Fujita Susumu


Overview
藤田進
8 Jan 1912
Tokyo, Japan
23 Mar 1990 (78)
Tokyo, Japan
Liver Cancer
Had his big break playing the title role in Kurosawa Akira's first film Sanshiro Sugata (1943), a role he reprised in Sanshiro Sugata: Part Two (1945).
Regularly played military officers and other officials in science fiction films due to his "tough guy" persona.

Selected Works
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
Sugata Sanshirô
1945
Sanshiro Sugata: Part Two
Sugata Sanshirô
1957
General Morita
1958
Tadokoro Hyôe
1961
Sakakibara Katsuyasu
1961
Honma
1963
Police Executive
1963
General
1964
General Iwasa
1965
Osaka Police Chief