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

KNOWN FOR

An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Good Morning
1959
Equinox Flower
1958
Floating Weeds
1959
Late Autumn
1960
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Early Spring
1956
A Trap
1965
The Kii River
1966
Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
1960
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1973
The Horrible Obsessions
1972

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
20
Writing
1
1973
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
as Tsusai Sugawara
1972
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
1972
The Horrible Obsessions
as Sugawara
1966
The Kii River
as Tazaki
1965
A Trap
1964
How to Make Money
1962
The King
1962
This Year's Love
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
as Dousousei Sugai
1961
A Geisha's Diary
as Shimazaki
1960
Late Autumn
as Sushiya Kyaku
1960
Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
1959
Good Morning
as Customer
1959
Floating Weeds
as Sushi Restaurant Customer
1958
Equinox Flower
as Mr. Sugai
1958
Flower's Yearning
as Tsuzuki Keigo
1957
Tokyo Twilight
as Mahjong Parlor Owner
1956
Our Town
as Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss
1956
Early Spring
as Mr. Sugai
1952
The Wind Blows Twice