Kan Sugi
Know for: Acting
Born: 1889-08-14
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Yasubei Nakayama (1951)
Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...
Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth (1952)
Period film about the legendary detective Umon
Forty-Eight Man (1952)
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
Bridge of Japan (1956)
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...
Mole Alley (1953)
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
The Lady Vampire (1959)
Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she...
The Symbol of a Man (1963)
In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has...
Seven Samurai (1954)
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
関八州喧嘩陣 (1958)
1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho.
A Mother's Love (1950)
A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
The Tale of Jiro (1955)
Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...
Vampire Bride (1960)
Shintoho studio boss Mitsugu Okura was furious that actress Junko Ikeuchi had married against his wishes. In an act of revenge that could have come...
Black Cat Mansion (1958)
The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the...
The Shadow Avenger (1959)
For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called...
Haunted Cave (1959)
The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who...
The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond (1960)
Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not...
This Happy Life (1944)
A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
A 1956 alien invasion tokusatsu film directed by Shinichi Sekizawa, the screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's Godzilla series by...
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)
Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)
Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...
Living Image (1948)
A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class (1954)
Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukiko and Ito Yunosuke.