Susumu Fujita, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Susumu Fujita

Japanese actor

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1912

Place of Birth: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1991

Profession: actor

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Susumu Fujita (?? ?|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 in other Kurosawa films 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 Ishiro 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 "special effects pictures" such as Ultraman and Frankenstein Conquers the World.