Departures drama ryoko hirosue tsutomu yamazaki kazuko yoshiyuki
Tsutomu Yamazaki(山崎 努,Yamazaki Tsutomu, born December 2, 1936) is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for The Funeral and Farewell to the Ark.
Yamazaki joined Bungakuza in 1959. He made his film debut in Kihachi Okamoto`s movie in 1960. In 1960, he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's High and Low (1963 film). He worked with Kurosawa twice more: in the director's next film, 1965's Red Beard, then fifteen years later, in Kagemusha.
In 1973, he appeared jidaigeki television drama Hissatsu Shiokinin and he played the same role in Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin again in 1977. He starred, as a trucker who resembles John Wayne in Tampopo (1985) as well as co-starring in The Ramen Girl (2008) with Brittany Murphy.
He also played a supporting role in Yojiro Takita's Departures.
Filmography
Actor
2022
Atom's Last Shot (TV Series) as
Soichiro Ihara
- Stage 8: Part One of the Final Chapter - The Plan to Take Back Atom (2022) - Soichiro Ihara
- Stage 9: Part Two of the Final Chapter - The Plan to Take Back Atom (2022) - Soichiro Ihara
2022
Shoujiki fudousan (TV Series) as
Ishida Tsutomu (Ep. 1)
- Real estate agent who can no longer lie (2022) - Ishida Tsutomu (Ep. 1)
2019
A Long Goodbye as
Shohei Higashi
2018
Killing for the Prosecution as
Yuma Shirakawa
2018
Mori, the Artist's Habitat as
Morikazu Kumagai
2018
The Crimes That Bind as
Takamasa Kaga
2017
Blade of the Immortal as
Kensui Ibane
2016
'Kutabare' Bocchan (TV Movie)
2016
The Magnificent Nine as
Jinnai Asanoya Sr.
2015
The Actor as
Koto
2015
The Emperor in August as
Prime Minister Suzuki
2015
Kakekomi as
Bakin Kyokutei
2015
Red Cross: Onna tachi no akagami (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.2 (2015)
- Episode #1.1 (2015)
2014
The Roosevelt Game (TV Mini Series) as
Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.9 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.8 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.7 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.6 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.5 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.4 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.3 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.2 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
- Episode #1.1 (2014) - Chairman Aoshima
2014
Sleeping Forest (TV Movie) as
Takamasa Kaga
2013
Miracle Apples
2013
Shield of Straw as
Ninagawa
2012
The Ending Planner (TV Series) as
Iwata
- Episode #1.10 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.9 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.8 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.7 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.6 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.5 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.4 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.3 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.2 (2012) - Iwata
- Episode #1.1 (2012)
2012
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home as
Hiroshi higashide
2012
Kiruto no ie (TV Series) as
Katsuya
- Episode #1.2 (2012) - Katsuya
- Episode #1.1 (2012) - Katsuya
2011
The Wings of the Kirin as
Takamasa Kaga
2011
The Woodsman and the Rain as
Veteran Actor
2011
Red Finger (TV Movie)
2010
Space Battleship Yamato as
Juzo Okita
2009
Kamui Gaiden as
Narration
2008
Departures as
Ikuei Sasaki
2008
Anohi, bokura no inochi wa toiretto pêpâ yorimo karukatta: Kaura horyo shûyôjo kara no daidasshutsu (TV Movie)