Tsûsai Sugawara

1894-02-16 – 1981-06-13 (age 87) Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Japanese social activist, business leader, writer, art patron, and occasional actor. In the West he is best known for his cameo appearances in several of the last films directed by Yasujirō Ozu

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Known For

Good Morning

1959

as Customer

Tokyo Twilight

1957

as Mahjong Parlor Owner

An Autumn Afternoon

1962

as Dousousei Sugai

Floating Weeds

1959

as Sushi Restaurant Customer

Equinox Flower

1958

as Mr. Sugai

Late Autumn

1960

as Sushiya Kyaku

Early Spring

1956

as Mr. Sugai

A Trap

1965

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

1973

as Tsusai Sugawara

A Geisha's Diary

1961

as Shimazaki

The Horrible Obsessions

1972

as Sugawara

The Kii River

1966

as Tazaki

Flower's Yearning

1958

as Tsuzuki Keigo

This Year's Love

1962

The King

1962

How to Make Money

1964

A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

1972

Our Town

1956

as Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss