Renowned actor Bunta Sugawara dies at 81

Renowned actor Bunta Sugawara dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows popular actor Bunta Sugawara visiting the disaster-hit northeastern Japan town of Marumori to cheer up evacuees. Sugawara, who won fame portraying the cruelty of smalltime gangsters, died on Nov. 28, 2014, from liver cancer at a Tokyo hospital aged 81.

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