Sumiko Fuji
Actor
Biography
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
Children of the Sea
as Dede (voice) 2019
Air Doll
as Chiyoko 2009
Hula Girls
as Chiyo Tanikawa 2006
13 Assassins
as Kayo 1963
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
as Kazue (as Junko Fuji) 2008
April Fools
as Royal Madam 2015
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Matsuko Inugami 2006
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
as Oryu 1970
Red Peony Gambler
as Hibotan no Ryu 1968
Big Time Gambling Boss
as Hiroe 1968
Falling Camellia
2018
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
as Ririko Motoki 2012
Chizuko's Younger Sister
as Mother 1991
Lady Maiko
as Chiharu Kojima 2014
A Loving Husband
as Reiko Inoue 2016
Buddies
as Tami 1989