Ichirō Sugai

Biography

Ichirō Sugai was a Japanese actor and film director born on July 25, 1907, in Rukahara (now Higashiyama Ward), Kyoto. With a career spanning over 45 years, he appeared in more than 300 films, working with notable directors such as Kaneto Shindō, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Sugai also directed two films, "Dorodarake no seishun" (1954) and "Furanki no uchūjin" (1957), establishing himself in the Japanese film industry.