Portrait of Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Acting

Biography

Kamatari Fujiwara (藤原 釜足 Fujiwara Kamatari, January 15, 1905 - December 21, 1985) was a Japanese actor. Fujiwara was born in Tokyo, on January 15, 1905, in Tokyo, Japan. Fujiwara's parents ran a printing business. The business did not go well, so at the age of 10, Fujiwara started working at a local confectionery store. By the age of 14 he had started selling timber for building and manufacturing in Shizuoka prefecture. A year later he returned to Tokyo to study as a pharmacist. Fukiwara worked regularly and extensively with Akira Kurosawa, and was known for both being adept at comic acting, as well as being able to do serious roles.

Born: January 15, 1905

Place of Birth: Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Filmography

1984
The Funeral

as Small Old Man

1981
1980
Kagemusha

as Doctor

1975
1970
Dodes'ka-den

as Suicidal Old Man

1969
Double Suicide

as Owner of the Yamatoya

1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

as Reiichi Nakagawa (Megumi's Father)

1967
The Homely Sister

as Shinshichi, father

1966
The Sword of Doom

as Omatsu's grandfather

1965
Mickey One

as The Artist

1965
1965
Red Beard

as Rokusuke

1963
1963
High and Low

as Junkyard Cook

1963
1962
1962
Sanjuro

as Takebayashi

1961
Different Sons

as Shinsaburo Akagi

1961
Playboy President: Part II

as Kondo, the eel shop owner

1961
Yojimbo

as Tazaemon

1960
The Approach of Autumn

as Tsunekichi Yamada

1960
The Bad Sleep Well

as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada

1960
The Sun's Burial

as Batasuke

1960
Beyond the Hills

as Kumakichi Furukawa

1959
Samurai Saga

as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)

1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao

as Gentaro Matsuda

1958
The Hidden Fortress

as Matashichi

1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl

as Minji-san the soba vendor

1958
Stakeout

as Mr. Takakura

1957
The Blue Mountains Part 2

as Teacher Okamoto

1957
The Blue Mountains

as Mr. Okamoto

1957
The Lower Depths

as The Actor

1957
Hateful Things

as Hikoichi Murai

1957
Tokyo Twilight

as Noodle Vendor

1956
Jacks and Jills

as Yoshizo (Rumiko's father)

1956
The Wife is a University Student

as Matsunosuke Hiyoshi (Noboru’s Father)

1955
1955
I Live in Fear

as Okamoto

1955
The Lone Journey

as Gorosaku

1955
Mother and Son

as Tokugoto Izumi

1955
1955
Lovetide

as Sano

1954
Invisible Man

as Mariko's grandfather

1954
All of Myself

as Jiretsuken Shujin

1954
Seven Samurai

as Manzô - Father of Shino

1953
1953
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car

as Drunken man B

1952
The Man Who Came to Port

as Takasaki-Shochou

1952
武蔵と小次郎

as 万九郎

1952
Ikiru

as Sub-Section Chief Ono

1952
1952
Forty-Eight Man

as Isaburo

1952
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido

as Innkeeper of Oiso no Yado

1952
1952
The Skin of the South

as Shunpei Goto

1951
Weeping Doll

as Kawashima

1950
The Munekata Sisters

as Sangin's Master

1950
Mado Kara Tobidase

as Shôjirô

1950
1949
1949
1942
Sky of Hope

as Kamezo

1941
Hideko the Bus Conductress

as Sonoda - the bus driver

1941
Horse

as Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father

1940
Travelling Actors

as Hyoroku Ichikawa - the Forelegs

1940
Toyuki

as Cosmetics' Company Marketing Man

1937
1936
Man of the House

as Shogetsu

1935
1935
Wife! Be Like a Rose!

as Shingo (Kimiko's uncle)

1935
1935
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

as Yopparai - the Drunkard