Sanezumi Fujimoto

Sanezumi Fujimoto (藤本 真澄, Fujimoto Sanezumi, July 15, 1910 – May 2, 1979) was a Japanese film producer. He served as the head of production for Toho Studios.[1] He was co-producer of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.[2] He also produced many other films, including Yasujirō 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.[2]

Sanezumi Fujimoto
Fujimoto in 1961
Born	(1910-07-15)July 15, 1910 Yamaguchi, Japan
Died	May 2, 1979(1979-05-02) (aged 68) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1942–1979

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.[1] 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.[1] Fujimoto then became a board member of Kurosawa Productions.[1]