
Kamatari Fujiwara
Known for Acting · 198 credits
- Born
- 1905-01-15
- Died
- 1985-12-21
- Place of birth
- Fukagawa, Koto, 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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (196)

Seven Samurai
1954
as Manzô - Father of Shino

High and Low
1963
as Junkyard Cook

Ikiru
1952
as Sub-Section Chief Ono

Red Beard
1965
as Rokusuke

Yojimbo
1961
as Tazaemon

Kagemusha
1980
as Doctor

Sanjuro
1962
as Takebayashi

The Hidden Fortress
1958
as Matashichi

The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada

The Sword of Doom
1966
as Omatsu's grandfather

The Funeral
1984
as Small Old Man

The Lower Depths
1957
as The Actor

Chûshingura
1962

The Battle of Okinawa
1971

Dodes'ka-den
1970
as Suicidal Old Man

Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Noodle Vendor

Three Outlaw Samurai
1964
as Jinbei

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
as Ryuji Hoshi

I Live in Fear
1955
as Okamoto

Invisible Man
1954
as Mariko's grandfather

The Munekata Sisters
1950
as Sangin's Master

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970

Mickey One
1965
as The Artist

W's Tragedy
1984

The Sun's Burial
1960
as Batasuke

Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973
as Toma's father

A Woman's Life
1963

Stakeout
1958
as Mr. Takakura

Okuni and Gohei
1952
as Doctor

Playboy President: Part II
1961
as Kondo, the eel shop owner

Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
as Aoyama

The Den of Beasts
1951

Mr. Pu
1953

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957

Forty-Eight Man
1952
as Isaburo

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
as Sahei

Taking the Castle
1965

The End of the Night
1953

All is Well
1955

Happiness of Us Alone
1961

Teenage Sazae
1957

Jacks and Jills
1956
as Yoshizo (Rumiko's father)

The Approach of Autumn
1960
as Tsunekichi Yamada

Different Sons
1961
as Shinsaburo Akagi

Beyond the Hills
1960
as Kumakichi Furukawa

Horse
1941
as Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father

Double Suicide
1969
as Owner of the Yamatoya

Third Generation Boss
1974

Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
as Soutaro

A Carpenter and Children
1962

Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961

The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
as Mr. Okamoto

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Reiichi Nakagawa (Megumi's Father)

Sky of Hope
1942
as Kamezo

When Winter Comes
1985

Husband and Wife
1953

My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as Drunken man B

Young Guy at Sea
1965
as 佐平

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
as Takezo Yamada

Ditch
1954
The Day the Sun Rose
1968

All of Myself
1954
as Jiretsuken Shujin

Cut the Shadow
1963

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965

The Blossom and the Sword
1973

Light of Africa
1975
as Doctor

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952

A Second Life
1948

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963

The Sunshine Girl
1963

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959

Drifting
1935

Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
1967

China Night
1940

An Inn at Osaka
1954
as Ossan

The Lone Journey
1955
as Gorosaku

Hideko the Bus Conductor
1941
as Sonoda - the bus driver

The Girl in the Rumor
1935
as Uncle

Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
as Detective Uchiyama

The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952

The Skin of the South
1952
as Shunpei Goto
Beyond the Hills
1950

Sazae-san's Marriage
1959

Keshô yuki
1940

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956

When We Came Back
1950

Time Within Memory
1973

Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
Children of the Sun
1938

The Bitch
1951

Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
as Shôjirô

Mother Never Dies
1942

Duel of Blood and Sand
1963
as Miyuki Sasa

The Gift of the Fox
1971

Yasugorō shusse
1953
Tokai no kaii 7-ji 03-bu
1935

A Woman's Identity
1962

Toyuki
1940
as Cosmetics' Company Marketing Man

The Man Who Waited
1942

Good Luck to These Two
1957

House of Many Pleasures
1955
as Old Man

Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973

Wolves of the City: First to Fight
1971

Tojuro's Love
1938

Travelling Actors
1940
as Hyoroku Ichikawa - the Forelegs

Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
1955
as Yayoshi (Father)

The Woman Next Door
1981

Love Never Fails
1955
as Saito

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982

Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
1952
as Innkeeper of Oiso no Yado

Four Seasons of Women
1950
as Tokunaga

Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
1959

Their Father's Wife
1953
as Kimura

The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
as Gentaro Matsuda

Inochi hateru hi made
1966

Sazae-san
1956

The Homely Sister
1967
as Shinshichi, father
About Kamatari Fujiwara
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, an… With 198 credits spanning from 1933 to 1985, Kamatari Fujiwara has appeared in 196 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kamatari Fujiwara Movies
- Seven Samurai (1954) — as Manzô - Father of Shino
- High and Low (1963) — as Junkyard Cook
- Ikiru (1952) — as Sub-Section Chief Ono
- Red Beard (1965) — as Rokusuke
- Yojimbo (1961) — as Tazaemon
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