Kamatari Fujiwara

Personal Info

Birthday

January 15, 1905

Day of Death

1985-12-21

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

藤原釜足

Каматари Фудзивара

藤原鶏太

Kamatari Fujiwara

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.

Known For

Seven Samurai

High and Low

Yojimbo

Ikiru

The Hidden Fortress

Kagemusha

Red Beard

Sanjuro

Filmography

1984
The Funeral
as Small Old Man
1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Ryuji Hoshi
1980
Kagemusha
as Doctor
1975
Light of Africa
as Doctor
1973
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
as Toma's father
1972
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
as Tatsugoro
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
Young Guy at Sea
as 佐平

Red Beard
as Rokusuke
1964
Three Outlaw Samurai
as Jinbei
1963
Duel of Blood and Sand
as Miyuki Sasa
High and Low
as Junkyard Cook
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
as Detective Uchiyama
1962
Sanjuro
as Takebayashi
1961
Different Sons
as Shinsaburo Akagi
Playboy President: Part II
as Kondo, the eel shop owner
Yojimbo
as Tazaemon
1960
The Approach of Autumn
as Tsunekichi Yamada
The Bad Sleep Well
as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
The Sun's Burial
as Batasuke, peddler
Beyond the Hills
as Kumakichi Furukawa
1959
Samurai Saga
as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Gentaro Matsuda
1958
The Hidden Fortress
as Matashichi
Stakeout
as Mr. Takakura
1957
The Lower Depths
as The Actor
Tokyo Twilight
as Noodle Vendor
1956
Jacks and Jills
as Yoshizo (Rumiko's father)
1955
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
as Yayoshi (Father)
I Live in Fear
as Okamoto
The Lone Journey
as Gorosaku
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
as Old Man
Mother and Son
as Tokugoto Izumi
Love Never Fails
as Saito
Lovetide
as Sano
1954
Invisible Man
as Mariko's grandfather
All of Myself
as Jiretsuken Shujin
Seven Samurai
as Manzô - Father of Shino
1953
Their Father's Wife
as Kimura
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man B
1952
The Man Who Came to Port
as Takasaki-Shochou
武蔵と小次郎
as 万九郎

Ikiru
as Sub-Section Chief Ono
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Aoyama
Forty-Eight Man
as Isaburo
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
as Innkeeper of Oiso no Yado
Okuni and Gohei
as Doctor
The Skin of the South
as Shunpei Goto
1951
Wakôdo no uta
as Old man Omura
Weeping Doll
as Kawashima
1950
The Munekata Sisters
as Sangin's Master
Mado Kara Tobidase
as Shôjirô
Four Seasons of Women
as Tokunaga
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as Takezo Yamada
1949
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Mr. Okamoto
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Soutaro
1942
Sky of Hope
as Kamezo
1941
Hideko the Bus Conductress
as Sonoda - the bus driver
Horse
as Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father
1940
Travelling Actors
as Hyoroku Ichikawa - the Forelegs
Toyuki
as Cosmetics' Company Marketing Man
1938
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Sahei
Chorus of the Century--Patriotic March
as conductor Saitō
1937
Ushidure Express
as Kaita
1936
Man of the House
as Shogetsu
I Am a Cat
as Ochi Tofu
1935
The Girl in the Rumor
as Uncle
Five Men in a Circus
as Tadakichi
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Shingo (Kimiko's uncle)
The Actress and the Poet
as Baido Noso
Botchan
as Uranari
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as Yopparai - the Drunkard