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Susumu Fujita

Acting Born Jan 8, 1912 Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan 24 credits

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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.

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Known for

Ultraman

as Chief of Staff of the Defense Force

Return of Ultraman

as Fumio Kishida
Film

High and Low

as Chief of First Investigating Section
Film

Yojimbo

as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Film

The Hidden Fortress

as General Hyoe Tadokoro
Film

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

Teletubbies

as Head of JSDF Task Force

Mr. Robot

as General Iwasa

Time Limit Investigator

as Togashi
Film

The Imperial Navy

as Navy Minister Oikawa

Full filmography

  • Ultraman (1966) as Chief of Staff of the Defense Force
  • Return of Ultraman (1971) as Fumio Kishida
  • High and Low (1963) as Chief of First Investigating Section
  • Yojimbo (1961) as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958) as General Hyoe Tadokoro
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
  • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) as Head of JSDF Task Force
  • Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) as Osaka Prefectural Police Chief
  • The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Detective
  • Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
  • Chûshingura (1962)
  • The Mysterians (1957) as Gen. Morita
  • The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) as Naruto Nitôhei
  • Dogora (1964) as General Iwasa
  • Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Kurita
  • Sanshiro Sugata (1943) as Sanshiro Sugata
  • Atragon (1963) as Defense Commander
  • The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) as Togashi
  • The Imperial Navy (1981) as Navy Minister Oikawa
  • Return of Ultraman (1971) as Chief Kishida
  • The Storm of the Pacific (1960)
  • Winter's Flower (1978) as Ryokichi Sakata
  • Samurai Assassin (1965) as Tatewaki Todo
  • The Retreat from Kiska (1965) as Akitani