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^[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.

Selected filmography[link]

Films[link]

• Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (幕末残酷物語) (1964)
• Meiji kyōkaku den: Sandaime shūme (明治侠客伝三代目襲名) (1965)
• Bakuchiuchi sōcho tobaku (博奕打ち 総長賭博) (1968)
• Hibotan bakuto (非牡丹博徒) (1968)
• Jinsei gekijō: Hishakaku to Kiratsune (人生劇場 飛車角と吉良常) (1968)
• Hibotan bakuto: Hanafuda shōbu (非牡丹博徒 花札勝負) (1969)
• Shōwa zankyō den: Shinde moraimasu (昭和残侠伝 死んで貰います) (1970)
• The Geisha House (おもちゃ Omocha) (1999)
• Hula Girls (フラガール, Hula Gāru) (2006)
• Best Wishes for Tomorrow (明日への遺言 Ashita e no yuigon) (2008)
• Air Doll (空気人形, Kūki Ningyō) (2009)
• Summer Wars (サマーウォーズ, Samā Wōzu) (2009)

Television[link]

• Teppan (てっぱん) (2010–2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sumiko Fuji at the Internet Movie Database
• Fuji Junko at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)