Sumiko Fuji

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 knifewielding 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Fuji licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia