Susumu Fujita
Actor
- Born
- January 8, 1912 · Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Died
- March 23, 1991 (age 79)
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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.
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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
Yojimbo
April 25, 1961
High and Low
March 1, 1963
The Hidden Fortress
December 28, 1958
Tora! Tora! Tora!
January 26, 1970
Mothra vs. Godzilla
April 29, 1964
The Bad Sleep Well
September 19, 1960
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
November 20, 1959
Sanshiro Sugata
March 25, 1943
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
April 24, 1952
No Regrets for Our Youth
October 29, 1946
Frankenstein Conquers the World
August 8, 1965
The Mysterians
December 28, 1957
Acting156
- 1984Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
- 1983Detective Story as Gozo Kunizaki
- 1982The Longest Tunnel
- 1981Good Luck Love
- 1981The Imperial Navy as Navy Minister Oikawa
- 1981Blue Jeans Memory
- 1981Baian the Assassin as Hanuemon Otowaya
- 1979Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle as Chief
- 1978Winter's Flower as Ryokichi Sakata
- 1977Japanese Humanity and Justice
- 1975