Susumu Fujita
Known For
Acting
Born
1912-01-08 in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Died
1991-03-23
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.
Most Known For
Ultraman
as Chief of Staff of the Defense Force
Return of Ultraman
as Fumio Kishida
Good Luck Love
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
High and Low
as Chief of First Investigating Section
Yojimbo
as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Mothra vs. Godzilla
as Head of JSDF Task Force
The Bad Sleep Well
as Detective
The Hidden Fortress
as General Hyoe Tadokoro
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Naruto Nitôhei
Japan's Longest Day
as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
The Mysterians
as Gen. Morita
Atragon
as Defense Commander
The Imperial Navy
as Navy Minister Oikawa
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Togashi
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Ruykichi Noge
Samurai Assassin
as Tatewaki Todo
Admiral Yamamoto
as Kurita
A Fugitive from the Past
as Police Chief
