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Sumiko Fuji

Born 1945-12-01
📍 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.

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Filmography 124

DIVOC-12
2021
Garden of Camellias
as Kinuko
2021
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
as Sumako
2020
Children of the Sea
as Dede (voice)
2019
Falling Camellia
2018
A Loving Husband
as Reiko Inoue
2016
Fake Marriage
as Kanae Himura
2015
紅雲町珈琲屋こよみ
as 스기우라 소우
2015
April Fools
as Royal Madam
2015
Murder on the Orient Express
as Fuji Hatori
2015
Murder on the Orient Express
2015
Twilight: Saya in Sasara
as Onatsu
2014
Lady Maiko
as Chiharu Kojima
2014
It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
as Hanae ishimoto
2012
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Ririko Motoki
2012
Teppan
2010
The History of Our Family
as Maki Yame
2010
Air Doll
as Chiyoko
2009
Summer Wars
as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
2009
Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone
as Yoko Sugiura
2009
Heart of a Samurai
2009
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
as Reiko Takayama
2008
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
as Shizu Tezuka
2008
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
as Kazue (as Junko Fuji)
2008
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
as Haruko Okada
2007
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Matsuko Inugami
2006
Hula Girls
as Chiyo Tanikawa
2006
Milk White
2004
Dream Maker
1999
The Geisha House
as Satoe
1999
Wait and See
as Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
1998
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993
Chizuko's Younger Sister
as Mother
1991
Tasmania Story
1990
Buddies
as Tami
1989
The Brave Man Says Little
1983
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Tsuruji
1972
Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
1972
The Man
1971
Trials of an Okinawa Village
1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
as Takiko Yano
1971
Bloodiest Flower
1971
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as Tsumagoi Okoma
1971
The Silk Hat Boss 2
1970
The Last Kamikaze
as Shizuko Munakata
1970
A Lively Geisha
as Koshizu
1970
Yukyo-retsuden
1970
Silk Hat Boss
as Oryu
1970
The Japan Derby Race
1970
The Drifting Gambler
as Kohide
1970
House of Gamblers
1970
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
as Oryu
1970
Brave Red Flower of the North
1970
Gambler's Legacy
1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Takako
1969
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony
1969
Team of Ruffians
1969
Samurai Geisha
as Shinji
1969
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
as Okyo
1969
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
as Ryuko Yano
1969
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as Red Peony Oryu
1969
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
1969
Gambler Biography
as Kasuya
1968
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
as O-Ryu
1968
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
1968
Red Peony Gambler
as Hibotan no Ryu
1968
Histories of the Chivalrous
1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Prison Boss
1968
Ooku
1968
Nunnery Confidential
1968
Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
1968
Big Time Gambling Boss
as Hiroe
1968
Human Torpedoes
1968
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
The Shogun and His Mistresses
as O-mino
1967
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967
Classmates
as Reiko Shiratori
1967
The Chivalrous Life
as Ofuji
1967
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
as お仲
1967
Showdown of Men 2
1967
The Domain: White Blade
1967
Code Between Brothers 3
1966
Seven Fugitives
1966
The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
1966
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
1966
Showdown of Men
1966
Continental Drifter
1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous
as Otaki
1966
Yakuza Vassal
1966
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
1966
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Shizuka Gozen
1966
Code of Ruffians
1965
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1965
True Osaka Grit
1965
Blood of Revenge
as Hatsue
1965
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
The Gambler
1965
Three Yakuza
1965
おゝい雲!
1965
The Tattooed Lord
as Okayo
1965
Hoodlum Match
1965
The Boss
1965
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964
The Gorgeous Geisha
1964
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Yukiko Matsuhashi
1964
The Domain
1964
Gambler
as Osato
1964
Shingo's Final Duel
1964
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
1964
The Detective Fencer
1964
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1964
A Laughable Journey
1964
The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
1963
13 Assassins
as Kayo
1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963
Blind Wolf
1963
The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
1963
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
as Ochiyo
1963