Directing
Toshiya Fujita
Born 1932-01-16
Pyongyang, North Korea
Department: Directing
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Toshiya Fujita
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Tampopo
1985
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Lady Snowblood
1973
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Funeral Parade of Roses
1969
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974
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Younger Sister
1974
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Fruits of Passion
1981
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Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting
1977
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Zigeunerweisen
1980
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NIGHT HEAD
1992
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Wet Hot Sake
1996
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (86 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Time Leap | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1997 |
 | Remembering the Cosmos Flower | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1997 |
 | Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero | Kanamori | Movie | 1996 |
 | Wet Hot Sake | Morio Mononobe | Movie | 1996 |
 | A Brief Message from the Heart | Professor Saito | Movie | 1995 |
 | Secret Liaisons | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Tropical People | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 |
 | Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki” | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1993 |
| Namiki-ie no Hitobito | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1993 | |
 | NIGHT HEAD | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Games Teachers Play | Vice Principal | Movie | 1992 |
 | Gorotsuki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | Pachinko Graffiti | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | Why She Won't Marry | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Tekken | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Great White Tower | Professor Funao | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Revolver | Director | Movie | 1988 |
 | Eien no 1/2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Yume Camera 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Beyond the Shining Sea | Director | Movie | 1986 |
 | Tampopo | Man with Toothache | Movie | 1985 |
 | Spring Bell | Tomio Murata | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel | Director | Movie | 1984 |
| The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel | Screenplay | Movie | 1984 |
 | Double Bed | Director | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Unspoiled Diamond | Director | Movie | 1982 |
 | Fruits of Passion | Customer | Movie | 1981 |
 | Play it, Boogie-Woogie | Director | Movie | 1981 |
 | Four Seasons: Natsuko | Audition Director | Movie | 1980 |
 | Zigeunerweisen | Toyojiro Aochi | Movie | 1980 |
 | Temptation of Angel | Director | Movie | 1979 |
| Temptation of Angel | Screenplay | Movie | 1979 |
 | Eighteen Years, to the Sea | Director | Movie | 1979 |
 | White Love | Screenplay | Movie | 1979 |
 | Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly | Director | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Days of No Return | Director | Movie | 1978 |
| The Days of No Return | Screenplay | Movie | 1978 |
 | Dangerous Liaisons | Director | Movie | 1978 |
 | Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye | Guard | Movie | 1977 |
 | Confessions of a Teenage Mother | Director | Movie | 1977 |
| Confessions of a Teenage Mother | Screenplay | Movie | 1977 |
 | Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting | Director | Movie | 1977 |
| Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting | Screenplay | Movie | 1977 |
 | Barefoot in Blue Jeans | Director | Movie | 1975 |
| Barefoot in Blue Jeans | Screenplay | Movie | 1975 |
 | Statue in Fire | Director | Movie | 1974 |
 | Virgin Blues | Director | Movie | 1974 |
 | Younger Sister | Director | Movie | 1974 |
 | Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance | Director | Movie | 1974 |
 | Red Paper Lantern | Director | Movie | 1974 |
 | Lady Snowblood | Director | Movie | 1973 |
 | Sweet Scent of Eros | Director | Movie | 1973 |
| Sweet Scent of Eros | Screenplay | Movie | 1973 |
 | Did the Red Bird Escape? | Director | Movie | 1973 |
| Did the Red Bird Escape? | Writer | Movie | 1973 |
 | Horror Theater Unbalance | Director | TV Series | 1973 |
 | A Woman Who Warns of Death | Director | Movie | 1973 |
 | Temptation of Eros | Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | August: Scent of Eros | Director | Movie | 1972 |
| August: Scent of Eros | Screenplay | Movie | 1972 |
 | Wet Sand in August | Director | Movie | 1971 |
| Wet Sand in August | Writer | Movie | 1971 |
 | Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 | Director | Movie | 1971 |
 | Step on the Gas! | Director | Movie | 1970 |
| Step on the Gas! | Screenplay | Movie | 1970 |
 | Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo | Director | Movie | 1970 |
| Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo | Screenplay | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Young Man's Stronghold | Director | Movie | 1970 |
| A Young Man's Stronghold | Writer | Movie | 1970 |
 | Funeral Parade of Roses | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Japan Year Zero | Director | Movie | 1968 |
 | Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun | Screenplay | Movie | 1967 |
| Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun | Director | Movie | 1967 |
 | Thirst for Love | Screenplay | Movie | 1967 |
| Thirst for Love | Assistant Director | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Black Sheep | Assistant Director | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Swan Elegy | Assistant Director | Movie | 1966 |
 | Song of Dawn | Assistant Director | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Bride is Fifteen | Assistant Director | Movie | 1964 |
 | Tale on Tokai Chivalry | Assistant Director | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Gambling Monk | Assistant Director | Movie | 1963 |
 | Glass-Hearted Johnny | Assistant Director | Movie | 1962 |
 | I Hate But Love | Assistant Director | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Plateau Man | Assistant Director Trainee | Movie | 1961 |
 | Gambler in the Sea | Assistant Director | Movie | 1961 |
| Toumei na kisetsu | Director | Movie | — |