Shunji Fujimura

Shunji Fujimura was born on December 8th, 1934 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He graduated from the Toho Performing Arts School in 1957. Since the early 1970s, he has acted in more than a dozen television shows and films. In addition to acting in films and television, Shunji Fujimura has also appeared in many advertisements and has acted as a disc jockey on the radio. Fujimura also owns a bar in Japan.

In 2006, he starred in Desu nôto, or Death Note, which is a film based on a Japanese manga which is about a high school student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook. Manga is the Japanese word for print cartoons or comics. The manga industry in Japan is booming and Shunki Fujimura’s involvement with this medium can only serve to expand his appeal to a wider audience.

Filmography

• L (2008) (pre-production)
• Desu nôto: The last name (2006)
  • .... Watari ... aka Death Note: The Last Name (International: English title)
• Desu nôto (2006)
  • .... Watari
  • ... aka Death Note (International: English title)
• Hatsukoi (2006)
  • .... Motorcycle seller
• Kogitsune Helen (2006)
  • .... Professor Uehara
  • ... aka Helen the Baby Fox (International: English title)
• The Great Horror Family
  • .... Fuchio Imawano (13 episodes, 2004)
  • A Bizarre! ...and Great Family (2004) TV Episode .... Fuchio Imawano
  • Bizarre! ...the original Great Family (2004) TV Episode .... Fuchio Imawano
  • Extreme! Kiyoshi's Family and the World Over There (2004) TV Episode .... Fuchio Imawano
  • The Horror! Kiyoshi's Cursed Countdown (2004) TV Episode .... Fuchio Imawano
  • Escape! The Imawano Family and the Cursed Maze (2004) TV Episode .... Fuchio Imawano

     (8 more)

• Gosuto shauto (2004)
• Cocorico Miracle Type .... Butler (1 episode, 2004)
  • Episode dated 6 October 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Butler
• Hero? Tenshi ni aeba (2004)
• Ganryujima (2003) .... Todoroki
• Quartet (2001) .... Shunkichi Fujioka
  • ... aka Karutetto (Japan: non-modified Hepburn romanization)
• Urutoraman Kosumosu: First Contact (2001) .... Professor Kinomoto
  • ... aka Ultraman Cosmos: First Contact
• Hakuchi (1999) .... The tailor
  • ... aka Hakuchi: The Innocent (International: English title)
• Rajio no jikan (1997) .... Mansaku Iori
  • ... aka Radio no jikan
  • ... aka Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
• Tôkyô jôkû irasshaimase (1990) .... Katsu Hashimoto
  • ... aka Tokyo Heaven (International: English title)
• Saiyûki (1978) TV Series .... Yu-Lung (season 2) (unknown episodes)
  • ... aka Monkey
  • ... aka Monkey Magic
• Kigeki kankon-sousai nyûmon (1970) .... Fujiwara
• Seishun kigeki: Harenchi gakuen (1970)