Toshiya Fujita (director)

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birthdate = birth date|1932|1|16|mf=y
location = Pyongyang, Korea during the Japanese occupation
deathplace = Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
othername = Shigaya Fujita
yearsactive = 1966-1997(death)
spouse = Miyoko Akaza
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tonyawards = nihongo|Toshiya Fujita|藤田 敏八|"Fujita Toshiya"|January 16, 1932–August 30, 1997, also know as Shigaya Fujita, was a Japanese film actor, writer and director. He is credited with 29 films but is best known for "Lady Snowblood" and "Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance". He died of acute liver failure at age 65.

Awards

Toshiya Fujita has been nominated two times for the Award of the Japanese Academy in 1979 (Best Director and Best Screenplay for "Kaerazaru hibi") and 1981 ( Best supporting actor for "Tsigoineruwaizen"). He also won the Readers' Choice Award in 1979 (Best Japanese Film Director for "Kaerazaru hibi").

Partial filmography

Director

*"Nora-Neko Rock: Wild Jumbo" Nara-neko rokku: Wairudo janbo (1970)
*"Step on the Gas" Shinjuku outlaw: Buttobase (1970)
*"Beat '71" Nora-neko rokku: Bôsô shudan '71 (1971)
*"Erosu wa amaki kaori" (1973)
*"Akai tori nigeta" (1973)
*"Lady Snowblood" (修羅雪姫 Shurayukihime) (1973)
*"Honô no shôzô" (1974)
*"Virgin Blues" (1974)
*"Imouto" (1974)
*"Aka chôchin" (1974)
*"Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance" Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga (1974)
*"Jitsuroku furyo shoujo: kan" (1977)
*"Kiken na kankei" (1978)

Actor

* 1980: "Zigeunerweisen"

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