Susumu Fujita
Acting
Born: 1912-01-08 in 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
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
High and Low
Chief of First Investigating Section
The Hidden Fortress
General Hyoe Tadokoro
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Head of JSDF Task Force
The Bad Sleep Well
Detective
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Naruto Nitôhei
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Togashi
No Regrets for Our Youth
Ruykichi Noge
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Osaka Prefectural Police Chief
The Mysterians
Gen. Morita
Ultraman
Chief of Staff of the Defense Force
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Sanshiro Sugata
Samurai Assassin
Tatewaki Todo
Atragon
Defense Commander
A Fugitive from the Past
Police Chief
Dogora
General Iwasa
Chûshingura
Japan's Longest Day
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Return of Ultraman
Fumio Kishida
The Imperial Navy
Navy Minister Oikawa
Escapade in Japan
Young Swordsman
Kagawa Tanomo
Daredevil in the Castle
Katsuyasu Sakakibara
Battle of the Japan Sea
Uemura
The Storm of the Pacific
Tower of Lilies
Dr. Oka
Admiral Yamamoto
Kurita
Winter's Flower
Ryokichi Sakata
The Whole Family Works
Genji's fellow worker
The Gambling Samurai
Magistrate Jubei Matsui
Battle Cry
Yata
Detective Story
Gozo Kunizaki
Mother Never Dies
Street of Ronin
The Retreat from Kiska
Akitani
Kojiro
Shogen the Instructor
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Chief