Susumu Fujita
Japanese actor (1912–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 in other Kurosawa films 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.
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Susumu Fujita | |
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藤田 進 | |
Born | (1912-01-08)8 January 1912 Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan |
Died | 23 March 1991(1991-03-23) (aged 79) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1939–1989 |
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, such as in Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition (film series). During the 1960s and 1970s he played minor roles in "special effects pictures" such as Ultraman and Frankenstein vs. Baragon.