Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Japanese actor Kamatari Fujiwara was not the sort of performer who'd make the fan magazines or gossip columns, but still he enjoyed a stellar reputation among international art-film enthusiasts. Fujiwara was a member of director Akira Kurosawa's stock company, first appearing in this capacity as the assistant to dying bureaucrat Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952). The actor also appeared in supporting roles in such classics as The Seven Samurai, (1956), Yojimbo (1961) and Red Beard (1965). In most of his films, the very able Kamatari Fujiwara tended to be overshadowed by more charismatic actors like Shimura and Toshiro Mifune, but he was always dedicated and unwaveringly professional. One American admirer of his work, director Arthur Penn, cast Fujiwara as the Artist in the Chicago-filmed Warren Beatty vehicle Mickey One (1965). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Kamatari Fujiwara:
- Seven Samurai with Takashi Shimura , Toshiro Mifune , Yoshio Inaba , Seiji Miyaguchi , Minoru Chiaki , Daisuke Kato , Ko (Isao) Kimura , Kuninori Kodo , Ichiro Chiba , Bokuzen Hidari , Fumiko Homma , Yoshio Kosugi , Haruo Nakajima , Senkichi Omura , Keiji Sakakida , Noriko Sengoku , Gen Shimizu , Eijiro Tono , Yoshio Tsuchiya , Kichijiro Ueda , Atsushi Watanabe , Isao Yamagata , Toranosuke Ogawa , Sojin Jr.
- Red Beard with Toshiro Mifune , Yuzo Kayama , Tsutomu Yamazaki , Kyoko Kagawa , Miyuki Kuwano , Kinuyo Tanaka , Reiko Dan , Koji Mitsui , Yoko Naito , Akemi Negishi , Terumi Niki , Chishu Ryu , Takashi Shimura , Haruko Sugimura , Eijiro Tono , Yoshio Tsuchiya , Yoshitaka Zushi , Reiko Nanao , Tatsuyoshi Ebara , Ken Mitsuda
- Ikiru with Takashi Shimura , Nobuo Kaneko , Kyoko Seki , Miki Odagiri , Makoto Kobori , Yunosuke Ito , Kasuo Abe , Minoru Chiaki , Ichiro Chiba , Bokuzen Hidari , Fumiko Homma , Daisuke Kato , Ko (Isao) Kimura , Yoshie Minami , Seiji Miyaguchi , Eiko Miyoshi , Nobuo Nakamura , Saito , Sakai , Masao Shimizu , Kin Sugai , Haruo Tanaka , Kumeko Urabe , Atsushi Watanabe , Fuyuki Murakami , Toranosuke Ogawa , Minosuke Yamada
- The Bad Sleep Well with Toshiro Mifune , Susumu Fujita , Kenjiro Ishiyama , Kyoko Kagawa , Masayuki Kato , Takeshi Kato , Ko (Isao) Kimura , Tatsuya Mihashi , Koji Mitsui , Seiji Miyaguchi , Masayuki Mori , Tatsuya Nakadai , Nobuo Nakamura , Akira Nishimura , Chishu Ryu , Yutaka Sada , Kyu Sazanka , Gen Shimizu , Takashi Shimura , Yoshio Tsuchiya , Tsutomu Yamazaki
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