Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

1912-01-08 – 1991-03-23 (age 79) Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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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.

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

High and Low
High and Low

1963

as Chief of First Investigating Section

Yojimbo
Yojimbo

1961

as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

1958

as General Hyoe Tadokoro

The Imperial Navy
The Imperial Navy

1981

as Navy Minister Oikawa

The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well

1960

as Detective

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Samurai Assassin
Samurai Assassin

1965

as Tatewaki Todo

Mothra vs. Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964

as Head of JSDF Task Force

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day

1967

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

Daredevil in the Castle
Daredevil in the Castle

1961

as Katsuyasu Sakakibara

Atragon
Atragon

1963

as Defense Commander

Frankenstein Conquers the World
Frankenstein Conquers the World

1965

as Osaka Prefectural Police Chief

Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata

1943

as Sanshiro Sugata

Chûshingura
The Gambling Samurai
The Gambling Samurai

1960

as Magistrate Jubei Matsui

Battle of the Japan Sea
Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto

1968

as Kurita

Dogora
Dogora

1964

as General Iwasa