Toshiya Fujita
Known For
Directing
Born
1932-01-16 in Pyongyang, North Korea
Died
1997-08-29
Biography
Toshiya Fujita (藤田 敏八 Fujita Toshiya, January 16, 1932 – August 29, 1997), also known as Shigeya Fujita (藤田繁矢 Fujita Shigeya), was a Japanese film director, film actor, and screenwriter. He is well-regarded in Japan for his youth films but is best known abroad for Lady Snowblood and Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance, films ironically not typical of his usual style.
Most Known For
NIGHT HEAD
Tampopo
as Man with Toothache
Fruits of Passion
as Customer
Funeral Parade of Roses
Spring Bell
as Tomio Murata
Zigeunerweisen
as Toyojiro Aochi
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
as Guard
Four Seasons: Natsuko
as Audition Director
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Tekken
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero
as Kanamori
Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
Time Leap
Secret Liaisons
Eien no 1/2
Wet Hot Sake
as Morio Mononobe
Pachinko Graffiti
The Games Teachers Play
as Vice Principal
A Brief Message from the Heart
as Professor Saito