Sumiko Fuji

Known For: Acting
Born: December 1, 1945
Place of Birth: Gobo, Wakayama, Japan

Sumiko Fuji

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, …

Filmography

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2021

Garden of Camellias

2021 · Kinuko

A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi

2020 · Sumako

Children of the Sea

2019 · Dede (voice)

Falling Camellia

2018

A Loving Husband

2016 · Reiko Inoue

Fake Marriage

2015 · Kanae Himura

紅雲町珈琲屋こよみ

2015 · 스기우라 소우

April Fools

2015 · Royal Madam

Murder on the Orient Express

2015 · Fuji Hatori

Murder on the Orient Express

2015

Twilight: Saya in Sasara

2014 · Onatsu

Lady Maiko

2014 · Chiharu Kojima

It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori

2012 · Hanae ishimoto

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2012 · Ririko Motoki

Teppan

2010

The History of Our Family

2010 · Maki Yame

Air Doll

2009 · Chiyoko

Summer Wars

2009 · Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)

Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone

2009 · Yoko Sugiura

Heart of a Samurai

2009

The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming

2008 · Reiko Takayama

Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills

2008 · Shizu Tezuka

Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death

2008 · Kazue (as Junko Fuji)

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

2007 · Haruko Okada

Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006 · Matsuko Inugami

Hula Girls

2006 · Chiyo Tanikawa

Milk White

2004

Dream Maker

1999

The Geisha House

1999 · Satoe

Wait and See

1998 · Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

1993

Chizuko's Younger Sister

1991 · Mother

Tasmania Story

1990

Buddies

1989 · Tami

The Brave Man Says Little

1983

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

1972 · Tsuruji

Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty

1972

The Man

1971

Trials of an Okinawa Village

1971

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

1971

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

1971 · Takiko Yano

Bloodiest Flower

1971

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

1971 · Tsumagoi Okoma

The Silk Hat Boss 2

1970

The Last Kamikaze

1970 · Shizuko Munakata

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny

1970

A Lively Geisha

1970 · Koshizu

Yukyo-retsuden

1970

Silk Hat Boss

1970 · Oryu

The Japan Derby Race

1970

The Drifting Gambler

1970 · Kohide

House of Gamblers

1970

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

1970 · Oryu

Brave Red Flower of the North

1970

Women of Osaka Castle

Women of Osaka Castle

1970

Gambler's Legacy

1969

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

1969 · Takako

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

1969 · Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony

Team of Ruffians

1969

Samurai Geisha

1969 · Shinji

The Domain: Flower and Dragon

1969 · Okyo

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

1969 · Ryuko Yano

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

1969

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

1969 · Red Peony Oryu

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

1969

Gambler Biography

1968 · Kasuya

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

1968 · O-Ryu

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

1968

Red Peony Gambler

1968 · Hibotan no Ryu

Histories of the Chivalrous

1968

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

1968

Prison Boss

1968

Ooku

1968

Nunnery Confidential

1968

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger

1968

Big Time Gambling Boss

1968 · Hiroe

Human Torpedoes

1968

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

1967

The Shogun and His Mistresses

1967 · O-mino

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4

1967

Classmates

1967 · Reiko Shiratori

The Chivalrous Life

1967 · Ofuji

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival

1967 · お仲

Showdown of Men 2

1967

The Domain: White Blade

1967

Code Between Brothers 3

1966

Seven Fugitives

1966

The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate

1966

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf

1966

Showdown of Men

1966

Continental Drifter

1966

Japan's Most Chivalrous

1966 · Otaki

Yakuza Vassal

1966

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

1966

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

1966 · Shizuka Gozen

Code of Ruffians

1965

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

1965

True Osaka Grit

1965

Blood of Revenge

1965 · Hatsue

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

1965

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

1965

The Gambler

1965

Three Yakuza

1965

Irogotoshi harudanji

1965 · Otoki

おゝい雲！

1965

The Tattooed Lord

1965 · Okayo

Hoodlum Match

1965

The Boss

1965

Gamblers and Racketeers

1964

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

1964

The Gorgeous Geisha

1964

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

1964 · Yukiko Matsuhashi

The Domain

1964

Gambler

1964 · Osato

Shingo's Final Duel

1964

Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man

1964

The Detective Fencer

1964

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

1964

A Laughable Journey

1964

The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja

1963

13 Assassins

1963 · Kayo

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

1963

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

1963

Blind Wolf

1963

The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy

1963

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge

1963 · Ochiyo

Sumiko Fuji · Virelixia