Acting
Sumiko Fuji
JA cinema · 115 credits
Born
1 December 1945 (age 80)
Birthplace
Gobo, Wakayama, Japan
Also known as Junko Fuji · Junko Shundô · Junko Terashima · 藤純子 · سومیکو فوجی · Sumiko Fuji
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.
Known for
Filmography
Garden of Camellias
as Kinuko
DIVOC-12
Actor
Children of the Sea
as Dede (voice)
A Loving Husband
as Reiko Inoue
April Fools
as Royal Madam
Murder on the Orient Express
as Fuji Hatori
Lady Maiko
as Chiharu Kojima
Twilight: Saya in Sasara
as Onatsu
It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
as Hanae ishimoto
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Ririko Motoki
Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone
as Yoko Sugiura
Air Doll
as Chiyoko
Summer Wars
as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
as Kazue (as Junko Fuji)
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
as Reiko Takayama
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
as Shizu Tezuka
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
as Haruko Okada
Hula Girls
as Chiyo Tanikawa
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Matsuko Inugami
The Geisha House
as Satoe
Wait and See
as Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
Chizuko's Younger Sister
as Mother
Buddies
as Tami
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
as Takiko Yano
The Man
Actor
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as Tsumagoi Okoma
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
as Komasa Joshu / Masako Ota
A Lively Geisha
as Koshizu
Silk Hat Boss
as Oryu
The Last Kamikaze
as Shizuko Munakata
The Drifting Gambler
as Kohide
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as Red Peony Oryu
Samurai Geisha
as Shinji
Red Peony Gambler
as Hibotan no Ryu
Gambler Biography
as Kasuya
Classmates
as Reiko Shiratori
The Chivalrous Life
as Ofuji
Blood of Revenge
as Hatsue
The Boss
Actor
The Tattooed Lord
as Okayo
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Yukiko Matsuhashi
Gambler
as Osato
13 Assassins
as Kayo
