Toshiya Fujita

Toshiya Fujita

Actor · Director · Writer

Pyongyang, North Korea
January 16, 1932

Biography

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.

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Toshiya Fujita 1

Representative Works

Younger Sister
Younger Sister
3.8
/ Japanese
Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting
Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting
4.3
/ Japanese
Wet Hot Sake
Wet Hot Sake
4.4
/ Japanese
Tampopo
Tampopo
7.8
/ Japanese
The Unspoiled Diamond
The Unspoiled Diamond
4.3
/ Japanese
Lady Snowblood
Lady Snowblood
7.5
/ Japanese
Funeral Parade of Roses
Funeral Parade of Roses
7.6
/ Japanese
Fruits of Passion
Fruits of Passion
5.3
/ French
Double Bed
Double Bed
5.1
/ Japanese
White Love
White Love
6.5
/ Japanese
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
6.4
/ Japanese
Zigeunerweisen
Zigeunerweisen
6.5
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Younger Sister
1974Nominee

Best Director

Younger Sister

Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting
1977Nominee

Best Director

Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting

Wet Hot Sake
1996Nominee

Best Performance

Wet Hot Sake

Career Highlights

Tampopo
1985Highlight

Best Performance

Tampopo

The Unspoiled Diamond
1982Highlight

Best Director

The Unspoiled Diamond

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