Susumu Fujita

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Dir. Akira Kurosawa · With Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

Dir. Akira Kurosawa · With Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Kenichi Enomoto

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.

Dir. Akira Kurosawa · With Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki