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
Red Peony Gambler
Falling Camellia
Chizuko's Younger Sister
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Buddies
Lady Maiko
A Loving Husband
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
The Geisha House
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
Murder on the Orient Express
Fake Marriage
Trials of an Okinawa Village
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Wait and See
Heart of a Samurai
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Blood of Revenge
Twilight: Saya in Sasara
Bloodiest Flower
The Domain
The History of Our Family
Teppan
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
DIVOC-12
Brave Red Flower of the North
A Lively Geisha
Nunnery Confidential
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
Milk White
Three Yakuza
Classmates
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Prison Boss
Gambler's Legacy
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Garden of Camellias
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
Tasmania Story
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
The Last Kamikaze
House of Gamblers