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
- Garden of Camellias as Kinuko
- DIVOC-12
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
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Fake Marriage as Kanae Himura
- April Fools as Royal Madam
- Murder on the Orient Express as Fuji Hatori
- 紅雲町珈琲屋こよみ as 스기우라 소우
2014
- Lady Maiko as Chiharu Kojima
- Twilight: Saya in Sasara as Onatsu
2012
- Casting Blossoms to the Sky as Ririko Motoki
- It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori as Hanae ishimoto
2010
- The History of Our Family as Maki Yame
- Teppan
2009
- Heart of a Samurai
- Summer Wars as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
- Air Doll as Chiyoko
- Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone as Yoko Sugiura
2008
- The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming as Reiko Takayama
- Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death as Kazue (as Junko Fuji)
- Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills as Shizu Tezuka
2007
- Best Wishes for Tomorrow as Haruko Okada
2006
- Murder of the Inugami Clan as Matsuko Inugami
- Hula Girls as Chiyo Tanikawa
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
- The Man
- Trials of an Okinawa Village
- Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
- Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You as Takiko Yano
- Bloodiest Flower
- Okoma, the Orphan Gambler as Tsumagoi Okoma
1970
- Women of Osaka Castle
- Brave Red Flower of the North
- The Last Kamikaze as Shizuko Munakata
- The Drifting Gambler as Kohide
- A Lively Geisha as Koshizu
- Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return as Oryu
- Yukyo-retsuden
- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
- The Japan Derby Race
- Silk Hat Boss as Oryu
- House of Gamblers
- The Silk Hat Boss 2
1969
- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations as Takako
- Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony
- Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game as Red Peony Oryu
- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
- The Domain: Flower and Dragon as Okyo
- A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
- Team of Ruffians
- Gambler's Legacy
- Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony as Ryuko Yano
- Samurai Geisha as Shinji
1968
- Ooku
- Nunnery Confidential
- Human Torpedoes
- The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
- Big Time Gambling Boss as Hiroe
- Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation as O-Ryu
- Histories of the Chivalrous
- Gambler Biography as Kasuya
- Red Peony Gambler as Hibotan no Ryu
- Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
- Prison Boss
- Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
1967
- The Chivalrous Life as Ofuji
- Classmates as Reiko Shiratori
- The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
- Showdown of Men 2
- Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival as お仲
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
- The Domain: White Blade
- The Shogun and His Mistresses as O-mino