is a Japanese actor.
Career Sugimoto was first a member of a rock band before he debuted as an actor in 1983 in the film Hakujasho. For that film, he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award. In addition to his work in film, he has also acted on television, stage, and in television commercials.
He has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's Outrage and Junji Sakamoto's Strangers in the City.
Filmography
Film Hakujasho (1983) A Promise (1986) Zegen (1987) Sukeban Deka The Movie (1987) Hope and Pain (1988) Shikibu Monogatari (1990) Luminous Moss (1992) The River with No Bridge (1992) Tokyo Eyes (1998) Tokyo Rampage (1998) All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) Waterboys (2001) Alive (2002) Samurai Resurrection (2003) Socrates in Love (2004) Reincarnation (2005) Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007) Dororo (2007) Departures (2008) Ichi (2008) 252 (2008) John Rabe (2009) I Give My First Love to You (2009) Zero Focus (2009) Outrage (2010) Strangers in the City (2010) Night People (2013) Still the Water (2014) Erased (2016) The 8-Year Engagement (2017), Mai's father The Memory Eraser (2020) From Today, It's My Turn!! The Movie (2020) Signal the Movie (2021) Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022) Akira and Akira (2022) Shylock's Children (2023), Kazuo Furukawa The Village (2023), Maruoka Eternal New Mornings (2023) Hard Days (2023) Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (2023), Dao Jian Out (2023) Matched (2024) Dangerous Cops: Home Coming (2024), Yaginuma City Hunter (2024), Akitaka Ito 366 Days (2025), Kazuma Tamashiro A Girl & Her Guard Dog (2025), Tasuke Senagaki Golden Kamuy: The Abashiri Prison Raid (2026), Anji Toni
Television Kinjirareta Asobi (1995) The Abe Clan (1995) Water Boys (2003) Dark Tales of Japan (2004) Haruka Seventeen (2005) Kurosagi (2006) Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2007) Barefoot Gen (2007) Code Blue (2008) Ryōmaden (2010) My Dog, My Happiness (2011) Man of Destiny (2012), Shigeru Araki Amachan (2013) The Emperor's Cook (2015) Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Ii Naomori Idaten (2019), Dōmei Nagai Scams (2019) The Fugitive (2020), Mitsuhiko Miyajima Japan Sinks: People of Hope (2021), Shūya Naganuma Bakumatsu Aibō-den (2022), Nagai Naoyuki The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022), Minamoto no Yukiie Teen Regime (2022), Masaki Sagawa Straight to Hell (2026) Lost and Found (2026), Hattori
References
External links Official profile (in Japanese)