Kamatari Fujiwara
Acting Born Jan 15, 1905 Died Dec 21, 1985 Fukagawa, Koto, Tokyo, Japan 211 credits
Biography
Kamatari Fujiwara was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan, on January 15, 1905, and he passed away on December 21, 1985, at the age of 80. His parents ran a printing business that did not go well, leading him to start working at a local confectionery store at the age of 10. By age 14, he began selling timber for building and manufacturing in Shizuoka prefecture. A year later, he returned to Tokyo to study as a pharmacist. Fujiwara worked regularly and extensively with Akira Kurosawa and was known for being adept at comic acting as well as serious roles. Known for his acting, he accumulated 215 known credits according to database records.
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Career overview
Kamatari Fujiwara was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo on January 15, 1905, and passed away on December 21, 1985, at the age of 80. His parents ran a printing business, which did not go well, leading Fujiwara to begin working at a local confectionery store at the age of ten. By the age of fourteen, he began selling timber for building and manufacturing in Shizuoka prefecture. A year later, he returned to Tokyo to study as a pharmacist.
Fujiwara established a notable career in acting, accumulating two hundred fifteen known credits on the Movie Database platform. Throughout his career, he worked regularly and extensively with director Akira Kurosawa. He earned recognition for his versatility as a performer, being known for his aptitude in both comic acting and serious roles.
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Frequent co-stars
Toshirō Mifune
10 shared titles
Takashi Shimura
7 shared titles
Eiko Miyoshi
6 shared titles
Minoru Chiaki
5 shared titles
Atsushi Watanabe
5 shared titles
Yoshio Tsuchiya
5 shared titles
Eijirō Tōno
5 shared titles
Masao Shimizu
4 shared titles
Seiji Miyaguchi
4 shared titles
Toranosuke Ogawa
4 shared titles
Career timeline
When Winter Comes
The FuneralW's Tragedy
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Sailor Suit and Machine GunThe Woman Next Door
Kagemusha
Ameyuki-san
Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
The Roads Men Travel
Light of Africa
Third Generation Boss
Men and War III: The Final ChapterThe Blossom and the SwordTime Within MemoryKigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of JusticeOnna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
The Battle of OkinawaWolves of the City: First to FightThe Gift of the Fox
Dodes'ka-denCrescent Scarred HatamotoThe Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Double Suicide
The Day the Sun RoseFive Gents and Karate GrandpaDorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
The Homely SisterEyes, the Sea and a Ball
The Sword of DoomInochi hateru hi made
Red BeardMickey OneCold Rice, Osan, ChanTaking the CastleChe, Che, Che with Love
Three Outlaw Samurai
High and LowA Woman's LifeRaised on an IslandDuel of Blood and SandThe Sunshine Girl
Sanjuro23 Steps to BedMount HakoneChûshinguraA Carpenter and Children
YojimboSir Galahad in CampusSazae-san Plays CupidHappiness of Us AlonePlayboy President: Part II
Sazae-san's BabyThe Bad Sleep WellThe Sun's BurialThe Approach of AutumnSazae And Aunt Apron
I Want to Be a ShellfishSamurai SagaThe Story of Iron Arm InaoSazae-san's MarriageSazae-san's Newlywed Family
The Hidden FortressSazae's Engagement TripAozora yoitsu mademoStakeoutThe Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl
The Unbalanced WheelGood Luck to These TwoTokyo TwilightThe Lower DepthsUjō
Jacks and JillsA Brother and His SisterThe Invisible 108th UnitSazae-sanAll Sold Out
Mother and SonI Live in FearThe Immortal PitcherCheers to the Jazz GirlLovetide
Seven SamuraiMako OsorubeshiNew Tengu Kurama: Tengu AppearsInvisible ManAnmitsu hime: Amakara shiro no maki
Full Filmography
211 titles- When Winter Comes (1985)
- The Funeral (1984) as Small Old Man
- W's Tragedy (1984)
- Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword (1982)
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) as Ryuji Hoshi
- The Woman Next Door (1981)
- Kagemusha (1980) as Doctor
- Ameyuki-san (1979)
- Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (1977)
- The Roads Men Travel (1976) as Suda
- Light of Africa (1975) as Doctor
- Third Generation Boss (1974)
- Men and War III: The Final Chapter (1973) as Toma's father
- The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
- Time Within Memory (1973)
- Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari (1973)
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
- Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori (1972) as Tatsugoro
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
- Wolves of the City: First to Fight (1971)
- The Gift of the Fox (1971)
- Dodes'ka-den (1970) as Suicidal Old Man
- Crescent Scarred Hatamoto (1970)
- The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970)
- Double Suicide (1969) as Owner of the Yamatoya
- The Day the Sun Rose (1968)
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968) as Reiichi Nakagawa (Megumi's Father)
- Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi (1968)
- The Homely Sister (1967) as Shinshichi, father
- Eyes, the Sea and a Ball (1967)
- The Sword of Doom (1966) as Omatsu's grandfather
- Inochi hateru hi made (1966)
- Red Beard (1965) as Rokusuke
- Mickey One (1965) as The Artist
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
- Taking the Castle (1965)
- Che, Che, Che with Love (1965)
- Young Guy at Sea (1965) as 佐平
- Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) as Jinbei
- High and Low (1963) as Junkyard Cook
- A Woman's Life (1963)
- Raised on an Island (1963)
- Duel of Blood and Sand (1963) as Miyuki Sasa
- The Sunshine Girl (1963)
- Cut the Shadow (1963)
- Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai (1963)
- For Love and Money (1963)
- Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō (1963)
- Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me (1963) as Detective Uchiyama
- Sanjuro (1962) as Takebayashi
- 23 Steps to Bed (1962)
- Mount Hakone (1962)
- Chûshingura (1962)
- A Carpenter and Children (1962)
- A Woman's Identity (1962)
- Yojimbo (1961) as Tazaemon
- Sir Galahad in Campus (1961)
- Sazae-san Plays Cupid (1961)
- Happiness of Us Alone (1961)
- Playboy President: Part II (1961) as Kondo, the eel shop owner
- Different Sons (1961) as Shinsaburo Akagi
- Sararīman yajikita dōchū (1961)
- Sazae-san's Baby (1960)
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
- The Sun's Burial (1960) as Batasuke
- The Approach of Autumn (1960) as Tsunekichi Yamada
- Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960)
- Beyond the Hills (1960) as Kumakichi Furukawa
- I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)
- Samurai Saga (1959) as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
- The Story of Iron Arm Inao (1959) as Gentaro Matsuda
- Sazae-san's Marriage (1959)
- Sazae-san's Newlywed Family (1959)
- Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife (1959)
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) as Matashichi
- Sazae's Engagement Trip (1958)
- Aozora yoitsu mademo (1958)
- Stakeout (1958) as Mr. Takakura
- The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl (1958) as Minji-san the soba vendor
- The Unbalanced Wheel (1957)
- Good Luck to These Two (1957)
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Noodle Vendor
- The Lower Depths (1957) as The Actor
- Ujō (1957) as Mansuke Ashiguro
- The Men of Toho-ku (1957) as Hisakichi, master of Sankaku Yashiki
- The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (1957)
- Sazae-san Sequel (1957)
- Teenage Sazae (1957)
- Hateful Things (1957) as Hikoichi Murai
- The Blue Mountains Part 2 (1957) as Teacher Okamoto
- The Blue Mountains (1957) as Mr. Okamoto
- Schooldays (1957) as Ōkubo Reisuke
- Jacks and Jills (1956) as Yoshizo (Rumiko's father)
- A Brother and His Sister (1956) as Shimura
- The Invisible 108th Unit (1956)
- Sazae-san (1956)
- All Sold Out (1956)
- Newlywed of the First Section (1956)
- The Maiden Courtesan (1956)
- The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
- The Wife is a University Student (1956) as Matsunosuke Hiyoshi (Noboru’s Father)
- Blue Buds (1956) as Noriko’s father
- Mother and Son (1955) as Tokugoto Izumi
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Okamoto
- The Immortal Pitcher (1955)
- Cheers to the Jazz Girl (1955) as Dr. Yoshida
- Lovetide (1955) as Sano
- Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume (1955) as Yayoshi (Father)
- The Lone Journey (1955) as Gorosaku
- Love Never Fails (1955) as Saito
- All is Well (1955)
- New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain (1955) as Kichibee
- House of Many Pleasures (1955) as Old Man
- The Rookie Managers (1955)
- Seven Samurai (1954) as Manzô - Father of Shino
- Mako Osorubeshi (1954)
- New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears (1954)
- Invisible Man (1954) as Mariko's grandfather
- Anmitsu hime: Amakara shiro no maki (1954)
- An Inn at Osaka (1954) as Ossan
- Ditch (1954)
- All of Myself (1954) as Jiretsuken Shujin
- Kokoro no nichigetsu (1954)
- My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953) as Drunken man B
- Mr. Pu (1953)
- Husband and Wife (1953)
- Their Father's Wife (1953) as Kimura
- Yasugorō shusse (1953)
- The End of the Night (1953)
- Murahachibu (1953)
- Ikiru (1952) as Sub-Section Chief Ono
- The Man Who Came to Port (1952) as Takasaki-Shochou
- A Guide to Marriage (1952)
- Town of Seven Colors (1952)
- The Skin of the South (1952) as Shunpei Goto
- Okuni and Gohei (1952) as Doctor
- Tokyo Sweetheart (1952) as Aoyama
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
- Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
- Forty-Eight Man (1952) as Isaburo
- Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido (1952) as Innkeeper of Oiso no Yado
- 武蔵と小次郎 (1952) as 万九郎
- Wakôdo no uta (1951) as Old man Omura
- Wakai musumetachi (1951)
- Weeping Doll (1951) as Kawashima
- Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
- The Love Letter Trial (1951)
- The Den of Beasts (1951)
- The Bitch (1951)
- Zoku Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
- Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre (1951)
- Crazy Uproar (1950)
- The Munekata Sisters (1950) as Sangin's Master
- Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950) as Takezo Yamada
- Beyond the Hills (1950)
- Four Seasons of Women (1950) as Tokunaga
- Asakusa no hada (1950)
- Mado Kara Tobidase (1950) as Shôjirô
- When We Came Back (1950)
- The Blue Mountains: Part II (1949) as Mr. Okamoto
- Jakoman and Tetsu (1949) as Soutaro
- Kaze no ko (1949)
- The Blue Mountains: Part I (1949) as Mr. Okamoto
- Haha tōdai (1949)
- Full Moon (1949)
- Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya (1949)
- The Portrait (1948) as Tamai
- A Second Life (1948)
- Tōkai suikoden (1945)
- Umi o yobu koe (1945)
- Monpe-san (1944)
- Kokusai Mitsuyudan (1944)
- General Kappa (1944)
- Kekkon meirei (1943)
- Young Teacher (1942) as Senzo's father
- The Man Who Waited (1942)
- Mother Never Dies (1942)
- Sky of Hope (1942) as Kamezo
- Horse (1941) as Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father
- Hideko the Bus Conductor (1941) as Sonoda - the bus driver
- China Night (1940)
- Travelling Actors (1940) as Hyoroku Ichikawa - the Forelegs
- Travels to the East (1940) as Cosmetics' Company Marketing Man
- A Gentle Breeze With Father (1940)
- Keshô yuki (1940)
- Easy Alley (1939)
- Children of the Sun (1938)
- Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938) as Sahei
- Chocolate and Soldiers (1938)
- Chorus of the Century--Patriotic March (1938) as conductor Saitō
- Tojuro's Love (1938)
- The Kingdom of Spectacles (1937)
- Harikiri Boy (1937)
- Ushidure Express (1937) as Kaita
- Man of the House (1936) as Shogetsu
- The Road I Travel with You (1936)
- I Am a Cat (1936) as Ochi Tofu
- Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) as Yopparai - the Drunkard
- Five Men in a Circus (1935) as Tadakichi
- Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) as Shingo (Kimiko's uncle)
- The Actress and the Poet (1935) as Baido Noso
- The Girl in the Rumor (1935) as Uncle
- Botchan (1935) as Uranari
- Drifting (1935)
- Tokai no kaii 7-ji 03-bu (1935)
- Radio Queen (1935)
- Enoken's The Magician (1934)
- Romantic and Crazy (1934)
- Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô (1934)
- Odoriko nikki (1934)
- Tipsy Life (1933)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Kamatari Fujiwara best known for?
Kamatari Fujiwara is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including 13 Reasons Why (2017), Kagemusha (1980), The Roads Men Travel (1976), Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972).
When and where was Kamatari Fujiwara born?
Kamatari Fujiwara was born on January 15, 1905 in Fukagawa, Koto, Tokyo, Japan. They passed away on December 21, 1985.
How many credits does Kamatari Fujiwara have?
Kamatari Fujiwara has accumulated over 211 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1933 to 1985.
What is Kamatari Fujiwara's background in cinema and television?
Kamatari Fujiwara was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan, on January 15, 1905, and he passed away on December 21, 1985, at the age of 80. His parents ran a printing business that did not go well, leading him to start working at a local confectionery store at the age of 10. By age 14, he began selling timber for buil...
Kamatari Fujiwara by the numbers
211credits
209films
2TV series
1933–1985active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959) — aged about 54
- High and Low (1963) as Junkyard Cook — aged about 58
- Seven Samurai (1954) as Manzô - Father of Shino — aged about 49
- Ikiru (1952) as Sub-Section Chief Ono — aged about 47
- The Roads Men Travel (1976) as Suda — aged about 71
- Red Beard (1965) as Rokusuke — aged about 60
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