Kin Sugai
Japanese actress (1926–2018)
- Born
- 28 February 1926, Tokyo City
- Died
- 10 August 2018
- Citizenship
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- actor
- Films here
- 3
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. Sugai is famous for her role as Sen Nakamura in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.
She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in The Funeral. 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".
Filmography (martial arts films)
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Red Beard | Cast |
| 1984 | Hissatsu: Sure Death | Cast |
| 1987 | Sure Death 4: Revenge | Cast |
Frequent collaborators
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Facts from Wikidata Q3548276 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.