
Susumu Fujita
Known for Acting · 139 credits
- Born
- 1912-01-08
- Died
- 1991-03-23
- Place of birth
- Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Susumu Fujita (藤田 進 Fujita Susumu, 8 January 1912 – 23 March 1991) was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Akira Kurosawa's first feature, Sanshiro Sugata, and appeared other Kurosawa film including The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail (as Togashi, commander of the border guards) and The Hidden Fortress (as General Tadokoro). Later, he was a supporting actor in Ishirō Honda's Mothra vs. Godzilla, among many other films.
Before and during World War II Fujita was considered one of the great stars of Japanese cinema. In the post-war period he became known for supporting roles, often playing a soldier in war films. During the sixties and seventies he played minor roles in tokusatsu or "special effects pictures" such as Ultraman and Frankenstein Conquers the World.
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Known For

Ultraman
1966
as Chief of Staff of the Defense Force

High and Low
1963
as Chief of First Investigating Section

Return of Ultraman
1971
as Fumio Kishida

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

Yojimbo
1961
as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

The Imperial Navy
1981
as Navy Minister Oikawa
TV Shows (3)
Movies (136)

High and Low
1963
as Chief of First Investigating Section

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

Yojimbo
1961
as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

The Imperial Navy
1981
as Navy Minister Oikawa

The Hidden Fortress
1958
as General Hyoe Tadokoro

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
as Naruto Nitôhei

The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Detective

Samurai Assassin
1965
as Tatewaki Todo

Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964
as Head of JSDF Task Force

Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment

Daredevil in the Castle
1961
as Katsuyasu Sakakibara

Atragon
1963
as Defense Commander

The Gambling Samurai
1960
as Magistrate Jubei Matsui

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
1954
as Kingorô Tamai

Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Kurita

Dogora
1964
as General Iwasa

Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
as Osaka Prefectural Police Chief

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
as Togashi

Sanshiro Sugata
1943
as Sanshiro Sugata

The Storm of the Pacific
1960

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971
as Chief Kishida

Chûshingura
1962

The Mysterians
1957
as Gen. Morita

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Ruykichi Noge

Winter's Flower
1978
as Ryokichi Sakata

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Sanshiro Sugata

A Fugitive from the Past
1965
as Police Chief

The Militarists
1970
as Osami Nagano

Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946
as Fujita

Attack Squadron
1963
as Yamato Commander Ito

The Gate of Youth
1975

Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
as Uemura

The Retreat from Kiska
1965
as Akitani

Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
1979
as Chief

The Longest Tunnel
1982

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957
as Kaoru Inoue

Good Luck Love
1981

Battle Troop
1944
as Mikami

Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966

Tower of Lilies
1953
as Dr. Oka

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
1970

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
1959

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
as General Yano

Snow-Flake
1950
as Mimaki

Escapade in Japan
1957

Zero Fighter
1966

Hanran
1954

Detective Story
1983
as Gozo Kunizaki

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958

A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
as Goro Urashima

Return of Ultraman
1971
as Chief Kishida

Mount Hakone
1962

Nonki saiban
1955

Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972

Kojiro
1967
as Shogen the Instructor

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959

Baian the Assassin
1981
as Hanuemon Otowaya

Operation Sewer Rats
1962
as Lieutenant Masamune

Green Earth
1942

Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977

Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944
as Colonel Kato

A Young Man's Stronghold
1970

新遊侠伝
1951
Song of the White Orchid
1939

風来忍法帖
1965

Siege of Fort Bismarck
1963

Nichijô no tatakai
1944

Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
as Ishimatsu

The Burning Sky
1940

Mother Never Dies
1942

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971

Eight Views of Samurai
1958

The Whole Family Works
1939
as Genji's fellow worker

Heat and Mud
1950

Three Women of the North
1945

The Falcon Fighters
1969

Currents of Youth
1942
as Murakami, Test Pilot

Oath on the Burning Sands
1940

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947

Blue Jeans Memory
1981

Rira no hana wasureji
1947

Yasen kangofu
1953

Young Swordsman
1963
as Kagawa Tanomo

Sanshiro of Ginza
1950
as Kumasuke Arai

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
as Yamashita

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971

Yakuza of Ina
1960
as Boss Daihachi

Sunset Over Mount Fuji
1952
as Iori Saotome

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as President Shōji (Kansai Department Store)

A Flower Blooms
1948
as Teruhiko Kuwai

The Town
1939
as Youth Officer

Shiosai
1971

Akatsuki no Kyūshū
1951
as Chief Takagi

The Spider-Man
1958
as Kogoro Akechi

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954

Sekidô matsuri
1951

Rub Out the Past
1966
as Tokutaro Hayami

Kōfuku no genkai
1948

Street of Ronin
1957

Living Image
1948

Karate Sanshiro
1951

An Enemy of the People
1946

The Sandal Keeper
1964
Navy Bomb Squadron
1940

The Battleship Yamato
1953
as Jiro Nomura

Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
as Dad

Lord for a Night
1946

Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô
1954
as Kingorô Tamai

Challenge to Live
1961

日本敗れず
1954

Bengawan Solo
1951
as Sergeant Odagiri
Kingoro's Soldier
1956

Searing Wind
1943
as Kensuke Shibata

The Age of Beginnings
1947
as Goro Asahina
Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala
1956

Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
as Yagyu Tajima-no-kami

Story of Leadership
1941
as Shintaro Sagawa

Kirare no Senta
1949
About Susumu Fujita
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Susumu Fujita (藤田 進 Fujita Susumu, 8 January 1912 – 23 March 1991) was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Akira Kurosawa's first feature, Sanshiro Sugata, and appeared other Kurosawa film including The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail (as Togashi, commander of the border guards) and The Hidden Fortress (as General Tadokoro). Later, he was a supporting actor in Ishirō Honda's Mothra vs. Godzilla, among many other films. Before and during World War II Fujita was considered one… With 139 credits spanning from 1939 to 1984, Susumu Fujita has appeared in 136 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Susumu Fujita Movies
- High and Low (1963) — as Chief of First Investigating Section
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
- Yojimbo (1961) — as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
- The Imperial Navy (1981) — as Navy Minister Oikawa
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) — as General Hyoe Tadokoro
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