[1] After graduating from high school in 1929 he moved to Tokyo, where he took entrance examinations for several universities, but failed to gain admission.

After being discharged from the army in 1934, Fujita went to work for Masahiro Makino's Kyoto Film Recording as an audio engineer.

[1] At first, Fujita was a contract player appearing in minor roles, but in 1940 he co-starred in Tsuma no baai (妻の場合) with Takako Irie and Minoru Takada; he was praised as a sincere and genuine actor.

Fujita's popularity as a manly action hero was further cemented with his performance in Kato Hayabusa Sentoutai (加藤隼戦闘隊).

[1] He was in the midst of filming The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail when World War II ended.