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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- 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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