Sumiko Fuji
Birthday: 1945-12-01
Place of Birth: Gobo, Wakayama, Japan
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Fuji , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza
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Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
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Hula Girls
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Red Peony Gambler
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13 Assassins
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Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
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Brave Red Flower of the North
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Buddies
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
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Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
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A Lively Geisha
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The Geisha House
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Blood of Revenge
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A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
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Lady Maiko
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April Fools
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Twilight: Saya in Sasara
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
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Tasmania Story
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Milk White
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The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
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Three Yakuza
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Silk Hat Boss
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Wait and See
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Classmates
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Human Torpedoes
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
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The Last Kamikaze
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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
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House of Gamblers
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Dream Maker
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Falling Camellia
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The Chivalrous Life
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A Loving Husband
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Air Doll
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Samurai Geisha
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Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
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Bloodiest Flower
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The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
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The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
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The Detective Fencer
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The Domain
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Murder on the Orient Express
The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express"....
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Big Time Gambling Boss
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Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
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Team of Ruffians
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Shingo's Final Duel
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Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
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The Silk Hat Boss 2
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
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The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
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The Boss
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Children of the Sea
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky
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Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger
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Gamblers and Racketeers
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Best Wishes for Tomorrow
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Code of Ruffians
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Garden of Camellias
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Gambler
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He...
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Summer Wars
Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsu...
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Chizuko's Younger Sister
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Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form o...
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Yukyo-retsuden
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Gambler Biography
Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era....
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The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action...
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DIVOC-12
"DIVOC-12" is a project by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to produce an omnibus consisting of 12 s...
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