Toshiya Fujita

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

Tampopo

as Man with Toothache

Fruits of Passion

as Les clients

Zigeunerweisen

as Toyojiro Aochi

Four Seasons: Natsuko

as Audition Director

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

as Guard

Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”

Spring Bell

as Tomio Murata

Remembering the Cosmos Flower

Wet Hot Sake

as Morio Mononobe

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero

as Kanamori