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Sumiko Fuji
富司ふじ 純子じゅんこ
Sumiko Fuji (1965)
Born
Junko Shundo (俊しゅん藤ふじ 純子じゅんこ)

(1945-12-01) December 1, 1945 (age 78)
Gobō, Wakayama, Japan
Other namesJunko Fuji
OccupationActress
Years active1963–present
SpouseOnoe Kikugorō VII
Children

Junko Terashima (Japanese: 寺島てらしま 純子じゅんこ, Hepburn: Terashima Junko, born 1 December 1945), known professionally as Sumiko Fuji (富司ふじ 純子じゅんこ, Fuji Sumiko), is a Japanese actress. She began acting in the 1960s under the name Junko Fuji (藤ふじ 純子じゅんこ, Fuji Junko), becoming famous as the female lead in yakuza films opposite such stars as Kōji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura. She even starred in her own series as the sword-wielding gambler Red Peony in the Hibotan Bakuto series. Initially retiring in 1972 after getting married, she began appearing on TV in 1974 under her real name. She later returned to films in 1989 using the name Sumiko Fuji, and expanded her acting repertoire. She won the Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress in 1999[1] and 2006.[2] 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.

Early life and career

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Fuji was born in Wakayama as the third child and younger daughter of future film producer Koji Shundo.[3] Her family eventually moved to Osaka, where, as a big fan of Takarazuka Revue, Fuji started to attend a dancing, singing and acting school during junior high.[3] At 17 her family moved to Kyoto, shortly after which her and her older sister Nobuko started to appear on the local TV show Hai Hai, Mahinadesu.[3] After visiting Toei's Kyoto studio, Fuji attracted the attention of director Masahiro Makino, who invited her to appear in one of his films. Although Shundo initially opposed his daughter entering show business, wanting a "normal" life for her instead, he acquiesced figuring it would be better she work for Toei instead of their rivals.[3]

In 1963, Fuji made her film debut in Makino's Hashu Yukyoden: Otoko no Sakazuki, and went on to appear in 10 movies that year while making regular appearances on NHK and TV Asahi television dramas.[3] Mark Schilling wrote that by the mid-1960s, Fuji was the leading actress for Toei, often playing the love interest for Kōji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura in Ninkyo eiga.[3] But she reached her peak in popularity between 1968 and 1972, starring as a sword-wielding gambler in the Hibotan Bakuto series of films.[3] In 1972, Fuji married a kabuki actor she met while making the NHK drama Minamoto no Yoshitsune.[3] After making Makino's Kanto Hizakura Ikka, she retired from acting that same year. Schilling wrote that the popularity of Ninkyo eiga subsequently declined, and a search for a successor failed.[3]

Selected filmography

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Films

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  • 13 Assassins (1963)
  • Hashu Yukyoden: Otoko no Sakazuki (八はち州しゅう遊侠ゆうきょう伝でん 男おとこの盃さかずき, 1963)
  • Bakumatsu Zankoku Monogatari (幕末ばくまつ残酷ざんこく物語ものがたり, 1964)
  • Onmitsu Kenshi (1964)
  • Meiji Kyōkaku den: Sandaime Shūme (明治めいじ侠客きょうかく伝でん三さん代目だいめ襲名しゅうめい, 1965)
  • Bakuchiuchi Sōcho Tobaku (博奕ばくえき打うち 総長そうちょう賭博とばく, 1968)
  • The Valiant Red Peony (1968)[4]
  • Jinsei Gekijō: Hishakaku to Kiratsune (人生じんせい劇場げきじょう 飛車ひしゃ角かくと吉良きら常つね, 1968)
  • Hibotan Bakuto: Hanafuda Shōbu (緋牡丹ひぼたん博徒ばくと 花札はなふだ勝負しょうぶ, 1969)
  • Shōwa Zankyō den: Shinde Moraimasu (昭和しょうわ残ざん侠伝 死しんで貰もらいます, 1970)
  • Kanto Hizakura Ikka (関東かんとう緋ひ桜さくら一家いっか, 1972)
  • Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
  • Wait and See (1998)
  • The Geisha House (1999)
  • Hula Girls (2006)
  • The Inugamis (2006)
  • Best Wishes for Tomorrow (2008)
  • Air Doll (2009)
  • Summer Wars (2009)
  • Lady Maiko (2014)
  • April Fools (2015)
  • A Loving Husband (2017)
  • Samurai's Promise (2018)
  • Children of the Sea (2019), Dede (voice)[5]
  • A Garden of Camellias (2021), Kinuko[6]
  • DIVOC-12 (2021)[7]

Television

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Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Burū Ribon Shō hisutorī 1999" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Burū Ribon Shō hisutorī 2006" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Schilling, Mark (2003). The Yakuza Movie Book : A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 123–125. ISBN 1-880656-76-0.
  4. ^ "緋牡丹ひぼたん博徒ばくと" (in Japanese). Motion Pictures Producers Association. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ "海獣かいじゅうの子供こども". eiga.com. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "椿つばきの庭にわ". eiga.com. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "富司ふじ純子じゅんこ、藤原ふじわら季き節ぶし、蒔田まきた彩あや珠たま、中村なかむらゆり、前田まえだ敦子あつこら『DIVOC-12』第だい1弾だんキャスト発表はっぴょう". Real Sound. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "富司ふじ純子じゅんこ". NHK. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  9. ^ "北条ほうじょう時宗じしゅう". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "田中たなか絹代きぬよ賞しょうとは". Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial Association. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
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