Tatsuya Fuji
Japanese actor (born 1941)
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Tatsuya Fuji (藤 竜也, Fuji Tatsuya; born 27 August 1941) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Beijing and raised in Yokohama.[1] In 1962, Fuji joined Nikkatsu Company and began his acting career with small roles in Nikkatsu film.[1] In 1968, Fuji married actress Izumi Ashikawa.[1] He gained popularity through his role in Jikandesuyo on TBS.[1] He played his first leading role in the 1974 film Ninkyō Hanaichirin.[2]
He starred in two films (Empire of Passion and Bright Future) that were entered into the Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Fuji co-starred in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Bright Future with Tadanobu Asano and Joe Odagiri.[4] In 2005, he won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor for his work in the Village Photobook.[5] In 2015, Fuji won best actor award of Tokyo Sports Film Award for his work in the Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen.[6]
In 2023, he won the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance at the 2023 San Sebastián Film Festival for his role in the Great Absence.[7][8]
Selected filmography
Film
- Black Sun (1964)
- Taking The Castle (1965)
- Massacre Gun (1967)
- Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967)
- Monument to the Girls' Corps (1968)
- Moeru Tairiku (1968)
- Daikanbu Nagurikomi (1969)
- Savage Wolf Pack (1969)
- Retaliation (1968)
- Alleycat Rock: Female Boss (1970)
- Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970)
- Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)
- Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970)
- Gyakuen Mitsusakazuki (1971)
- Ninkyō Hanaichirin (1974)
- In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
- Empire of Passion (1978)
- P.P. Rider (1983)
- Keshin (1986)
- Bright Future (2003)
- The Man in White (2003)
- Rikidōzan (2004)
- Umizaru (2004)
- Kamataki (2005)
- Village Photobook (2005)
- Midnight Eagle (2007)
- Shiawase no Kaori (2008)
- Pandemic (2009)
- Soup Opera (2010)
- Hoshi Mamoru Inu (2011)
- Ogawa no Hotori (2011)
- Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (2012)
- Zakurozaka no Adauchi (2014)
- Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015), Ryuzo
- My Dad and Mr. Ito (2016), Aya's father
- Radiance (2017)
- Dad, Chibi is Gone (2019)
- Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019), Keiji Wakui
- The Stormy Family (2019), Ittetsu Suzuki[9]
- Go! Go! Sakura Club (2023), Momojiro Oda[10]
- Takano Tofu (2023)[11]
- Great Absence (2024)[12]
Television
- Taiyō ni Hoero! (1973)
- Katsu Kaishū (1974), Hijikata Toshizō[13]
- Daitsuiseki (1978)
- Pro Hunter (1981)
- Hojo Tokimune (2001)[14]
- Kazoku no Uta (2012)
- Kabukimono Keiji (2015), Maeda Keiji
- Yasuragi no Sato (2017), Takai
- Welcome Home, Monet (2021), Tatsumi Nagaura[15]
- Rosanjin's Stove (2026), Rosanjin[16]