Sanezumi Fujimoto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1910

Place of Birth: Manchuria, China

Date of Death: 02-May-1979

Profession: film producer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sanezumi Fujimoto (?? ??, Fujimoto Sanezumi, July 15, 1910 – May 2, 1979) was a Japanese film producer.
He served as the head of production for Toho Studios.
He was co-producer of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.
He also produced many other films, including Yasujiro Ozu's The End of Summer, Kihachi Okamoto's The Sword of Doom and Japan's Longest Day and several films directed by Mikio Naruse.After co-producing The Hidden Fortress, Fujimoto had the task as Toho's head of production of convincing Kurosawa to form his own production company.
He had to convince Kurosawa that his own production company would be to his advantage, even though the main reason Toho wanted Kurosawa to form his own production company was to avoid the risk of cost overruns as had happened on The Hidden Fortress.
Fujimoto then became a board member of Kurosawa Productions.