Deceased

How Did Susumu Fujita Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 79

GenderMaleNationalityEmpire of JapanBorn08/01/1912Born inKurume, Fukuoka, JapanDied23/03/1991Died inShibuyaCauseliver cancerWikidataQ3180677 ↗TMDb#30907 ↗

Susumu Fujita 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 and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Ishirō Honda's Mothra vs. Godzilla, among many other films.

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Filmography144 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1983	Detective StoryMovie	Gozo Kunizaki	71
1982	The Longest TunnelMovie	—	70
1981	The Imperial NavyMovie	Navy Minister Oikawa	69
1981	Baian the AssassinMovie	Hanuemon Otowaya	69
1981	Good Luck LoveMovie	—	69
1981	Blue Jeans MemoryMovie	—	69
1979	Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive BattleMovie	Chief	67
1978	Winter's FlowerMovie	Ryokichi Sakata	66
1977	Japanese Humanity and JusticeMovie	—	65
1975	Battle CryMovie	Yata	63
1975	The Gate of YouthMovie	—	63
1972	Lullaby for a Tough GuyMovie	—	60
1971	Return of UltramanSeries	Fumio Kishida	59
1971	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy CapeMovie	—	59
1971	Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout MonstersMovie	Chief Kishida	59
1971	Return of UltramanMovie	Chief Kishida	59
1971	ShiosaiMovie	—	59
1971	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound DeserterMovie	—	59
1970	Tora! Tora! Tora!Movie	Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi	58
1970	The MilitaristsMovie	Osami Nagano	58
1970	Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl BossMovie	—	58
1970	A Young Man's StrongholdMovie	—	58
1970	Attention PleaseSeries	—	58
1969	Battle of the Japan SeaMovie	Uemura	57
1969	The Falcon FightersMovie	—	57
1968	Admiral YamamotoMovie	Kurita	56
1968	風来忍法帖　八方破れMovie	—	56
1967	Japan's Longest DayMovie	Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment	55
1967	KojiroMovie	Shogen the Instructor	55
1966	Zero FighterMovie	—	54
1966	UltramanSeries	Chief of Staff of the Defense Force	54
1966	Rampaging Dragon of the NorthMovie	—	54
1966	Rub Out the PastMovie	Tokutaro Hayami	54
1965	Frankenstein Conquers the WorldMovie	Osaka Prefectural Police Chief	53
1965	The Retreat from KiskaMovie	Akitani	53
1965	Samurai AssassinMovie	Tatewaki Todo	53
1965	A Fugitive from the PastMovie	Police Chief	53
1965	風来忍法帖Movie	—	53
1965	President's Ninja Trick Book Part IIMovie	President Shōji (Kansai Department Store)	53
1964	Mothra vs. GodzillaMovie	Head of JSDF Task Force	52
1964	DogoraMovie	General Iwasa	52
1964	Trap of Suicide KilometerMovie	—	52
1964	The Sandal KeeperMovie	—	52
1963	High and LowMovie	Chief of First Investigating Section	51
1963	Young SwordsmanMovie	Kagawa Tanomo	51
1963	AtragonMovie	Defense Commander	51
1963	Attack SquadronMovie	Yamato Commander Ito	51
1963	Siege of Fort BismarckMovie	—	51
1962	ChûshinguraMovie	—	50
1962	Mount HakoneMovie	—	50
1962	Operation Sewer RatsMovie	Lieutenant Masamune	50
1961	YojimboMovie	Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town	49
1961	Daredevil in the CastleMovie	Katsuyasu Sakakibara	49
1961	Challenge to LiveMovie	—	49
1960	The Bad Sleep WellMovie	Detective	48
1960	The Storm of the PacificMovie	—	48
1960	The Gambling SamuraiMovie	Magistrate Jubei Matsui	48
1960	Yakuza of InaMovie	Boss Daihachi	48
1959	Submarine I-57 Will Not SurrenderMovie	—	47
1959	The Human Condition II: Road to EternityMovie	Naruto Nitôhei	47
1959	I Want to Be a ShellfishMovie	General Yano	47
1959	The Adventures of Sun Wu KungMovie	—	47
1958	The Hidden FortressMovie	General Hyoe Tadokoro	46
1958	The Spider-ManMovie	Kogoro Akechi	46
1958	Eight Views of SamuraiMovie	—	46
1958	Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese WarMovie	—	46
1957	The MysteriansMovie	Gen. Morita	45
1957	Escapade in JapanMovie	—	45
1957	Street of RoninMovie	—	45
1957	Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese WarMovie	Kaoru Inoue	45
1956	Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied FleetsMovie	—	44
1956	銀蛇の岩屋Movie	—	44
1956	Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's MandalaMovie	—	44
1955	Nobuko Rides on a CloudMovie	Dad	43
1955	Nonki saibanMovie	—	43
1955	The History of LoveMovie	—	43
1954	Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô rutenMovie	Kingorô Tamai	42
1954	日本敗れずMovie	—	42
1954	Submarine Ro Hasn't SurfacedMovie	—	42
1954	HanranMovie	—	42
1954	Hana to ryû - Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantôMovie	Kingorô Tamai	42
1953	Tower of LiliesMovie	Dr. Oka	41
1953	Yasen kangofuMovie	—	41
1953	The Battleship YamatoMovie	Jiro Nomura	41
1952	The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's TailMovie	Togashi	40
1952	AvalancheMovie	Kōsuke Kijima	40
1952	Sunset Over Mount FujiMovie	Iori Saotome	40
1951	Jōen no hatobaMovie	—	39
1951	Bengawan SoloMovie	Sergeant Odagiri	39
1951	新遊侠伝Movie	—	39
1951	Karate SanshiroMovie	—	39
1951	Hana aru dotōMovie	—	39
1951	新遊侠伝　遊侠往来Movie	—	39
1951	Akatsuki no KyūshūMovie	Chief Takagi	39
1951	The Red KeyMovie	—	39
1951	Bōya monogatariMovie	—	39
1951	Sekidô matsuriMovie	—	39
1950	Snow-FlakeMovie	Mimaki	38
1950	Heat and MudMovie	—	38
1950	Sanshiro of GinzaMovie	Kumasuke Arai	38
1950	Tōkaidō wa kyōjō tabiMovie	—	38
1950	San akunin to akanbōMovie	—	38
1949	Scarface SentaMovie	—	37
1949	Ishimatsu of the ForestMovie	Ishimatsu	37
1949	ReturnMovie	—	37
1949	Omokage SanshiroMovie	—	37
1949	白頭巾現わるMovie	—	37
1949	Full MoonMovie	—	37
1948	A Flower BloomsMovie	Teruhiko Kuwai	36
1948	FujisanchoMovie	—	36
1948	Kōfuku no genkaiMovie	—	36
1948	Living ImageMovie	—	36
1947	A Thousand and One Nights with TohoMovie	—	35
1947	The Age of BeginningsMovie	Goro Asahina	35
1947	Rira no hana wasurejiMovie	—	35
1946	A Descendant of Urashima TaroMovie	Goro Urashima	34
1946	No Regrets for Our YouthMovie	Ruykichi Noge	34
1946	Lord for a NightMovie	—	34
1946	An Enemy of the PeopleMovie	—	34
1946	Those Who Make TomorrowMovie	Fujita	34
1946	BeautyMovie	Shinichi Tazawa	34
1945	Sanshiro Sugata, Part TwoMovie	Sanshiro Sugata	33
1945	Kanchō umi no baraMovie	—	33
1945	Three Women of the NorthMovie	—	33
1945	Duel at Yagyu ValleyMovie	Yagyu Tajima-no-kami	33
1944	Colonel Kato's Falcon SquadronMovie	Colonel Kato	32
1944	Battle TroopMovie	Mikami	32
1944	Nichijô no tatakaiMovie	—	32
1943	Sanshiro SugataMovie	Sanshiro Sugata	31
1943	Searing WindMovie	Kensuke Shibata	31
1942	Mother Never DiesMovie	—	30
1942	The War at Sea from Hawaii to MalayaMovie	Yamashita	30
1942	Currents of YouthMovie	Murakami, Test Pilot	30
1942	Green EarthMovie	—	30
1941	Story of LeadershipMovie	Shintaro Sagawa	29
1940	Oath on the Burning SandsMovie	—	28
1940	A World of TwoMovie	—	28
1940	Okumura IokaMovie	—	28
1940	The Burning SkyMovie	—	28
1940	Navy Bomb SquadronMovie	—	28
1939	The Whole Family WorksMovie	Genji's fellow worker	27
1939	Song of the White OrchidMovie	—	27
1939	The TownMovie	Youth Officer	27
1939	Madam with a RibbonMovie	—	27