Shôsaku Sugiyama
Actor · Died March 17, 1992, aged 85 · Tokyo, Japan
Shôsaku Sugiyama was born on 6 August 1906 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kurama Tengu: Uchû no kishi (1941), The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) and Sunae shibari - Morio Jûshirô: Zempen (1935). He died on 10 March 1992.
Biography from IMDb.
- August 6, 1906
- March 17, 1992 (aged 85)
- Tokyo, Japan
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 139 credits in all
What are Shôsaku Sugiyama's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Ichirô Kawabe in The Invisible Man Appears (1949)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Shôsaku Sugiyama's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Shôsaku Sugiyama's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
139 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Soumatou Kabushikigaisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Haunted Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Prison Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Girl with Bamboo Leaves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Lefty Fencer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Broken Swords (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Kanto Woman Infamy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Sworn Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Samaritan Zatoichi(1968)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Lone Wolf Isazo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Zatoichi Challenged(1967)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Hoodlum Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage(1966)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Daimajin(1966)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
ほんだら捕物帖 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Sword Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
The Beggar General (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight(1964)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Gambling Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
On the Road Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Zatoichi on the Road(1963)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Bronze Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
New Tale of Zatoichi(1963)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Assassins for sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
The Lightning Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Demon of Sendai's Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Kumoemon to sono tsuma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Third Generation's Loyalty Offering (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Teppo Yasu no Shogai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Keshin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Otemoyan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
木曽ぶし三度笠 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Tsukinode no ketto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Koga's Messenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
お嬢さん三度笠 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
The Ghost of Yotsuya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Jirocho Fuji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Ojo-kichiza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Gambler and the Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Akado Suzunosuke: The Defeat of the Skull Mask Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Travels of Lord Mito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Ambush at Iga Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Freelance Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Secret of Naruto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Devil in Crescent Moon Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Fighting Letter for 29 People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Ninjō misui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
A Man's Flower Path (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Flowery Hood 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Aizome gasa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Kin Toyama-san's Detective Story: Man in the Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Flowery Hood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Flowery Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Gale Winds! Tengu Karama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Asataro the Crow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Underworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Shirai Gonpachi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Rainy Night Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Komusō henka: Tsubanari kaidō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Maiden Courtesan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
I Was Tokichiro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Terror Stalks by Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Taira Clan Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Nagasaki no yoru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Magical Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Shippu no Seitarou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Sea Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Hatamoto Yakuza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Tsubakuro kasa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Tenka o nerau bishōnen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Magistrate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Ginji of the Seven Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Jigoku dani no hanayome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Itarō jishi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
The Princess Sen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Akōgishi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
The Great White Tiger Platoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
The Road of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Fūryū ajiro gasa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Nage Utasamon ichiban tegara: Shibijin yashiki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Kenkyō edo-murasaki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Yoidore nitōryū (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Tanuki Battle of Awaodori Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
A Samurai's Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Tsumakoi kuroda bushi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Kai nusumadara kumo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Kuro obi arashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Even The Mighty Shed Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Suna-e jubaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Princess Finds Her Prince (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Ghost of Saga Mansion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Kisoji no Komori-uta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
珍説忠臣蔵 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Sunset Over Mount Fuji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Nonsense Detective Story: The Phantom Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Tenpō suiko-den: Tone no himatsuri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Castle of Carnage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Yu no machi jōwa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Crossing the Flames of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Hebi hime dōchū (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Koga Manshion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all filmsMonster Cat of Enmaji Temple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
The Letter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
And Yet They Go On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Hyakumensô (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Zoku hebi hime dōchū (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 139 titles, 138 of them dated from 1929 to 2012; peak year 1962.
Film career
Peak 1962 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1955Screen debut· Taira Clan Saga
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Shôsaku Sugiyama's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 9 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 60. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Shôsaku Sugiyama work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shôsaku Sugiyama's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kan Shimozawa shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Kan ShimozawaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Kan Shimozawa
- Minoru InuzukaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Minoru Inuzuka
Actors
- Seizaburō SaruwakaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Seizaburō Saruwaka
- Shintarō KatsuShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Shintarō Katsu
- Sônosuke SawamuraShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Sônosuke Sawamura
Cinematographers
- Shôzô HondaShared titles: Zatoichi on the Road (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)See all 2 shared titles with Shôzô Honda