Fukumoto started acting at age 15 in Kyoto, the capital of Japanese cinema.
A specialist in film and television jidaigeki set in the Edo period, he most often played a rōnin, but in his hundreds of appearances he took nearly every role.
[1] In addition, he appeared in modern dramas in roles such as police and yakuza.
Fukumoto played a lead role for the first time in the film Uzumasa Limelight.
Fukumoto died on 1 January 2021, at his home in Kyoto, due to lung cancer.