Kamatari Fujiwara
Actor
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.
Filmography
Yojimbo
as Tazaemon 1961
Ikiru
as Sub-Section Chief Ono 1952
High and Low
as Junkyard Cook 1963
Kagemusha
as Doctor 1980
Sanjuro
as Takebayashi 1962
The Hidden Fortress
as Matashichi 1958
Red Beard
as Rokusuke 1965
The Bad Sleep Well
as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada 1960
The Sword of Doom
as Omatsu's grandfather 1966
Tokyo Twilight
as Noodle Vendor 1957
Dodes'ka-den
as Suicidal Old Man 1970
The Lower Depths
as The Actor 1957
I Live in Fear
as Okamoto 1955
Three Outlaw Samurai
as Jinbei 1964
Double Suicide
as Owner of the Yamatoya 1969
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Ryuji Hoshi 1981