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".

Film

• 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

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