--- name: "Sumiko Fuji" canonical: "https://film.one/person/sumiko-fuji" fi1m_id: "sumiko-fuji" imdb_id: "nm0297670" tmdb_id: 142678 wikidata_id: "Q3544664" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 December 1945" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-04T04:34:08.994414+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Sumiko Fuji ## Identity Sumiko Fuji - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sumiko-fuji - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** sumiko-fuji - **IMDb ID:** nm0297670 - **TMDB ID:** 142678 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3544664 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumiko_Fuji, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3544664, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142678 Actor. Born 1 December 1945 in Gobo, Wakayama, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 December 1945, Gobo, Wakayama, Japan - **Also known as:** Junko Fuji, Junko Shundô, Junko Terashima, 藤純子, سومیکو فوجی - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumiko_Fuji, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3544664, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142678 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Summer Wars*](https://film.one/film/summer-wars.md) (77) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Sumiko Fuji, born Junko Shundō on 1 December 1945 in Gobō, Wakayama, Japan, is a Japanese actress. She began her career in the 1960s under the name Junko Fuji, becoming known for leading roles in yakuza and ninkyo eiga films opposite actors such as Ken Takakura and Kōji Tsuruta. She starred in the Hibotan Bakuto series as the sword-wielding gambler Red Peony. Fuji retired from acting in 1972 after marrying kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII. She resumed television appearances in 1974 and returned to films from 1989 under the name Sumiko Fuji. Later credits include roles in *13 Assassins* (1963), *Hula Girls* (2006), *Air Doll* (2009) and the voice of Sakae Jinnouchi in *Summer Wars* (2009), as well as *Children of the Sea* (2019). She has won Blue Ribbon Awards for best supporting actress in 1999 and 2006. She is the mother of actress Shinobu Terajima and kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VIII. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Summer Wars* (2009), Fi1m 77, as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-wars.md) ## Complete filmography (127) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *DIVOC-12* (2021), Actor - *Garden of Camellias* (2021), as Kinuko - *A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi* (2020), series, as Sumako - *Children of the Sea* (2019), as Dede (voice) - *Falling Camellia* (2018), Actor - *A Loving Husband* (2016), as Reiko Inoue - *Fake Marriage* (2015), series, as Kanae Himura - *紅雲町珈琲屋こよみ* (2015), series, as 스기우라 소우 - *April Fools* (2015), as Royal Madam - *Murder on the Orient Express* (2015), as Fuji Hatori - *Murder on the Orient Express* (2015), series, Actor - *Twilight: Saya in Sasara* (2014), as Onatsu - *Lady Maiko* (2014), as Chiharu Kojima - *It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori* (2012), as Hanae ishimoto - *Casting Blossoms to the Sky* (2012), as Ririko Motoki - *Teppan* (2010), series, Actor - *The History of Our Family* (2010), series, as Maki Yame - *Air Doll* (2009), as Chiyoko - *Summer Wars* (2009), as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/summer-wars.md) - *Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone* (2009), as Yoko Sugiura - *Heart of a Samurai* (2009), series, Actor - *The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming* (2008), as Reiko Takayama - *Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills* (2008), as Shizu Tezuka - *Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death* (2008), as Kazue (as Junko Fuji) - *Best Wishes for Tomorrow* (2007), as Haruko Okada - *Murder of the Inugami Clan* (2006), as Matsuko Inugami - *Hula Girls* (2006), as Chiyo Tanikawa - *Milk White* (2004), Actor - *Dream Maker* (1999), Actor - *The Geisha House* (1999), as Satoe - *Wait and See* (1998), as Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother - *Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands* (1993), series, Actor - *Chizuko's Younger Sister* (1991), as Mother - *Tasmania Story* (1990), Actor - *Buddies* (1989), as Tami - *The Brave Man Says Little* (1983), series, Actor - *The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang* (1972), as Tsuruji - *Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty* (1972), Actor - *The Man* (1971), Actor - *Trials of an Okinawa Village* (1971), Actor - *Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler* (1971), as Komasa Joshu / Masako Ota - *Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You* (1971), as Takiko Yano - *Bloodiest Flower* (1971), Actor - *Okoma, the Orphan Gambler* (1971), as Tsumagoi Okoma - *The Silk Hat Boss 2* (1970), Actor - *The Last Kamikaze* (1970), as Shizuko Munakata - *Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny* (1970), Actor - *A Lively Geisha* (1970), as Koshizu - *Yukyo-retsuden* (1970), Actor - *Silk Hat Boss* (1970), as Oryu - *The Japan Derby Race* (1970), Actor - *The Drifting Gambler* (1970), as Kohide - *House of Gamblers* (1970), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return* (1970), as Oryu - *Brave Red Flower of the North* (1970), Actor - *Women of Osaka Castle* (1970), series, Actor - *Gambler's Legacy* (1969), Actor - *Memoir of Japanese Assassinations* (1969), as Takako - *Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room* (1969), as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony - *Team of Ruffians* (1969), Actor - *Samurai Geisha* (1969), as Shinji - *The Domain: Flower and Dragon* (1969), as Okyo - *Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony* (1969), as Ryuko Yano - *Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo* (1969), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game* (1969), as Red Peony Oryu - *A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless* (1969), Actor - *Gambler Biography* (1968), as Kasuya - *Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation* (1968), as O-Ryu - *Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza* (1968), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler* (1968), as Hibotan no Ryu - *Histories of the Chivalrous* (1968), Actor - *The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze* (1968), Actor - *Prison Boss* (1968), Actor - *Ooku* (1968), series, Actor - *Nunnery Confidential* (1968), Actor - *Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger* (1968), Actor - *Big Time Gambling Boss* (1968), as Hiroe - *Human Torpedoes* (1968), Actor - *The Domain: Where The Blade Enters* (1967), Actor - *The Shogun and His Mistresses* (1967), as O-mino - *Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4* (1967), Actor - *Classmates* (1967), as Reiko Shiratori - *The Chivalrous Life* (1967), as Ofuji - *Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival* (1967), as お仲 - *Showdown of Men 2* (1967), Actor - *The Domain: White Blade* (1967), Actor - *Code Between Brothers 3* (1966), Actor - *Seven Fugitives* (1966), Actor - *The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate* (1966), Actor - *Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf* (1966), Actor - *Showdown of Men* (1966), Actor - *Continental Drifter* (1966), Actor - *Japan's Most Chivalrous* (1966), as Otaki - *Yakuza Vassal* (1966), Actor - *The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown* (1966), Actor - *Minamoto no Yoshitsune* (1966), series, as Shizuka Gozen - *Code of Ruffians* (1965), Actor - *Expelled from the Kanto Mob* (1965), Actor - *True Osaka Grit* (1965), Actor - *Blood of Revenge* (1965), as Hatsue - *The Kingdom of Jirocho 4* (1965), Actor - *The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry* (1965), Actor - *The Gambler* (1965), Actor - *Three Yakuza* (1965), Actor - *Irogotoshi harudanji* (1965), as Otoki - *おゝい雲！* (1965), Actor - *The Tattooed Lord* (1965), as Okayo - *Hoodlum Match* (1965), Actor - *The Boss* (1965), Actor - *Gamblers and Racketeers* (1964), Actor - *Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall* (1964), Actor - *The Gorgeous Geisha* (1964), Actor - *Two Lives, Two Yakuza* (1964), as Yukiko Matsuhashi - *The Domain* (1964), Actor - *Gambler* (1964), as Osato - *Shingo's Final Duel* (1964), Actor - *Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man* (1964), Actor - *The Detective Fencer* (1964), Actor - *The Kingdom of Jirocho 3* (1964), Actor - *A Laughable Journey* (1964), Actor - *The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja* (1963), Actor - *13 Assassins* (1963), as Kayo - *The Kingdom of Jirocho 2* (1963), Actor - *The Kingdom of Jirocho 1* (1963), Actor - *Blind Wolf* (1963), Actor - *The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy* (1963), Actor - *Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge* (1963), as Ochiyo ## Gallery - ![日本侠客伝シリーズ 第9作『日本侠客伝 花と龍』（1969年5月31日公開） 予告編 での藤純子 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/5530852/gallery-2087558d76d6.jpg) 日本侠客伝シリーズ 第9作『日本侠客伝 花と龍』（1969年5月31日公開） 予告編 での藤純子 (2021) — 東映京都俳優部, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Sumiko_Fuji_-_Nihon_Kyokakuden_Series_9.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![日本侠客伝シリーズ 第5作『日本侠客伝 雷門の決斗』（1966年9月17日公開） 予告編 での藤純子 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/5530852/gallery-753371f813e6.jpg) 日本侠客伝シリーズ 第5作『日本侠客伝 雷門の決斗』（1966年9月17日公開） 予告編 での藤純子 (2021) — 東映京都俳優部, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Sumiko_Fuji_-_Nihon_Kyokakuden_Series_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![日本侠客伝シリーズ 第3作『日本侠客伝 関東篇』（1965年8月12日公開） 予告編 での藤純子と高倉健 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/5530852/gallery-c1b69e79e185.jpg) 日本侠客伝シリーズ 第3作『日本侠客伝 関東篇』（1965年8月12日公開） 予告編 での藤純子と高倉健 (2021) — 東映京都俳優部, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Sumiko_Fuji%28left%29_and_Ken_Takakura%28right%29_-_Nihon_Kyokakuden_Series_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Sumiko Fuji](https://film.one/media/person/5530852/gallery-88ecdc8e6ea2.jpg) Sumiko Fuji — Image via TMDB - ![Sumiko Fuji](https://film.one/media/person/5530852/gallery-01bdf0d84f1b.jpg) Sumiko Fuji — Image via TMDB - ![Sumiko Fuji](https://film.one/media/person/5530852/gallery-22dac6517a49.jpg) Sumiko Fuji — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 5 won - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 2007: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *The Inugamis* - Medal with Purple Ribbon 2007: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 2000: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *The Geisha House* - Kinuyo Tanaka Award 2000: Kinuyo Tanaka Award (won) - Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1965: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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