Kin Sugai | |
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| Born | 28 February 1926 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 10 August 2018 (aged 92) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1951–2010 |
Kin Sugai (菅井きん, Sugai Kin) (28 February 1926 – 10 August 2018) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Funeral.[1] Sugai is famous for her role as Sen Nakamura in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.[2][3]
She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in The Funeral.[4] In 2008, she landed lead role for the first time in the Hideo Sakai film ぼくのおばあちゃん (Hepburn: Boku no Obaachan) at the age of 82, and was certified as Guinness as "the world's oldest movie starring actress".[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ikiru | Housewife | |
| 1954 | Godzilla | Ozawa | |
| 1955 | Ai no onimotsu | ||
| Wolf | |||
| 1956 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Uncredited | |
| 1957 | Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate | Okuma | |
| Kuroi kawa | |||
| 1958 | Onna de aru koto | Yoshiko | |
| Stakeout | Mrs. Shimooka | ||
| Stolen Desire | Osen Yamamura | ||
| Tsuzurikata kyodai | Toki Kawahara | ||
| 1959 | Karatachi nikki | ||
| Dansei shiikuhô | |||
| Ningen no kabe | |||
| 1960 | Haru no yume | Tetsu | |
| When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | |||
| Kuroi hanabira | |||
| Kuroi gashû: Aru sarariman no shôgen | |||
| Shiroi gake | |||
| Robo no ishi | Akitaro And Kinu's Mother | ||
| Daigaku no sanzôkutachi | Madam at General store | ||
| The Bad Sleep Well | Tomoko Wada | ||
| Autumn Has Already Started | The Aunt | ||
| 'Akasaka no shimai' yori: yoru no hada | Okin Yoshikawa | ||
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships | Haruko's mother | |
| A Soldier's Prayer | Dôro no Hinanmin | ||
| Wakai ôkami | Yoshiko Kawamoto | ||
| Minami no kaze to nami | Matsuyo | ||
| Wakarete ikiru toki mo | |||
| Koi no gashû | |||
| Daigaku no wakadaishô | |||
| Kusa wo karu musume | Chie | ||
| Girls of the Night | |||
| Keishichô monogatari: jûni-nin no keiji | Ume Shinohara | ||
| Gen to fudômyô-ô | |||
| Hadakakko | Okimi | ||
| 1962 | Gan no tera | Kan Horinouchi | |
| Karami-ai | |||
| Musume to watashi | Nun | ||
| Foundry Town | Miyo | ||
| Kigeki ekimae onsen | |||
| Hôrô-ki | |||
| Burari Bura-bura Monogatari | |||
| Futari de aruita iku haru aki | Mrs. Mochizuki | ||
| Varan the Unbelievable | Medium | ||
| 1963 | High and Low | Female Drug Addict | |
| Tokyo aantachibiru: dasso | Saku, Kirinoe's mother | ||
| Ame no naka ni kiete | Chiyo Takahata | ||
| Shiro to kuro | |||
| Shitamachi no taiyô | Nobue | ||
| Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai: Tokyo eki ni harikome | Sada | ||
| Gendaikko | Masako | ||
| Hiken | |||
| Onna no rekishi | Tsune (Nobuko's mother) | ||
| 1964 | Ware hitotsubu no mugi naredo | ||
| Kwaidan | Village woman | (segment "Yuki-Onna") | |
| 1965 | Red Beard | Chôji's Mother | |
| Miseinen - Zoku cupola no aru machi | Miyo Kanayama | ||
| Kemonomichi | |||
| Hana no o-Edo no hôkaibô | Okuma | ||
| An Innocent Witch | Kikuno | ||
| 1966 | The Pornographers | ||
| Dark the Mountain Snow | |||
| 1967 | Zoku izuko e | Torako | |
| Sasori | |||
| Moero! Taiyô | |||
| 1968 | Meguri-ai | Kiyo Etô | |
| Fushin no toki | Yamakawa | ||
| Kokosei geisha | Toki Kajiwara | ||
| The Human Bullet | |||
| Minagoroshi no reika | |||
| 1969 | Yotarô senki | Head Nurse Kanzaki | |
| Konto 55go: Jinrui no daijakuten | |||
| Dai Nippon suri shûdan | |||
| 1970 | Beast Capital | ||
| Mujô | mother | ||
| Dodes'ka-den | Okuni | ||
| 1971 | Maboroshi no satsui | ||
| 1972 | The Long Darkness | Wellwisher on train | |
| Kuro no honryu | Toku Sugiyama | ||
| Hito-kiri Yota: Kyoken San-kyodai | |||
| 1973 | Sukeban: Kankain dassô | ||
| Nihon kyôka den | Okin | ||
| 1974 | Castle of Sand | Yamashita | |
| Sandakan No. 8 | Woman came back from Penang | ||
| New Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Tadashi's mother | ||
| 1975 | Kobe Kokusai Gang | Chiyo | |
| Zesshô | Servant | ||
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | ||
| Edogawa Rampo no injû | |||
| Godzilla | Uncredited | ||
| 1978 | Oyomeni yukimasu | Mineko | |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Defendant's mother | |
| Gassan | Kane | ||
| 1981 | Hono-o no gotoku | ||
| Willful Murder | Fusa | ||
| 1984 | Jo no mai | Asa | |
| The Funeral | Kikue Amamiya | ||
| 1985 | Kanashii kibun de joke | Primary school teacher | |
| Hissatsu! Buraun-kan no kaibutsutachi | Sen | ||
| Fire Festival | Tatsuo's Mother | ||
| Usugeshô | Toyo | ||
| 1986 | Uemura Naomi monogatari | Yoshi Ogawa | |
| Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka | Sen | ||
| 1987 | Sure Death 4: Revenge | Sen | |
| Hachiko Monogatari | Owner's wife at inn | ||
| 1988 | Chichi | Matsu | |
| 1990 | Tales of a Golden Geisha | Foster mother | |
| Suki! | |||
| 1991 | Kamigata Kugaizoshi | ||
| Kojika monogatari | Kana Osaki | ||
| Chōshōjo Reiko | Mitsurei Kurou, Reiko's Grandmother | ||
| Shimanto-gawa | Haru | ||
| 1994 | Ie naki ko | ||
| 1995 | Deep River | Tsukada's wife | |
| 1996 | Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu | Sen Nakamura | |
| 1997 | Kikansha sensei | Voice | |
| 1999 | Ano natsu no hi | Yuta's grandmother | |
| Sentakuki wa ore ni makasero | Old lady | ||
| 2001 | Kewaishi | Tome | |
| 2003 | Tegami | Izumi Sugino | |
| 2004 | Riyû | Taeko Katakura | |
| 2007 | Kiiroi namida | Yone | |
| 2010 | Matataki | old woman | |
| Haru's Journey | Keiko Kanemoto | ||
| 2014 | Trick The Movie: Last Stage |
