# Kin Sugai

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
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | Ikiru | Housewife | |
| 1954 | Godzilla | Ozawa | |
| 1955 | Ai no onimotsu | | |
| 1955 | Wolf | | |
| 1956 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate | Okuma | |
| 1957 | Kuroi kawa | | |
| 1958 | Onna de aru koto | Yoshiko | |
| 1958 | Stakeout | Mrs. Shimooka | |
| 1958 | Stolen Desire | Osen Yamamura | |
| 1958 | Tsuzurikata kyodai | Toki Kawahara | |
| 1959 | Karatachi nikki | | |
| 1959 | Dansei shiikuhô | | |
| 1959 | Ningen no kabe | | |
| 1960 | Haru no yume | Tetsu | |
| 1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | | |
| 1960 | Kuroi hanabira | | |
| 1960 | Kuroi gashû: Aru sarariman no shôgen | | |
| 1960 | Shiroi gake | | |
| 1960 | Robo no ishi | Akitaro And Kinu's Mother | |
| 1960 | Daigaku no sanzôkutachi | Madam at General store | |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Tomoko Wada | |
| 1960 | Autumn Has Already Started | The Aunt | |
| 1960 | 'Akasaka no shimai' yori: yoru no hada | Okin Yoshikawa | |
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships | Haruko's mother | |
| 1961 | A Soldier's Prayer | Dôro no Hinanmin | |
| 1961 | Wakai ôkami | Yoshiko Kawamoto | |
| 1961 | Minami no kaze to nami | Matsuyo | |
| 1961 | Wakarete ikiru toki mo | | |
| 1961 | Koi no gashû | | |
| 1961 | Daigaku no wakadaishô | | |
| 1961 | Kusa wo karu musume | Chie | |
| 1961 | Girls of the Night | | |
| 1961 | Keishichô monogatari: jûni-nin no keiji | Ume Shinohara | |
| 1961 | Gen to fudômyô-ô | | |
| 1961 | Hadakakko | Okimi | |
| 1962 | Gan no tera | Kan Horinouchi | |
| 1962 | Karami-ai | | |
| 1962 | Musume to watashi | Nun | |
| 1962 | Foundry Town | Miyo | |
| 1962 | Kigeki ekimae onsen | | |
| 1962 | Hôrô-ki | | |
| 1962 | Burari Bura-bura Monogatari | | |
| 1962 | Futari de aruita iku haru aki | Mrs. Mochizuki | |
| 1962 | Varan the Unbelievable | Medium | |
| 1963 | High and Low | Female Drug Addict | |
| 1963 | Tokyo aantachibiru: dasso | Saku, Kirinoe's mother | |
| 1963 | Ame no naka ni kiete | Chiyo Takahata | |
| 1963 | Shiro to kuro | | |
| 1963 | Shitamachi no taiyô | Nobue | |
| 1963 | Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai: Tokyo eki ni harikome | Sada | |
| 1963 | Gendaikko | Masako | |
| 1963 | Hiken | | |
| 1963 | Onna no rekishi | Tsune (Nobuko's mother) | |
| 1964 | Ware hitotsubu no mugi naredo | | |
| 1964 | Kwaidan | Village woman | (segment "Yuki-Onna") |
| 1965 | Red Beard | Chôji's Mother | |
| 1965 | Miseinen - Zoku cupola no aru machi | Miyo Kanayama | |
| 1965 | Kemonomichi | | |
| 1965 | Hana no o-Edo no hôkaibô | Okuma | |
| 1965 | An Innocent Witch | Kikuno | |
| 1966 | The Pornographers | | |
| 1966 | Dark the Mountain Snow | | |
| 1967 | Zoku izuko e | Torako | |
| 1967 | Sasori | | |
| 1967 | Moero! Taiyô | | |
| 1968 | Meguri-ai | Kiyo Etô | |
| 1968 | Fushin no toki | Yamakawa | |
| 1968 | Kokosei geisha | Toki Kajiwara | |
| 1968 | The Human Bullet | | |
| 1968 | I, the Executioner | Misa | |
| 1969 | Yotarô senki | Head Nurse Kanzaki | |
| 1969 | Konto 55go: Jinrui no daijakuten | | |
| 1969 | Dai Nippon suri shûdan | | |
| 1970 | Beast Capital | | |
| 1970 | Mujô | mother | |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den | Okuni | |
| 1971 | Maboroshi no satsui | | |
| 1972 | The Long Darkness | Wellwisher on train | |
| 1972 | Kuro no honryu | Toku Sugiyama | |
| 1972 | Hito-kiri Yota: Kyoken San-kyodai | | |
| 1973 | Sukeban: Kankain dassô | | |
| 1973 | Nihon kyôka den | Okin | |
| 1974 | Castle of Sand | Yamashita | |
| 1974 | Sandakan No. 8 | Woman came back from Penang | |
| 1974 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Tadashi's mother | |
| 1975 | Kobe Kokusai Gang | Chiyo | |
| 1975 | Zesshô | Servant | |
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | | |
| 1977 | Edogawa Rampo no injû | | |
| 1977 | Godzilla | | Uncredited |
| 1978 | Oyomeni yukimasu | Mineko | |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Defendant's mother | |
| 1979 | Gassan | Kane | |
| 1981 | Hono-o no gotoku | | |
| 1981 | Willful Murder | Fusa | |
| 1984 | Jo no mai | Asa | |
| 1984 | The Funeral | Kikue Amamiya | |
| 1985 | Kanashii kibun de joke | Primary school teacher | |
| 1985 | Hissatsu! Buraun-kan no kaibutsutachi | Sen | |
| 1985 | Fire Festival | Tatsuo's Mother | |
| 1985 | Usugeshô | Toyo | |
| 1986 | Uemura Naomi monogatari | Yoshi Ogawa | |
| 1986 | Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka | Sen | |
| 1987 | Sure Death 4: Revenge | Sen | |
| 1987 | Hachiko Monogatari | Owner's wife at inn | |
| 1988 | Chichi | Matsu | |
| 1990 | Tales of a Golden Geisha | Foster mother | |
| 1990 | Suki! | | |
| 1991 | Kamigata Kugaizoshi | | |
| 1991 | Kojika monogatari | Kana Osaki | |
| 1991 | Chōshōjo Reiko | Mitsurei Kurou, Reiko's Grandmother | |
| 1991 | Shimanto-gawa | Haru | |
| 1994 | Ie naki ko | | |
| 1995 | Deep River | Tsukada's wife | |
| 1996 | Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu | Sen Nakamura | |
| 1997 | Kikansha sensei | | Voice |
| 1999 | Ano natsu no hi | Yuta's grandmother | |
| 1999 | Sentakuki wa ore ni makasero | Old lady | |
| 2001 | Kewaishi | Tome | |
| 2003 | Tegami | Izumi Sugino | |
| 2004 | Riyû | Taeko Katakura | |
| 2007 | Kiiroi namida | Yone | |
| 2010 | Matataki | old woman | |
| 2010 | Haru's Journey | Keiko Kanemoto | |
| 2014 | Trick The Movie: Last Stage | | |

### Television

* Hissatsu series
** Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) as Sen Nakamura
** Kurayami Shitomenin (1974) as Sen Nakamura
** Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975–1976) as Sen Nakamura
** Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) as Sen Nakamura
** Edo Professional Hissatsu Shōbainin (1978) as Sen Nakamura
** Hissatsu Shigotonin (1979–1981) as Sen Nakamura
** Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin (1981–1982) as Sen Nakamura
** Hissatsu Shigotonin III (1982–1983) as Sen Nakamura
** Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen (1985–1986) as Sen Nakamura
** Hissatsu Shigotonin V Senpuhen (1986–1987) as Sen Nakamura
** Hissatsu Shigotonin V Fuunryūkohen (1987) as Sen Nakamura
** Hissatsu Shigotonin Gekitotsu (1991–1992) as Sen Nakamura
* Taiyo ni Hoero! (1973–1974) as Taki Shibata
* The Water Margin (1973)
* Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte... (1985) Teacher Aramaki
* Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) as Naka

## Honours

* Medal with Purple Ribbon (1990)
* Order of the Precious Crown, 4th Class, Wisteria (1996)