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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.


Aliases
  • Fuji Sumiko
English 日本語

Gege

2004
as Takano Satoko

Saigo no tokkôtai

1970
as (as Junko Fuji)

天花

2004
as 鈴木美子

寝ずの番

2005
as 志津子

昭和残侠伝 一匹狼

1966
as (as Junko Fuji)

Buraikan jingi

1965
as Nami Fukuhara (as Junko Fuji)

Prison Boss

1968
as 田島敏子

タスマニア物語

1990
as Yasue Ishizawa

日本侠客伝

1964
as おふみ

博徒

1964
as 小里

いれずみ判官

1965
as お加代

Ah haru

1998
as Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother

Kyokotsu ichidai

1967
as (as Junko Fuji)

Maiko wa redî

2014
as Chiharu Kojima

Ashita e no yuigon

2007
as Haruko Okada

Ai no rukeichi

2007
as Fumie Kimura

Naomi and Kanako

2016
as 斎藤 順子

男の勝負

1966
as おその

恋妻家宮本

2016
as 井上礼子

偽装の夫婦

2015
as 陽村華苗

Guest Star

Episode 竹内涼真の撮休
老婆との休日
2020