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Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Birthday: 1905-01-15 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1964
Three Outlaw Samurai

as    Jinbei

1963
Sanjuro

as    Takebayashi

1960
The Bad Sleep Well

as    Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada

1958
Stakeout

as    Mr. Takakura

1956
Ikiru

as    Sub-Section Chief Ono

1954
Seven Samurai

as    Manzô - Father of Shino

1954
Invisible Man

as    Mariko's grandfather