was a leading Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 actor. His film credits span three decades, from 1960 to 1990. One of his prominent appearances was in the lead role in Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

, and also known as Pastoral Hide and Seek, is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Shūji Terayama. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kantaro Suga - Me* Hiroyuki Takano - Me, as a boy* Yoshio Harada - Arashi...

. Suga also appeared in The Gate of Youth

The Gate of Youth

is a 1981 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Koreyoshi Kurahara.It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70...

, Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast

is a 1965 jidaigeki film co-written and directed by Hideo Gosha. Set in 1857 at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the story follows a fugitive samurai who's killed a counselor in his clan, to a mountain where he meets another samurai who is poaching gold.-Plot:...

, and Theater of Life

Theater of Life

Theater of Life is a 1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima and Junya Sato.-Cast:*Keiko Matsuzaka*Toshiyuki Nagashima*Kie Nakai*Hiroki Matsukata*Aiko Morishita*Hideo Murota*Morio Kazama*Kô Nishimura...

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A frequent television guest star, Suga acted in jidaigeki

Jidaigeki

is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama" and is usually the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular...

and contemporary shows. Twenty appearances on Abarenbō Shōgun

Abarenbo Shogun

is a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shogun. The program started in 1978 under the title Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun...

, thirteen on Zenigata Heiji

Zenigata Heiji

is Japanese fictional character, the hero of a series of Japanese novels, films and TV programmes set in the Edo period of Japanese history. He is a policeman who catches criminals by throwing coins, the zeni of the title, thus Zenigata Heiji. The hero was created by novelist Kodō Nomura in 1937...

, eleven on Momotarō-zamurai

Momotaro-zamurai

Momotarō-zamurai or Samurai Momotaro is a Japanese novel by Kiichirō Yamate . Published in 1946, the novel centers on an Edo-period ronin, Shinjirō, the younger twin brother of a daimyo who was caught in a succession dispute...

, nine on Ōoka Echizen

Ooka Echizen

was a long-running prime-time television jidaigeki in Japan. From March 16, 1970 to March 15, 1999, 402 episodes were broadcast. Also, a two-hour special aired on March 20, 2006, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the National Gekijō, which occupies the Monday evening 8:00–8:54 time slot on...

, seven on Edo o Kiru

Edo o Kiru

Edo o Kiru or Slashing Edo was a popular jidaigeki on Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System. During the decades from its September 24, 1973 premiere until the July 25, 1994 finale, 214 episodes aired. It lasted through eight series, with several casts and settings...

, and numerous guest roles on various programs in the Hissatsu series top his list of roles.