Known for Directing
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.
Born
January 16, 1932
Died
August 29, 1997 (age 65)
Birthplace
Pyongyang, North Korea
Filmography
81 films, 4 shows


Revolver
1988 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
When a gun belonging to a police officer is stolen, it ends up in the hands of a student, who decides to use it on a yakuza who beat him recently. Now the police officer is hot on the student’s trail, and he’s determined to prevent the gun from going off.


Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 · 2h 8m
country: Japan
Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin.


The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984 · 2h 13m
country: Japan
In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.


Double Bed
1983 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has a girl friend Riko who lives with her younger sister Yuko who's an actress. Yamazaki is a lyric writer/womanizer and he starts to have an affair with Masako, but he's still going out with Riko.


The Unspoiled Diamond
1982 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.


Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.


Temptation of Angel
1979 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A story of the everyday life of a couple living together, ordinary but full of warmth and love. Starring Miura and Yamaguchi's first movie since making public of their romance--their real-life story on the screen.


Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1979 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Struggling with money, violence and social pressure, a couple of youngsters are drawn to dangerous games of death.


Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
1979 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A young man has more on his hands than he can handle: a child he rarely sees, a runaway wife, and a young prostitute he has just met. The close-knit city of Tokyo brings them all together.


The Days of No Return
1978 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.


Dangerous Liaisons
1978 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century epistolary novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' is adapted to a contemporary setting. An abominable and burning jealousy and an evil relationship between a man and a woman unfold in the nature of a game. Eventually, jealousy will deeply hurt the true love of a chaste married woman.


Confessions of a Teenage Mother
1977 · 1h 17m
country: Japan
After having dropped out of school and given birth at age 16, Mako has little choice but to move in with the baby's deadbeat father. Struggling to make ends meet by working at a bar and in constant conflict with her conservative parents, Mako has to find her way in a harsh world.


Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting
1977 · 1h 17m
country: Japan
Two high school friends. One witnesses the breakup of her family after a brutal home invasion. The other loses her virginity to an African-American soldier. Together they make a vital discovery and exact violent revenge.


Barefoot in Blue Jeans
1975
country: Japan
Coming-of-age comedy set in Yokosuka.


Statue in Fire
1974 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band The Tigers (1966-1971, 1981-1983).


Virgin Blues
1974 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Teenagers are rebels without a cause. Let it be for stress relief or just a way to kill time, Mami (Kumiko Akiyoshi) and Chiaki were always up to no good – but their luck runs out when they shoplift with some other girls at a local supermarket. They flee from the scene and head back home, only to find detectives at their front door.


Younger Sister
1974 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Akio's sister, Neri has separated from her boyfriend. They lived in Kamakura. She moves in with her brother. Her ex-boyfriend's sister, Eiko comes to see Neri. She wonders if the separation occurred due to her because the three of them used to live together. Eiko's brother has disappeared in the meantime.


Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.


Red Paper Lantern
1974 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.


Lady Snowblood
1973 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.


Sweet Scent of Eros
1973 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. They move into a house which Etsuko (Kaori Momoi) inherited from her parents. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a communal lifestyle. They eat, have sex, and generally share everything together.


Did the Red Bird Escape?
1973 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
A young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well-to-do family.


A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973 · 48m
country: Japan
A successful lyricist, Sakumaki (Yukio Ninagawa), lives with his partner Kazue (Keiko Fujita) and their daughter, though he has always kept an emotional distance from them. One night, he returns home to find a mysterious woman in black (Yuko Kusunoki) waiting in his apartment. She calmly tells him that he will die the next night at precisely 12:13 a.m. Shaken, Sakumaki flees, only to discover the same woman appearing wherever he goes. As her presence grows more menacing and unexplainable, his fear spirals into paranoia. Directed by Toshiya Fujita, the episode blends domestic drama with supernatural dread, blurring the line between hallucination and reality. With Ninagawa in a rare starring role, supported by Ichiro Zaitsu and Akira Nagoya, the story pushes its protagonist into a psychological nightmare where fate, guilt, and obsession collide.


Temptation of Eros
1972 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
Tane, a female clerk of a rubber company in a corner of an industrial area facing Tokyo Bay is a quirky woman, also living on the second floor of the company warehouse.


August: Scent of Eros
1972 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
A department store girl is robbed of her cash register by a boy, but for some reason she cannot forget the boy's mysterious eyes, and time passes. One day, she accidentally spots those eyes again and relentlessly pursues the boy. And the moment she apprehends him on a beach, her hatred transforms into pleasure, and they find themselves drawn to each other in this New Roman Porno film.


Wet Sand in August
1971 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.


Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
1971 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.


Step on the Gas!
1970 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...


Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
1970 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.


A Young Man's Stronghold
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.


Japan Year Zero
1968 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
Documentary filmed by young directors in Japan that was shaken by the US-Japan security pact struggles and student disputes. An illusionary image comes back to life for the first time in 34 years. (Produced in 1968 but unreleased until 2002).


Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun
1967 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
A film about a juvenile delinquent who swears, yet fails, to rehabilitate.