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Sumiko Fuji

1945-12-01

The 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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Air Doll

7 average rating
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Summer Wars

7.452 average rating
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Children of the Sea

7.09 average rating
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Brave Red Flower of the North

6 average rating
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13 Assassins

7.4 average rating
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Chizuko's Younger Sister

7.3 average rating
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Wait and See

6 average rating
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky

6.6 average rating
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A Loving Husband

7 average rating
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A Lively Geisha

5.3 average rating
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Hula Girls

6.7 average rating
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Falling Camellia

7.8 average rating
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The Geisha House

7.3 average rating
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Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death

7 average rating
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

7 average rating
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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

5.9 average rating
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

7.5 average rating
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

6 average rating
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DIVOC-12

7.3 average rating
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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

6 average rating