Actor

Susumu Fujita

Acting

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Acting credits

125

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.8

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Movies: 123Series: 2

TMDB ID: 30907

IMDb ID: nm0297843

Known for: Acting

Born: January 8, 1912

Died: March 23, 1991

Age: 79

Place of birth: Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1939 - 1983

Years active: 45

Average TMDB rating: 7.16

Wikidata: Q3180677

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Susumu Fujita.