Sumiko Fuji
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, known professionally as , is a Japanese
actress. She began acting in the 1960s under the name , becoming famous as the female lead in
yakuza films opposite such stars as
Kōji Tsuruta and
Ken Takakura. She even starred in her own series as the sword-wielding gambler Red Peony in the ''
Hibotan Bakuto'' series. Initially retiring in 1972 after getting married, she began appearing on TV in 1974 under her real name. She later returned to films in 1989 using the name Sumiko Fuji, and expanded her acting repertoire. She won the
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.
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