is a Japanese actor. He was born in

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and raised in

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. In 1962, Fuji joined

Nikkatsu is a Japanese entertainment company known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio, founded in 1912 during the silent film era. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally ...

Company and began his acting career with small roles in Nikkatsu film. In 1968, Fuji married actress Izumi Ashikawa. He gained popularity through his role in Jikandesuyo on TBS. He has starred in two films ('' Empire of Passion'' and '' Bright Future'') that have been entered into the

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. Fuji co-starred in

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific ...

's '' Bright Future'' with

Tadanobu Asano , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in '' Electric Dragon 80.000 V'', Kakihara in '' Ichi the Killer'', Mamoru Arita in '' Bright Future'', Hattori Genosuke in ''Zatoichi'', Ke ...

and

Joe Odagiri , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor and musician. Personal life Joe Odagiri was born in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States ...

. In 2005, he won the

Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor The Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor (Chinese: 金爵奖最佳男演员) is a prize given to the films in the main category of Competition at the Shanghai International Film Festival The Shanghai International Film Festival (, French: ''Fest ...

for his work in the

Village Photobook is a 2004 Japanese drama film written and directed by Mitsuhiro Mihara. It won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film at the 2005 Shanghai International Film Festival. Cast *Tatsuya Fuji as Kenichi Takahashi *Ken Kaitō *Tomoyo Harada *Ma ...

. In 2015, Fuji won best actor award of

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for his work in the

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen , also known as ''Ryuzo 7'', is a 2015 Japanese action comedy film directed by Takeshi Kitano. It was released on April 25, 2015. Plot Ryuzo (Tatsuya Fuji) is a retired yakuza gangster who lives a quiet unassuming life with his salaryman son, Ryuh ...

Selected filmography

Film

* '' Black Sun'' (1964) * ''

Taking The Castle also known as "Shirotori" is a 1965 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Toshio Masuda. The film is the first film to be released from Yūjirō Ishihara's company Ishihara Promotion.日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第十一� ...

'' (1965) * '' Massacre Gun'' (1967) * '' Gappa: The Triphibian Monster'' (1967) * ''Monument to the Girls' Corps'' (1968) * '' Moeru Tairiku'' (1968) * '' Daikanbu Nagurikomi'' (1969) * ''

Savage Wolf Pack is a 1969 Japanese action film directed by Yasuharu Hasebe. It stars Tetsuya Watari. The film is considered the first film called the ''Nikkatsu New Action Film''. When the bounty hunter Tetsuya Asai returns from Alaska, he learns that his siste ...

'' (1969) * ''

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'' (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 is a 1971 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Nomura. Cast * Hideki Takahashi as Kikukawa Masayoshi * Masako Izumi as Sawada Kaoru * Mikio Narita as Mine Eikichi * Tatsuya Fuji as Nakai Seiji * Eiji Gō was a Japanese actor. He appea ...

'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1976) * '' Empire of Passion'' (1978) * ''PP Rider'' (1983) * '' Keshin'' (1986) * '' Bright Future'' (2003) * '' The Man in White'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

Kamataki ''Kamataki'' is a Canadian-Japanese co-produced drama film, directed by Claude Gagnon and released in 2005.Charles-Henri Ramond"Kamataki – Film de Claude Gagnon" ''Films du Québec'', March 12, 2009. The film stars Matthew Smiley as Ken-Antoi ...

'' (2005) * ''

Midnight Eagle is a 2007 action film directed by Izuru Narushima and written by Yasuo Hasegawa and Kenzaburo Iida, based on the novel by Tetsuo Takashima. ''Midnight Eagle'' is the third film directed by Izuru Narushima. The film opened in the United States on ...

'' (2007) * ''Shiawase no Kaori'' (2008) * ''Pandemic'' (2009) * ''Soup Opera'' (2010) * '' Hoshi Mamoru Inu'' (2011) * ''

Ogawa no Hotori is a 2011 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara. Cast * Noriyuki Higashiyama as Sakunosuke Inui * Rinko Kikuchi as Tazu * Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Morie Sakuma * Ryo Katsuji as Shinzō * Machiko Ono as Ikuhisa * Tatsuya Fuji as ...

'' (2011) * '' Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan'' (2012) * ''

Zakurozaka no Adauchi is a 2014 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It was released on September 20, 2014. Cast *Kiichi Nakai as Kingo Shimura * Hiroshi Abe as Jūbei Sahashi *Ryōko Hirosue as Setsu Shimura * Masahiro Takashima as Shinnosuke Nai ...

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2015) – Ryuzo * '' My Dad and Mr. Ito'' (2016) – Aya's father * ''

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'' (2017) * ''Dad, Chibi is Gone'' (2019) * '' Aircraft Carrier Ibuki'' (2019) – Keiji Wakui * ''The Stormy Family'' (2019) * ''Soreike! Gateball Sakura-gumi'' (2023)

Television

* ''

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

'' (1973) (ep.46, Guest) * ''

Katsu Kaishū Count , best known by his nickname , was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū Shooku ) by Sakuma Shōzan. He ...

'' (1974) – Hijikata Toshizō ( Taiga drama) * ''

Daitsuiseki was a Japanese comedy-action police TV series. It starred regulars Yūzō Kayama, Masaya Oki, Tatsuya Fuji, Naomi Hase, and Kyohei Shibata, with Fumio Watanabe as a semi-regular. It ran for twenty-six episodes in 1978 and won popularity. It is n ...

'' (1978) * ''

Pro Hunter was a Japanese comedy-action police TV series. It starred regulars Masao Kusakari, Tatsuya Fuji, Joe Shishido, Mayumi Ogawa, with Kyohei Shibata as a semi-regular. It ran for 25 episodes in 1981 and won popularity. Yoichi Sai made his debut as a ...

'' (1981) * ''

Kazoku no Uta is a 2012 Japanese television series. It features actor Joe Odagiri as a father of three children and a musician who was once very famous, though his popularity has since waned. Before its debut, ''Kazoku no Uta'' was hit by accusations of plagia ...

'' (2012) * ''

Kabukimono Keiji is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time on NHK in 2015. Tatsuya Fuji played Maeda Keiji. Kabukimono Keiji depicts the later life of Maeda Keiji who was called Kabukimono. Plot Maeda Keiji used to be ...

'' (2015) –

Maeda Keiji , better known as or Keijirō (慶次郎), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He was famously the nephew of Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Matsu. In legends and fictions, he is one of the most celebrated '' kabukim ...

* ''Yasuragi no Sato'' (2017) – Takai * ''

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'' (2021) – Tatsumi Nagaura

References

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