Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

  • Birthday: 1945-12-01
  • Place of birth: Gobo, Wakayama, Japan
  • Also know as: Junko Fuji

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

Red Peony Gambler

1968

As Hibotan no Ryu

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

1969

As Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony

A Lively Geisha

1970

As Koshizu

Samurai Geisha

1969

As Shinji

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

1971

As Tsumagoi Okoma

Garden of Camellias

2021

As Kinuko

Buddies

1989

As Tami

The Geisha House

1999

As Satoe

Blood of Revenge

1965

As Hatsue

The Chivalrous Life

1967

As Ofuji

It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori

2012

As Hanae ishimoto

Prison Boss

1968

As

Blind Wolf

1963

As

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

1964

As Yukiko Matsuhashi

The Gambler

1965

As

Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death

2008

As Kazue (as Junko Fuji)

Lady Maiko

2014

As Chiharu Kojima

Milk White

2004

As

Silk Hat Boss

1970

As Oryu

Gambler

1964

As Osato

Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006

As Matsuko Inugami

The Last Kamikaze

1970

As Shizuko Munakata

Summer Wars

2009

As Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)

DIVOC-12

2021

As

The Man

1971

As

Wait and See

1998

As Kimiyi

Air Doll

2009

As Chiyoko

Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills

2008

As Shizu Tezuka (as Sumiko Fuji)

The Tattooed Lord

1965

As Okayo

Gambler Biography

1968

As Kasuya

13 Assassins

1963

As Kayo

The Domain

1964

As

The Drifting Gambler

1970

As Kohide

April Fools

2015

As Royal Madam

Three Yakuza

1965

As

Classmates

1967

As Reiko Shiratori

A Loving Husband

2016

As Reiko Inoue

The Boss

1965

As

Children of the Sea

2019

As Dede (voice)

Murder on the Orient Express

2015

As Fuji Hatori

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

2007

As Haruko Okada

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2012

As Ririko Motoki

Hula Girls

2006

As Chiyo Tanikawa

The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming

2008

As Reiko Takayama

Dream Maker

1999

As

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