
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 and 2006. 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.
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The titles people know Sumiko from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.


as Kinuko

as Sumako · 1 episode
as Dede (voice)
as Reiko Inoue

as Kanae Himura · 10 episodes

as 스기우라 소우 · 1 episode
as Royal Madam

as Fuji Hatori

2 episodes
as Chiyoko
as Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)

as Yoko Sugiura

47 episodes

as Reiko Takayama

as Shizu Tezuka
as Kazue (as Junko Fuji)

as Haruko Okada

as Satoe

as Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother

23 episodes
as Mother

as Tami

4 episodes

as Tsuruji




as Komasa Joshu / Masako Ota

as Takiko Yano


as Tsumagoi Okoma


as Takako

as Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony


as Shinji

as Okyo

as Ryuko Yano

The people who keep turning up in Sumiko’s titles.








