priest — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/ugetsu.md)
- *Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru* (1953), Actor
- *Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki* (1953), Actor
- *Shanghai Rose* (1952), as Li Keming (Lili's father)
- *Sword for Hire* (1952), Actor
- *風雲児* (1951), Actor
- *Home Sweet Home* (1951), Actor
- *Elegy* (1951), Actor
- *Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom* (1950), Actor
- *Les Miserables I: God and the Devil* (1950), Actor
- *The Rainbow-Colored Flower* (1950), Actor
- *Scandal* (1950), as Dr. Kataoka
- *Spring Snow* (1950), as Soichiro Okazaki
- *Late Night Confession* (1949), Actor
- *Scarface Senta* (1949), as Senta
- *Here's to the Young Lady* (1949), as Grandfather
- *Great X* (1948), as Doctor
- *The Love of the Actress Sumako* (1947), Actor
- *Duel at Moonrise* (1947), Actor
- *Dancing with a Mask* (1943), as Henry McDonald, British Consul
- *Sanshiro Sugata* (1943), as Tsunetami Iimura
- *The Opium War* (1943), Actor
- *Shiragiku monogatari* (1920), Actor
- *The Phantom Lady* (1920), as He
- *The Glow of Life* (1919), as 照子の父
- *Maid of the Deep Mountains* (1919), Actor

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