Susumu Fujita
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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.
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Acting
Movie
Yojimbo
as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
1961
Movie
High and Low
as Chief of First Investigating Section
1963
Movie
The Hidden Fortress
as General Hyoe Tadokoro
1958
Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
1970
Movie
Mothra vs. Godzilla
as Head of JSDF Task Force
1964
Movie
The Bad Sleep Well
as Detective
1960
Movie
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Naruto Nitôhei
1959
Movie
Sanshiro Sugata
as Sanshiro Sugata
1943
Movie
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Togashi
1952
Movie
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Ruykichi Noge
1946
Movie
Frankenstein Conquers the World
as Osaka Prefectural Police Chief
1965
Movie
The Mysterians
as Gen. Morita
1957
Movie
Samurai Assassin
as Tatewaki Todo
1965
Movie
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
as Sanshiro Sugata
1945
Movie
Atragon
as Defense Commander
1963
TV
Ultraman
as Chief of Staff of the Defense Force
1966
Movie
A Fugitive from the Past
as Police Chief
1965
Movie
Chûshingura
1962
Movie
Dogora
as General Iwasa
1964
Movie
Japan's Longest Day
as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
1967
Movie
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
1970
TV
Return of Ultraman
as Fumio Kishida
1971
Movie
The Imperial Navy
as Navy Minister Oikawa
1981
Movie
Escapade in Japan
1957