Kōji Fujiyama
Acting
Biography
Kōji Fujiyama was a Japanese actor known for his work with Daiei and Toei Studios in the 1960s and 70s. He is perhaps best known for his appearances in the Gamera series, as well as in various horror, yakuza, and samurai films. He also appeared on television, including many detective dramas and historical dramas. His former stage name is Kōichi Fujiyama. He belonged to OT Kikaku after working at Daiei and Toei. On February 22, 1983, he was arrested in Yokohama for allegedly using stimulants at home. On April 22 of the same year, the Yokohama District Court sentenced Fujiyama to one year and two months in prison, suspended for three years. No appearances have been confirmed since the same year, and his whereabouts after that are unknown.
Born: December 18, 1929
Place of Birth: Nagasaki, Japan
Known For
The Armed Organization
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
The Wild Trucker
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
Internal Sleuth
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
Gateway to Glory
A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
Hoodlum Soldier
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the black market and lubricated illegal business opportunities was giving way to Japan Inc. A young Bunta Sugawara takes over as the oyabun of a crime syndicate in Yokohama, where he is struggling to keep operations at the port there alive. As his syndicate is eroding quickly, a major heavy industries company offers his gang the chance to chase some vagrants out of a shantytown where they are squatting on land where a factory is to be built. The job would secure steady profits for Bunta's crime ring for years to come. However, Bunta and other members of his outfit grew up in the shanty, and they would be muscling their friends and neighbors. This sets the stage for an internal struggle that complicates the violent struggle with a rival mafia organization in Tokyo.
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.
Filmography
as Hiro-oka
as Seizo
as Toriyama (Bath-house Manager)
as Goro Kuroki
as Tomita Tatewaki
as Tsutsumi Rokurojiro
as Yamazaki
as Ronanushi
as Dr. Tom Wallace
as Self-Defense Force Commander
as Gokishi
as Eizo Obata
as Ikkaku Arai
as Onodera
as US Arctic Base Commander
as Ronin
as Office worker-style hot-blooded man
as Detective Ikeuchi