Kamatari Fujiwara (藤原 釜足, Fujiwara Kamatari, January 15, 1905
â€" December 21, 1985) was a Japanese actor.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
rolesFujiwara 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.The Asakusa Opera [ja]
Movement was started in 1916, and was part of the mass culture of the
time. By the 1920s it had become very popular. Fujiwara, inspired by
this, enrolled at the Takinogawa actor/martial arts school. After
graduation, he approached actor Kenzo Kuroki at Asakusa's Kinryūkan
[ja] to see if he would personally teach him acting. His first work
was on stage as a chorist. Realising that he was short, not
particularly attractive, and unlikely to have a main part on stage, he
decided to diversify his skills for performance and started studying
violin at Toyo music school.
â€" December 21, 1985) was a Japanese actor.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
rolesFujiwara 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.The Asakusa Opera [ja]
Movement was started in 1916, and was part of the mass culture of the
time. By the 1920s it had become very popular. Fujiwara, inspired by
this, enrolled at the Takinogawa actor/martial arts school. After
graduation, he approached actor Kenzo Kuroki at Asakusa's Kinryūkan
[ja] to see if he would personally teach him acting. His first work
was on stage as a chorist. Realising that he was short, not
particularly attractive, and unlikely to have a main part on stage, he
decided to diversify his skills for performance and started studying
violin at Toyo music school.
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