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Toshiya Fujita
Directing
Born: January 16, 1932
Pyongyang, North Korea
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

Spring Bell
as Tomio Murata

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
as Guard

Zigeunerweisen
as Toyojiro Aochi

Four Seasons: Natsuko
as Audition Director

Wet Hot Sake
as Morio Mononobe

Remembering the Cosmos Flower

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero
as Kanamori
