
Susumu Fujita
Born: 1912-01-08
Place of Birth: 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

Yojimbo

High and Low

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Hidden Fortress

Good Luck Love

The Bad Sleep Well

Chûshingura

Frankenstein Conquers the World

Admiral Yamamoto

The Mysterians

Japan's Longest Day

The Imperial Navy

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Samurai Assassin

A Fugitive from the Past

Battle of the Japan Sea

Dogora

Detective Story

The Gate of Youth

Winter's Flower

Atragon

Those Who Make Tomorrow

Rub Out the Past

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

Duel at Yagyu Valley

The Storm of the Pacific

An Enemy of the People

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

The Longest Tunnel

The Battleship Yamato

Lullaby for a Tough Guy

Trap of Suicide Kilometer

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle

Hot Wind

Operation Sewer Rats

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

The Sandal Keeper

The Whole Family Works

Siege of Fort Bismarck

Return of Ultraman

Bengawan Solo

Tower of Lilies

Attack Squadron

The Militarists

Rira no hana wasureji

Akatsuki no Kyūshū

白頭巾現わる

Rampaging Dragon of the North

Mother Never Dies

Lord for a Night

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

新遊侠伝

Hanran

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss

Snow-Flake

Oath on the Burning Sands

Currents of Youth

Baian the Assassin

Heat and Mud

Nichijô no tatakai

The Burning Sky

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced

Kojiro

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten

Daredevil in the Castle

Shiosai

Street of Ronin

日本敗れず

Green Earth

Nonki saiban

Sunset Over Mount Fuji

The Retreat from Kiska

A Young Man's Stronghold

Sekidô matsuri

Story of Leadership

風来忍法帖 八方破れ

The Spider-Man

Eight Views of Samurai

Young Swordsman

Challenge to Live

Zero Fighter

The Falcon Fighters

Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron

Living Image

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

Karate Sanshiro

Three Women of the North

Machi

Sanshiro of Ginza

Yakuza of Ina

Sanshiro Sugata

Japanese Humanity and Justice

The Age of Beginnings

新遊侠伝 遊侠往来

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

風来忍法帖

Kōfuku no genkai

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

Yasen kangofu

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

Kirare no Senta

A Flower Blooms

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Tōkaidō wa kyōjō tabi

No Regrets for Our Youth

Mount Hakone

Blue Jeans Memory

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

Battle Troop

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

Escapade in Japan

The Gambling Samurai

The Decoy

Ishimatsu of the Forest
