Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto
Native name	杉本 哲太
Born	July 21, 1965 Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Actor

Tetta Sugimoto (杉本 哲太 Sugimoto Tetta, born 21 July 1965) 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.^[1] For that film, he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award.^[2] In addition to his work in film, he has also acted on television, stage, and in television commercials.^[1]

He has appeared in films such as Takashi Kitano's Outrage and Junji Sakamoto's Strangers in the City.^[3][4]

Filmography

Film

• Hakujasho (1983)
• A Promise (1986)
• Zegen (1987)
• Sukeban Deka The Movie (1987)
• Hope and Pain (1988)
• Luminous Moss (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)

Television

• 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)
• Inu o Kau to Iu Koto (2011)
• Amachan (2013)
• The Emperor's Cook (2015)

References

1. "Dazai o kiku" (in Japanese). Mitaka City Arts Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
2. "第７回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品". Japan Academy Prize Association. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
3. Vance, Kelly (7 December 2011). "Outrage". East Bay Express.
4. Schilling, Mark (19 November 2010). "'Yukizuri no Machi (Strangers in the City)'". The Japan Times.

External links

• Official profile (in Japanese)
• Tetta Sugimoto at the Internet Movie Database