Kamatari Fujiwara
Birthday: 1905-01-15 | Place of Birth: Fukagawa, Tokyo, JapanKamatari 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
Acting
Role
as Manzô - Father of Shino
as Small Old Man
as Doctor
as Owner of the Yamatoya
as The Artist
as 佐平
as Jinbei
as Takebayashi
