Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji
Tatsuya Fuji in 2024
Born (1941-08-27) 27 August 1941[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1962–present[1]
Spouse
Izumi Ashikawa
(m. 1968)
[1]

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 has starred in two films (Empire of Passion and Bright Future) that have been 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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 藤竜也、事務所を辞めて出演。裁判にまで発展した『愛のコリーダ』は「逃げちゃいけない出会い」 (in Japanese). テレ朝ポスト TV Asashi. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. ^ "藤竜也 人物情報" (in Japanese). キネマ旬報. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Tatsuya Fuji". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  4. ^ Dargis, Manohla (12 November 2004). "Movie Review - 'Bright Future': The Horror of Everyday Reality and Otherworldly Weirdness". The New York Times.
  5. ^ 上海国際映画祭で「村の写真集」がグランプリ (in Japanese). アジアンパラダイス. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  6. ^ "ビートたけしが「龍三と七人の子分たち」に4冠授ける、東スポ映画大賞発表". ニュースサイト 映画ナタリー. ナターシャ. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Japanese movies tell heartfelt stories about the ravages of dementia and age". El Pais. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Japanese actor Tatsuya Fuji wins top lead actor prize at San Sebastian". The Japan Times. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  9. ^ "台風家族". Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  10. ^ "それいけ!ゲートボールさくら組". eiga.com. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  11. ^ "高野豆腐店の春". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  12. ^ "大いなる不在". eiga.com. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  13. ^ "朝ドラ『おかえりモネ』清原果耶の家族キャストに内野聖陽、鈴木京香ら". Oricon. Retrieved 11 September 2020.