Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Known for
Acting
Born
January 8, 1912
Died
March 23, 1991 (aged 79)
Birthplace
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Susumu Fujita, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Filmography

1984
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

Movie

1983
Detective Story poster

Detective Story

Movie · as Gozo Kunizaki

1982
The Longest Tunnel poster

The Longest Tunnel

Movie

1981
The Imperial Navy poster

The Imperial Navy

Movie · as Navy Minister Oikawa

1981
Blue Jeans Memory poster

Blue Jeans Memory

Movie

1981
Good Luck Love poster

Good Luck Love

Movie

1981
Baian the Assassin poster

Baian the Assassin

Movie · as Hanuemon Otowaya

1979
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle poster

Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle

Movie · as Chief

1978
Winter's Flower poster

Winter's Flower

Movie · as Ryokichi Sakata

1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice poster

Japanese Humanity and Justice

Movie

1975
The Gate of Youth poster

The Gate of Youth

Movie

1975
Battle Cry poster

Battle Cry

Movie · as Yata

1972
Lullaby for a Tough Guy poster

Lullaby for a Tough Guy

Movie

1971
Shiosai poster

Shiosai

Movie

1971
Return of Ultraman poster

Return of Ultraman

Movie · as Chief Kishida

1971
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters poster

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

Movie · as Chief Kishida

1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter poster

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

Movie

1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape poster

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

Movie

1971
Return of Ultraman poster

Return of Ultraman

TV · as Fumio Kishida · 51 eps

1970
A Young Man's Stronghold poster

A Young Man's Stronghold

Movie

1970
The Militarists poster

The Militarists

Movie · as Osami Nagano

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie · as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

1970
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss poster

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss

Movie

1970
Attention Please poster

Attention Please

TV · 32 eps

1969
Battle of the Japan Sea poster

Battle of the Japan Sea

Movie · as Uemura

1969
The Falcon Fighters poster

The Falcon Fighters

Movie

1968
Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose  in All Directions poster

Homeless Ninja Trick Book: Lose in All Directions

Movie

1968
Admiral Yamamoto poster

Admiral Yamamoto

Movie · as Kurita

1967
Japan's Longest Day poster

Japan's Longest Day

Movie · as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment

1967
Kojiro poster

Kojiro

Movie · as Shogen the Instructor

1966
Rampaging Dragon of the North poster

Rampaging Dragon of the North

Movie

1966
Rub Out the Past poster

Rub Out the Past

Movie · as Tokutaro Hayami

1966
Zero Fighter poster

Zero Fighter

Movie

1966
Ultraman poster

Ultraman

TV · as Chief of Staff of the Defense Force · 1 ep

1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World poster

Frankenstein Conquers the World

Movie · as Osaka Prefectural Police Chief

1965
Samurai Assassin poster

Samurai Assassin

Movie · as Tatewaki Todo

1965
A Fugitive from the Past poster

A Fugitive from the Past

Movie · as Police Chief

1965
Homeless Ninja Trick Book poster

Homeless Ninja Trick Book

Movie

1965
The Retreat from Kiska poster

The Retreat from Kiska

Movie · as Akitani

1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II poster

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

Movie · as President Shōji (Kansai Department Store)

1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla poster

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Movie · as Head of JSDF Task Force

1964
Dogora poster

Dogora

Movie · as General Iwasa

1964
The Sandal Keeper poster

The Sandal Keeper

Movie

1964
Trap of Suicide Kilometer poster

Trap of Suicide Kilometer

Movie

1963
High and Low poster

High and Low

Movie · as Chief of First Investigating Section

1963
Atragon poster

Atragon

Movie · as Defense Commander

1963
Attack Squadron poster

Attack Squadron

Movie · as Yamato Commander Ito

1963
Siege of Fort Bismarck poster

Siege of Fort Bismarck

Movie

1963
Young Swordsman poster

Young Swordsman

Movie · as Kagawa Tanomo

1962
Mount Hakone poster

Mount Hakone

Movie

1962
Chûshingura poster

Chûshingura

Movie

1962
Operation Sewer Rats poster

Operation Sewer Rats

Movie · as Lieutenant Masamune

1961
Yojimbo poster

Yojimbo

Movie · as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

1961
Daredevil in the Castle poster

Daredevil in the Castle

Movie · as Katsuyasu Sakakibara

1961
Challenge to Live poster

Challenge to Live

Movie

1960
The Bad Sleep Well poster

The Bad Sleep Well

Movie · as Detective

1960
The Storm of the Pacific poster

The Storm of the Pacific

Movie

1960
Yakuza of Ina poster

Yakuza of Ina

Movie · as Boss Daihachi

1960
The Gambling Samurai poster

The Gambling Samurai

Movie · as Magistrate Jubei Matsui

1960
Wings of Dawn poster

Wings of Dawn

Movie

1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity poster

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Movie · as Naruto Nitôhei

1959
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender poster

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

Movie

1959
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung poster

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

Movie

1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish poster

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Movie · as General Yano

1959
Romance of a Ferry Man

Romance of a Ferry Man

Movie

1958
The Hidden Fortress poster

The Hidden Fortress

Movie · as General Hyoe Tadokoro

1958
Eight Views of Samurai poster

Eight Views of Samurai

Movie

1958
The Spider-Man poster

The Spider-Man

Movie · as Kogoro Akechi

1958
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War poster

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Movie

1957
Escapade in Japan poster

Escapade in Japan

Movie

1957
The Mysterians poster

The Mysterians

Movie · as Gen. Morita

1957
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War poster

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Movie · as Kaoru Inoue

1957
Street of Ronin poster

Street of Ronin

Movie

1957
The Decoy poster

The Decoy

Movie · as Saitō (Chief Inspector)

1957
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud poster

The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud

Movie

1956
Kingoro's Soldier

Kingoro's Soldier

Movie

1956
銀蛇の岩屋

銀蛇の岩屋

Movie

1956
Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala

Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala

Movie

1956
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets poster

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

Movie

1956
Radioactivity Plays the Game: Crafty Gentleman Sequel poster

Radioactivity Plays the Game: Crafty Gentleman Sequel

Movie

1956
Record of a Crafty Gentleman

Record of a Crafty Gentleman

Movie

1956
Mutiny in the North Sea poster

Mutiny in the North Sea

Movie

1955
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud poster

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

Movie · as Dad

1955
Nonki saiban poster

Nonki saiban

Movie

1955
The History of Love poster

The History of Love

Movie

1954
Hanran poster

Hanran

Movie

1954
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten poster

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten

Movie · as Kingorô Tamai

1954
Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô poster

Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô

Movie · as Kingorô Tamai

1954
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced poster

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced

Movie

1954
日本敗れず poster

日本敗れず

Movie

1954
Tōjinbō no oni poster

Tōjinbō no oni

Movie

1953
Tower of Lilies poster

Tower of Lilies

Movie · as Dr. Oka

1953
Field Nurse poster

Field Nurse

Movie

1953
The Battleship Yamato poster

The Battleship Yamato

Movie · as Jiro Nomura

1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail poster

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

Movie · as Togashi

1952
Sunset Over Mount Fuji poster

Sunset Over Mount Fuji

Movie · as Iori Saotome

1952
Avalanche

Avalanche

Movie · as Kōsuke Kijima

1951
新遊侠伝 poster

新遊侠伝

Movie

1951
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来 poster

新遊侠伝 遊侠往来

Movie

1951
Bengawan Solo poster

Bengawan Solo

Movie · as Sergeant Odagiri

1951
Sekidô matsuri poster

Sekidô matsuri

Movie

1951
Akatsuki no Kyūshū poster

Akatsuki no Kyūshū

Movie · as Chief Takagi

1951
Karate Sanshiro poster

Karate Sanshiro

Movie

1951
The Red Key poster

The Red Key

Movie

1951
Bōya monogatari poster

Bōya monogatari

Movie

1951
Freedom School poster

Freedom School

Movie

1951
Jōen no hatoba poster

Jōen no hatoba

Movie

1951
Hana aru dotō poster

Hana aru dotō

Movie

1950
Heat and Mud poster

Heat and Mud

Movie

1950
Sanshiro of Ginza poster

Sanshiro of Ginza

Movie · as Kumasuke Arai

1950
Snow-Flake poster

Snow-Flake

Movie · as Mimaki

1950
Tōkaidō wa kyōjō tabi poster

Tōkaidō wa kyōjō tabi

Movie

1950
Phoenix poster

Phoenix

Movie

1950
Duel in Senjo Mountain poster

Duel in Senjo Mountain

Movie

1950
San akunin to akanbō

San akunin to akanbō

Movie

1949
白頭巾現わる poster

白頭巾現わる

Movie

1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest poster

Ishimatsu of the Forest

Movie · as Ishimatsu

1949
Scarface Senta poster

Scarface Senta

Movie

1949
Return poster

Return

Movie

1949
Omokage Sanshiro poster

Omokage Sanshiro

Movie

1949
Full Moon

Full Moon

Movie

1949
Maboroshi fujin poster

Maboroshi fujin

Movie

1948
Kōfuku no genkai poster

Kōfuku no genkai

Movie

1948
A Flower Blooms poster

A Flower Blooms

Movie · as Teruhiko Kuwai

1948
Living Image poster

Living Image

Movie

1948
Fujisancho poster

Fujisancho

Movie

1948
The Thief of Moonlight Castle

The Thief of Moonlight Castle

Movie

1947
The Age of Beginnings poster

The Age of Beginnings

Movie · as Goro Asahina

1947
Rira no hana wasureji poster

Rira no hana wasureji

Movie

1947
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho poster

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

Movie

1946
No Regrets for Our Youth poster

No Regrets for Our Youth

Movie · as Ruykichi Noge

1946
A Descendant of Urashima Taro poster

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Movie · as Goro Urashima

1946
Lord for a Night poster

Lord for a Night

Movie

1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow poster

Those Who Make Tomorrow

Movie · as Fujita

1946
An Enemy of the People poster

An Enemy of the People

Movie

1946
Beauty poster

Beauty

Movie · as Shinichi Tazawa

1945
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two poster

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Movie · as Sanshiro Sugata

1945
Kanchō umi no bara

Kanchō umi no bara

Movie

1945
Duel at Yagyu Valley poster

Duel at Yagyu Valley

Movie · as Yagyu Tajima-no-kami

1945
Three Women of the North poster

Three Women of the North

Movie

1944
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron poster

Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron

Movie · as Colonel Kato

1944
Battle Troop poster

Battle Troop

Movie · as Mikami

1944
Nichijô no tatakai poster

Nichijô no tatakai

Movie

1943
Searing Wind poster

Searing Wind

Movie · as Kensuke Shibata

1943
Sanshiro Sugata poster

Sanshiro Sugata

Movie · as Sanshiro Sugata

1942
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya poster

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

Movie · as Yamashita

1942
Green Earth poster

Green Earth

Movie

1942
Currents of Youth poster

Currents of Youth

Movie · as Murakami, Test Pilot

1942
Mother Never Dies poster

Mother Never Dies

Movie

1941
Story of Leadership poster

Story of Leadership

Movie · as Shintaro Sagawa

1940
The Burning Sky poster

The Burning Sky

Movie

1940
Oath on the Burning Sands poster

Oath on the Burning Sands

Movie

1940
Navy Bomb Squadron

Navy Bomb Squadron

Movie

1940
Okumura Ioka

Okumura Ioka

Movie

1940
A World of Two poster

A World of Two

Movie

1939
The Town poster

The Town

Movie · as Youth Officer

1939
The Whole Family Works poster

The Whole Family Works

Movie · as Genji's fellow worker

1939
Song of the White Orchid

Song of the White Orchid

Movie

1939
Madam with a Ribbon

Madam with a Ribbon

Movie