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Kamatari Fujiwara

Name in Native Language: "藤原釜足" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 01/15/1905 († 80, 12/21/1985) | Fukagawa, Tokyo (Japan)
Kamatari Fujiwara (藤原釜足, Fujiwara Kamatari, 15 January 1905 – 21 December 1985) was a Japanese stage and film actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1933 and 1984. In addition to regular appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa, he worked for directors such as Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Heinosuke Gosho and others. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants ...

The Hidden Fortress

Certification unknown

1958 | 4.0/5 | 2h 19min
Adventure, Drama, Action, Comedy
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A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabata ...

Yojimbo

NR

1961 | 4.1/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Thriller
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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend ...

Seven Samurai

NR

1954 | 4.3/5 | 3h 27min
Action, Drama
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Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life. ...

Ikiru

Certification unknown

1952 | 4.2/5 | 2h 23min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Kamatari Fujiwara

Order of The Sacred Treasure, 4th Class
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Movies with Kamatari Fujiwara as Actor(131)

1984 The Tragedy of "W"
as Small Old Man1984 The Funeral
as Ryuji Hoshi1981 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Doctor1980 Kagemusha
1977 Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
as Doctor1975 Light of Africa
1973 The Blossom and the Sword
1973 Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973 Time Within Memory
1972 Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1971 Wolves of the City: First to Fight
1971 The Battle of Okinawa
1970 The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Suicidal Old Man1970 Dodes'ka-den
as Owner of the Yamatoya1969 Double Suicide
1968 The Day the Sun Rose
as Shinshichi, father1967 The Homely Sister
1967 Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
as Omatsu's grandfather1966 The Sword of Doom
1965 Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
as The Artist1965 Mickey One
as Rokusuke1965 Red Beard
1965 Taking the Castle
as Jinbei1964 Three Outlaw Samurai
1963 A Woman's Life
1963 The Sunshine Girl
as Miyuki Sasa1963 Duel of Blood and Sand
1963 Cut the Shadow
as Junkyard Cook1963 High and Low
1963 Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
as Takebayashi1962 Sanjuro
1962 47 Ronin
1962 Ayako
1962 Mount Hakone
1962 A Carpenter and Children
as Tazaemon1961 Yojimbo
1961 Happiness of Us Alone
1961 Sir Galahad in Campus
as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Batasuke, peddler1960 The Sun's Burial
as Kumakichi Furukawa1960 Beyond the Hills
1960 Sazae-san's Baby
as Tsunekichi Yamada1960 The Approach of Autumn
1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish
as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)1959 Samurai Saga
as Gentaro Matsuda1959 The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959 Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
as Mr. Takakura1958 Stakeout
1958 Sazae's Engagement Trip
as Matashichi1958 The Hidden Fortress
1957 The Unbalanced Wheel
as The Actor1957 The Lower Depths
1957 Sazae-san Sequel
1957 Teenage Sazae
as Noodle vendor1957 Tokyo Twilight
1957 Good Luck to These Two
1957 The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1956 The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956 Sazae-san
as Yoshizo (Rumiko's father)1956 Jacks and Jills
1956 The Maiden Courtesan
as Tokugoto Izumi1955 Mother and Son
as Saito1955 Love Never Fails
as Okamoto1955 I Live in Fear
as Gorosaku1955 The Lone Journey
as Sano1955 Lovetide
1954 Mako Osorubeshi
1954 The Ditch
1954 An Inn at Osaka
as Mariko's grandfather1954 Invisible Man
as Manzô - Father of Shino1954 Seven Samurai
1953 Mr. Pu
1953 Yasugorō shusse
1953 Wife
1953 Husband and Wife
as Kimura1953 Their Father's Wife
as Drunken man B1953 My Wonderful Yellow Car
1952 Kin no tamago: Golden girl
as Isaburo1952 Forty-Eight Man
as Takasaki-Shochou1952 The Man Who Came to Port
1952 The Woman Who Touched the Legs
as Shunpei Goto1952 The Skin of the South
as Innkeeper of Oiso no Yado1952 Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
as Sub-Section Chief Ono1952 Ikiru
as Aoyama1952 Tokyo Sweetheart
as Doctor1952 Okuni and Gohei
1951 Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951 Wakai musumetachi
1951 Kemono no yado
as Kawashima1951 Weeping Doll
1950 Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950 The Munekata Sisters
1950 Crazy Uproar
1950 When We Came Back
as Tokunaga1950 Four Seasons of Women
1950 Sasaki Kojiro
1950 Beyond the Hills
as Shôjirô1950 Mado Kara Tobidase
as Mr. Okamoto1949 The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Soutaro1949 Jakoman and Tetsu
1948 A Second Life
1948 The Portrait
as Kamezo1942 Sky of Hope
1942 Mother Never Dies
1942 The Man Who Waited
as Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father1941 Horse
as Sonoda - the bus driver1941 Hideko the Bus Conductor
1940 China Night
as Hyoroku Ichikawa - the Forelegs1940 Travelling Actors
1940 Toyuki
1940 A Gentle Breeze With Father
as Sahei1938 Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 Tojuro's Love
1938 Children of the Sun
1938 Chocolate and Soldiers
1937 The Kingdom of Spectacles
as Kaita1937 Ushidure Express
1936 The Road I Travel with You
as Ochi Tofu1936 I Am a Cat
as Shogetsu1936 Man of the House
as Uncle1935 The Girl in the Rumor
as Shingo (Kimiko's uncle)1935 Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Yopparai - the Drunkard1935 Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as Uranari1935 Botchan
as Tadakichi1935 Five Men in a Circus
as Baido Noso1935 The Actress and the Poet
1935 Radio Queen
1934 Romantic and Crazy
1934 Enoken's The Magician
1934 Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
1933 Tipsy Life

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Sunday, 01/15 1905 (January) in Fukagawa, Tokyo (Japan)
Died: Saturday, 12/21 1985 (December) in Tokyo (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Tokyo College of Music
Spouses (current/former): Sadako Sawamura
Other names for Kamatari Fujiwara (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"藤原 釜足"
"Каматари Фудзивара"
"藤原鶏太"
"藤原釜足"
"安惠重男"
"ふじわら かまたり" (Kana/Japanese)
Kamatari Fujiwara frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (48x, Crew)
Mikio Naruse (28x, Crew)
Toshirō Mifune (22x, Actor)
Sanezumi Fujimoto (21x, Crew)
Takashi Shimura (20x, Actor)
Yoshio Kosugi (20x, Actor)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (20x, Crew)
Sachio Sakai (19x, Actor)
Eiko Miyoshi (17x, Actress)
Takeo Kita (17x, Crew)
Hideo Oguni (17x, Crew)
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