The Best Shun Sugata Movies, Ranked
51 credits from 1984 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. A Family (2021) comes out on top with a score of 60. The biggest box office hit is Dororo (2007) with $27.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Shun Sugata Box Office Hits
Shun Sugata's films have made $48.6M worldwide in total. Dororo (2007) is the biggest hit at $27.3M, ahead of 64: Part 2 (2016) ($15.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Dororo 2007 · Horror $27.3M - 2
64: Part 2 2016 · Mystery $15.6M - 3
Madness in Bloom 2002 · Drama $3.27M - 4
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow 2008 · Thriller $676K - 5
Tatara Samurai 2017 · Action $432K - 6
Just Remembering 2021 · Romance $416K - 7
Glory to the Filmmaker! 2007 · Comedy $411K - 8
Dirty Hearts 2011 · Drama $221K - 9
Marebito 2004 · Horror $107K $14K dom. - 10
Alive 2002 · Action $86.9K
The Best Shun Sugata Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Shun Sugata has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 18 films, and A Family (2021) is the pick of them.
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Drama 18 films A Family 2021 · as Makoto Takeda Movie Echo Score: 60 - Action 7 films Tatara Samurai 2017
- Thriller 5 films Inju: The Beast in the Shadow 2008 · as Inspecteur Fuji
- Comedy 4 films Glory to the Filmmaker! 2007 · as Hisamatsu
- Horror 3 films Dororo 2007 · as Hibukuro
- Mystery 2 films 64: Part 2 2016 · as Urushibara
- Romance 1 film Just Remembering 2021 · as Bar Customer
The Best Shun Sugata Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Shun Sugata's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Shun Sugata Movies
The most recent films Shun Sugata is credited on, newest first — starting with Happy Kanako’s Killer Life (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Happy Kanako’s Killer Life 2025 · Drama -
Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi 2023 · Ryo Murasame - Just Remembering 2021 · Bar Customer
- A Family 2021 · Makoto Takeda
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Tomorrow’s Dining Table 2021 · Tsuneo Fujisaki -
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood 2021 · Comedy -
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine 2018 · Maruman, Police Chief -
ZVP 2017 · Zatoichi -
Butterfly Sleep 2017 · Ryuji Ayamine - Tatara Samurai 2017 · Action
- 64: Part 2 2016 · Urushibara
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64: Part 1 2016 · Urushibara
The Best Shun Sugata Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Shun Sugata films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Shun Sugata movie?
A Family (2021) is the best-rated Shun Sugata film, with a Movie Echo Score of 60. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
A Family: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Shun Sugata movie?
Dororo (2007) made the most at the box office, with $27.3M worldwide, followed by 64: Part 2 (2016) with $15.6M. Together, Shun Sugata's films with box office figures have made $48.6M.
What is the best Shun Sugata drama movie?
A Family (2021) is the best-rated of Shun Sugata's drama films, with a score of 60. In other genres: Tatara Samurai (action), Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (thriller) and Glory to the Filmmaker! (comedy).
What is the newest Shun Sugata movie?
The newest film on Shun Sugata's filmography is Happy Kanako’s Killer Life (2025).
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