Sumiko Fuji
Born: 1945-12-01 in Gobo, Wakayama, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Sumiko Fuji (富司 純子 Fuji Sumiko, born 1 December 1945) is a Japanese actress. The daughter of a producer at the Tōei studios, she originally began acting under the name Junko Fuji (藤 純子), becoming famous as the female lead in yakuza films against such stars as Ken Takakura and Kōji Tsuruta. She even starred in her own series as the knife-wielding gambler Red Peony (the "Hibotan Bakuto" or "Red Peony Gambler" series). Initially retiring in 1972 after getting married, she began appearing on TV in 1974 using the name "Sumiko Fuji." She later returned to films and expanded her acting repertoire. She won a Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress in 1999 and 2006. She is married to the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII and is the mother of the actress Shinobu Terajima and the kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Fuji , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2021
- DIVOC-12
- Garden of Camellias as Kinuko
2020
- A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi as Sumako
2019
- Children of the Sea as Dede (voice)
2018
2016
- A Loving Husband as Reiko Inoue
2015
- April Fools as Royal Madam
- Fake Marriage as Kanae Himura
- Murder on the Orient Express as Fuji Hatori
- Murder on the Orient Express
- 紅雲町珈琲屋こよみ as 스기우라 소우
2014
- Twilight: Saya in Sasara as Onatsu
- Lady Maiko as Chiharu Kojima
2012
- It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori as Hanae ishimoto
- Casting Blossoms to the Sky as Ririko Motoki
2010
- Teppan
- The History of Our Family as Maki Yame
2009
- Summer Wars as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
- Air Doll as Chiyoko
- Heart of a Samurai
- Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone as Yoko Sugiura
2008
- Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death as Kazue (as Junko Fuji)
- The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming as Reiko Takayama
- Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills as Shizu Tezuka
2007
- Best Wishes for Tomorrow as Haruko Okada
2006
- Hula Girls as Chiyo Tanikawa
- Murder of the Inugami Clan as Matsuko Inugami
2004
1999
- The Geisha House as Satoe
- Dream Maker
1998
- Wait and See as Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
1991
- Chizuko's Younger Sister as Mother
1990
1989
- Buddies as Tami
1972
1971
- Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You as Takiko Yano
- The Man
- Trials of an Okinawa Village
- Okoma, the Orphan Gambler as Tsumagoi Okoma
- Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
- Bloodiest Flower
1970
- A Lively Geisha as Koshizu
- Silk Hat Boss as Oryu
- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
- Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return as Oryu
- Brave Red Flower of the North
- Yukyo-retsuden
- House of Gamblers
- The Silk Hat Boss 2
- The Drifting Gambler as Kohide
- The Last Kamikaze as Shizuko Munakata
- The Japan Derby Race
- Women of Osaka Castle
1969
- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
- A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
- Samurai Geisha as Shinji
- Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony
- Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony as Ryuko Yano
- Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game as Red Peony Oryu
- The Domain: Flower and Dragon as Okyo
- Team of Ruffians
- Gambler's Legacy
- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations as Takako
1968
- Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation as O-Ryu
- Red Peony Gambler as Hibotan no Ryu
- Big Time Gambling Boss as Hiroe
- The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
- Human Torpedoes
- Gambler Biography as Kasuya
- Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
- Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
- Nunnery Confidential
- Histories of the Chivalrous
- Ooku
- Prison Boss
1967
- The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
- The Shogun and His Mistresses as O-mino
- Classmates as Reiko Shiratori
- Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival as お仲
- Showdown of Men 2
- The Chivalrous Life as Ofuji
- The Domain: White Blade
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4