Kamatari Fujiwara profile
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Kamatari Fujiwara

15th January 1905 Fukagawa, Koto, Tokyo, Japan Acting

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.

211 Movies 2 TV Shows 233 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sanjuro poster
Sanjuro 1st January 1962 as Takebayashi
Samurai Saga poster
Samurai Saga 28th April 1959 as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
Ujō poster
Ujō 20th March 1957 as Mansuke Ashiguro
Ikiru poster
Ikiru 9th October 1952 as Sub-Section Chief Ono
Horse poster
Horse 11th March 1941 as Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father