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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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As actor
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Detective Story
The Longest Tunnel
The Imperial Navy
Blue Jeans Memory
Good Luck Love
Baian the Assassin
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Winter's Flower
Japanese Humanity and Justice
The Gate of Youth
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
Shiosai
Return of Ultraman
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
A Young Man's Stronghold
The Militarists
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Battle of the Japan Sea
The Falcon Fighters
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
Admiral Yamamoto
Japan's Longest Day
Kojiro
Rampaging Dragon of the North
Rub Out the Past
Zero Fighter