Sumiko Fuji
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1945-12-01 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Gobo, Wakayama, Japan
Sumiko 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2021)
Garden of Camellias
as Kinuko
(2021)
(2019)
Children of the Sea
as Dede (voice)
(2018)
(2016)
A Loving Husband
as Reiko Inoue
(2015)
April Fools
as Royal Madam
(2015)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Fuji Hatori
(2014)
Lady Maiko
as Chiharu Kojima
(2014)
Twilight: Saya in Sasara
as Onatsu
(2012)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Ririko Motoki
(2012)
It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
as Hanae ishimoto
(2009)
Summer Wars
as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
(2009)
Air Doll
as Chiyoko
(2009)
Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone
as Yoko Sugiura
(2008)
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
as Shizu Tezuka
(2008)
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
as Reiko Takayama
(2008)
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
as Kazue (as Junko Fuji)
(2007)
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
as Haruko Okada
(2006)
Hula Girls
as Chiyo Tanikawa
(2006)
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Matsuko Inugami
(2004)
(1999)
The Geisha House
as Satoe
(1999)
(1998)
Wait and See
as Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
(1991)
Chizuko's Younger Sister
as Mother
(1990)
(1989)
Buddies
as Tami
(1972)
(1972)
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Tsuruji
(1971)
(1971)
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
as Takiko Yano
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as Tsumagoi Okoma
(1971)
(1970)
(1970)
A Lively Geisha
as Koshizu
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
The Drifting Gambler
as Kohide
(1970)
The Last Kamikaze
as Shizuko Munakata
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
Silk Hat Boss
as Oryu
(1969)
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as Red Peony Oryu
(1969)
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
as Ryuko Yano
(1969)
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony
(1969)
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Takako
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
Samurai Geisha
as Shinji
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
Big Time Gambling Boss
as Hiroe
(1968)
Red Peony Gambler
as Hibotan no Ryu
(1968)
Gambler Biography
as Kasuya
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
Classmates
as Reiko Shiratori
(1967)
(1967)
The Chivalrous Life
as Ofuji
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
The Shogun and His Mistresses
as O-mino
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
Japan's Most Chivalrous
as Otaki
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
The Tattooed Lord
as Okayo
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
Blood of Revenge
as Hatsue
(1965)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Yukiko Matsuhashi
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Gambler
as Osato
(1963)
13 Assassins
as Kayo
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)