Sumiko Fuji
Known For
Acting
Born
1945-12-01 in Gobo, Wakayama, Japan
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Fuji , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Teppan
Heart of a Samurai
Summer Wars
as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
as Sumako
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
Women of Osaka Castle
The History of Our Family
as Maki Yame
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Shizuka Gozen
Children of the Sea
as Dede (voice)
Fake Marriage
as Kanae Himura
Murder on the Orient Express
Air Doll
as Chiyoko
13 Assassins
as Kayo
紅雲町珈琲屋こよみ
as 스기우라 소우
Lady Maiko
as Chiharu Kojima
Hula Girls
as Chiyo Tanikawa
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Matsuko Inugami
A Loving Husband
as Reiko Inoue
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Takako
Murder on the Orient Express
as Fuji Hatori