Toshiya Fujita

Known for: Directing
Born: January 16, 1932, Pyongyang, North Korea
Died: August 29, 1997
Movies: 56

Toshiya Fujita (藤田敏八 Fujita Toshiya, January 16, 1932 – August 29, 1997), also known as Shigeya Fujita (藤田繁矢 Fujita Shigeya), was a Japanese film director, film actor, and screenwriter. He is well-regarded in Japan for his youth films but is best known abroad for Lady Snowblood and Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance, films ironically not typical of his usual style.

Best-Known Movies

7.8

Tampopo

1985

7.5

Lady Snowblood

1973

7.6

Funeral Parade of Roses

1969

6.4

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

1974

5.3

Fruits of Passion

1981

6.5

Zigeunerweisen

1980

5.7

Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo

1970

5.6

Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71

1971

7.0

Thirst for Love

1967

4.0

Sweet Scent of Eros

1973

Filmography

1997	Time Leap
1997	Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1996	Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero	Kanamori
1996	Wet Hot Sake	Morio Mononobe
1995	A Brief Message from the Heart	Professor Saito
1995	Secret Liaisons
1994	The Tropical People
1993	Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
1992	The Games Teachers Play	Vice Principal
1992	Gorotsuki
1992	Pachinko Graffiti
1990	Why She Won't Marry
1990	Tekken
1987	Eien no 1/2
1987	Yume Camera 2
1985	Tampopo	Man with Toothache
1985	Spring Bell	Tomio Murata
1981	Fruits of Passion	Customer
1980	Four Seasons: Natsuko	Audition Director
1980	Zigeunerweisen	Toyojiro Aochi
1977	Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye	Guard
1969	Funeral Parade of Roses

Directing, Writing & Producing

1988	Revolver	Director
1986	Beyond the Shining Sea	Director
1984	The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel	Screenplay, Director
1983	Double Bed	Director
1982	The Unspoiled Diamond	Director
1981	Play it, Boogie-Woogie	Director
1979	Temptation of Angel	Director, Screenplay
1979	Eighteen Years, to the Sea	Director
1979	White Love	Screenplay
1979	Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly	Director
1978	The Days of No Return	Director, Screenplay
1978	Dangerous Liaisons	Director
1977	Confessions of a Teenage Mother	Director, Screenplay
1977	Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting	Director, Screenplay
1975	Barefoot in Blue Jeans	Director, Screenplay
1974	Statue in Fire	Director
1974	Virgin Blues	Director
1974	Younger Sister	Director
1974	Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance	Director
1974	Red Paper Lantern	Director
1973	Lady Snowblood	Director
1973	Sweet Scent of Eros	Director, Screenplay
1973	Did the Red Bird Escape?	Director, Writer
1973	A Woman Who Warns of Death	Director
1972	Temptation of Eros	Director
1972	August: Scent of Eros	Director, Screenplay
1971	Wet Sand in August	Writer, Director
1971	Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71	Director
1970	Step on the Gas!	Director, Screenplay
1970	Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo	Director, Screenplay
1970	A Young Man's Stronghold	Writer, Director
1968	Japan Year Zero	Director
1967	Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun	Screenplay, Director
1967	Thirst for Love	Screenplay

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