Kamatari Fujiwara
AKA: 藤原 釜足
Birthday: 1905-01-15
Died: 1985-12-21
Birthplace: Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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
Character: Sub-Section Chief Ono
Character: Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Character: Innkeeper of Oiso no Yado
Character: Owner of the Yamatoya
Character: Omatsu's grandfather
Character: Detective Uchiyama
Character: Kumakichi Furukawa
Character: Shinsaburo Akagi
Character: Hyoroku Ichikawa - the Forelegs
Character: Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
Character: Shinshichi, father
Character: Mariko's grandfather
Character: Suicidal Old Man
Character: Batasuke, peddler
Character: Shingo (Kimiko's uncle)
Character: Yopparai - the Drunkard
Character: Sonoda - the bus driver
Character: Sangin's Master
Character: Tsunekichi Yamada
Character: Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father
Character: Takasaki-Shochou
Character: Tokugoto Izumi
Character: Gentaro Matsuda
Character: Manzô - Father of Shino
Character: Yoshizo (Rumiko's father)
Character: Yayoshi (Father)
Character: Cosmetics' Company Marketing Man