Sumiko Fuji
Acting · Born 1945-12-01 · age 80 · Gobo, Wakayama, Japan
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.
Titles
Summer Wars
Children of the Sea
Air Doll
Hula Girls
13 Assassins
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
April Fools
Big Time Gambling Boss
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
Falling Camellia
Red Peony Gambler
Chizuko's Younger Sister
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Buddies
Lady Maiko
A Loving Husband
The Geisha House
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Fake Marriage
Murder on the Orient Express
Trials of an Okinawa Village
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Heart of a Samurai
Wait and See
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
Teppan
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Blood of Revenge
The History of Our Family
The Domain
Bloodiest Flower
Twilight: Saya in Sasara
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
DIVOC-12
Milk White
Three Yakuza
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Brave Red Flower of the North
Classmates
A Lively Geisha
Nunnery Confidential
Garden of Camellias
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Prison Boss
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Gambler's Legacy
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Gambler
Tasmania Story
The Chivalrous Life
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
Best Wishes for Tomorrow