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
Ultraman
Chief of Staff of the Defense Force
Return of Ultraman
Fumio Kishida
High and Low
Chief of First Investigating Section
Yojimbo
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
Attention Please
The Longest Tunnel
The Hidden Fortress
General Hyoe Tadokoro
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Osaka Prefectural Police Chief
The History of Love
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Head of JSDF Task Force
The Gate of Youth
Winter's Flower
Ryokichi Sakata
Good Luck Love
Atragon
Defense Commander
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Naruto Nitôhei
Battle of the Japan Sea
Uemura
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Ishimatsu
Chûshingura
The Red Key
Field Nurse
The Bad Sleep Well
Detective
Japan's Longest Day
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Lord for a Night
Rampaging Dragon of the North
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Fujita
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata
San akunin to akanbō
The Militarists
Osami Nagano
A Fugitive from the Past
Police Chief
The Battleship Yamato
Jiro Nomura
Nonki saiban
Omokage Sanshiro
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
Mount Hakone
Romance of a Ferry Man
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Togashi