Occupation Actor Children Naoko Yamazaki Role Actor | Name Tsutomu Yamazaki Years active 1960–present | |
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Awards Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Movies and TV shows Similar People Masahiro Motoki, Yojiro Takita, Juzo Itami, Masato Harada, Ryoko Hirosue | ||
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.
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Career
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)
2008
Climbers High as
Raizo Shirakawa
2008
The Ramen Girl as
Grand Master
2008
Hontou to uso to tekîra (TV Movie)
2008
Eiga: Kurosagi as
Toshio Katsuragi
2007
Dolphin blue: Fuji, mou ichido sora e as
Kenzo Fukuhara
2006
Kôrogi as
Blind Man
2006
Kurosagi (TV Mini Series) as
Toshio Katsuragi
- Furanchaizu tuên sagi (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Tûshin hanbai sagi: Kurosagi ni taihojô (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Narisunashi sagi: Moto joyû no sagishi to engi kurabe (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Kekkan jyûtaku sagi: Kekkan jyûtaku sagi no urami (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Reikan shôhô sagi: Rôjin wo damasu rei nôryoku sagi to taiketsu (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Kyôsai kumiai sagi: Raibaru kashina keiji no kako (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Burando sagi: Koibito no chichioya wo damashi kaeseru ka? (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Dai kigyô: Saidai no teki kurosaki pinchi (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Hôseki sagi: Go sen man no daiya no yukue (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Shin'yuu no ane wa kekkon sagi (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
- Zaidan yûshi sagi: Sagishi wo damasu sagi (2006) - Toshio Katsuragi (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
2005
What the Snow Brings as
Tanba
2004
Todoroki hôritsu jimusho: Mienai kizuna (TV Movie)
2004
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World as
Shigezou Matsumoto
2004
Shinibana
2003
Thirteen Steps as
Shoji Nango
2002
Doing Time as
Hanawa
2002
Mohou-han as
Yoshio Arima
2001
Go as
Hideyoshi (father of Sugihara)
2001
Go Heat Man!
2001
Jo gakusei no tomo as
Genichiro
2000
The Guys from Paradise as
Katsuaki Yoshida
2000
Chiisana eki de oriru (TV Movie)
2000
Tamaru onna (TV Series)
1999
Salaryman Kintaro as
Igo (as Tsutomo Yamazaki)
1998
Seikimatsu no uta (TV Series) as
Natsuo Momose
- Love (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- 20-nenkan matta onna (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Boku no namae o atete (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Koishi mori no kuma-san (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Koisuru koppepan (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Tensai ga aishita onna (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Kuruma isu no koi (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Hoshi no ouji-sama (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Kurutta kajitsu (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Pandora no hako (1998) - Natsuo Momose
- Konoyo no hate de ai o utau shoujo (1998) - Natsuo Momose
1998
Ah haru as
Sasaichi, Hiroshi's Father
1998
Beautiful Sunday
1998
Nara E Iku Made (TV Movie) as
Miyamoto
1995
The Abe Clan (TV Movie) as
Abe Yaichi'emon
1995
Yunwu ren zuoweimen (TV Series)
1995
Kumokiri Nizaemon (TV Series) as
Kumokiri Nizaemon
1995
A Quiet Life
1995
Setsunai haru (TV Movie) as
Naoyuki Muto
1994
Turning Point as
Cameo appearance (Prime Minister Tamaru)
1993
Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu as
Sutonahiko Suminoe
1993
Made in Japan as
Hiroshi Nakaido
1991
Nakibokuro as
Junichi Mizuta
1989
Harimao
1989
Maihime as
Count Amagata (uncredited)
1989
Rikyû as
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
1987
A Taxing Woman as
Hideki Gondô
1985
Tampopo as
Gorô
1984
The Funeral as
Wabisuke Inoue
1984
Onna goroshi abura no jigoku (TV Movie)
1984
Farewell to the Ark as
Sutekichi Tokito
1983
Yusha wa katarazu (TV Mini Series) as
Makoto Kawamura (1983)
1982
Lovers Lost as
Tetsuo Takeuchi
1982
Daiamondo wa kizutsukanai as
Ichiro Mimura
1982
Kemonomichi (TV Series) as
Shôjirô Kotaki
- Episode #1.3 (1982) - Shôjirô Kotaki
- Episode #1.2 (1982) - Shôjirô Kotaki
- Episode #1.1 (1982) - Shôjirô Kotaki
1982
Asuka e, soshite mada minu ko e
1981
Kakaku hakai (TV Series)
1981
Slow na boogie ni shitekure as
Man
1980
Jishin rettô as
Director General of Meteorological Agency
1980
Kagemusha as
Nobukado Takeda
1979
Demon Pond as
Gaukuen Yamazaki
1979
Sono go no jingi naki tatakai as
Shingo Takagi
1978
August Without Emperor as
Tadashi Tojo
1977
Village of Eight Gravestones as
Yôzô Tajimi / Hisaya Tajimi
1976
Shinsha no naka no onna (TV Series)
1975
The Boss's Head as
Tetsuya Kusunoki
1973
Hissatsu shiokinin (TV Series) as
Nenbutsu no Tetsu
- Raku areba ku ari oya wa nashi (1973) - Nenbutsu no Tetsu
- Renjô sutete shi no negai (1973) - Nenbutsu no Tetsu
- Ningen no kuzu ya oharai (1973) - Nenbutsu no Tetsu
- Hamidashimono ni nasake nashi (1973) - Nenbutsu no Tetsu
- Rôya de nokosu chi no negai (1973) - Nenbutsu no Tetsu
- Inochi o utte sarashi kubi (1973) - Nenbutsu no Tetsu
1972
Onna ikitemasu: Sakariba wataridori as
Zengo Kakimoto
1972
Kuro no honryu as
Takeshi Yano
1972
Okappiki dobu (TV Mini Series) as
Dobu
1971
Ningen Hyôteki as
Yamabe
1971
Kaoyaku as
Toshio Sugiura
1970
Fuji sanchô
1969
Tora-San's Cherished Mother as
Fujimura
1967
Clouds at Sunset as
Tôsuke Kosugi
1967
Sanshimai (TV Series)
1965
Aku no kaidan as
Iwao
1965
Honkon no shiroibara as
Matsumoto
1965
Sanshiro Sugata as
Genshiro
1965
Red Beard as
Sahachi
1965
Nikutai no gakko as
Senkichi Sato
1964
Brand of Evil as
Detective Kikuchi aka Inamura
1963
A Woman's Life as
Kohei
1963
Taiyô wa yondeiru
1963
500,000 as
Tsukuda
1963
High and Low as
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
1962
Heso no taisho
1962
Musume to watashi as
Nabeshima
1962
Till Tomorow Comes
1962
Sono basho ni onna arite as
Tatsuya Kurai
1961
Tôkyô yawa as
Shinichi, Diplomat's Son, the Bartender
1960
Chi no hate ni ikuru mono as
Yakichi, their son
1960
Daigaku no sanzôkutachi as
Okashira (Boss)
Self
2016
VS Arashi (TV Series) as
Self
- Tono, risoku de gozaru Movie Team VS Chidori (2016) - Self
2010
The 33rd Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2008
Tsutomu Yamazaki on 'High and Low' (Video documentary short) as
Self
2005
Miracle Planet (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Presenter: Japanese Version
- New Frontiers (2005) - Self - Presenter: Japanese Version
- The Violent Past (2005) - Self - Presenter: Japanese Version
- Survival of the Fittest (2005) - Self - Presenter: Japanese Version
- Extinction and Rebirth (2005) - Self - Presenter: Japanese Version
- Snowball Earth (2005) - Self - Presenter: Japanese Version
1988
Marusa no onnna 2 wo marusa suru (Video documentary) as
Self
1987
Marusa no onna wo marusa suru (Video documentary) as
Self
1986
Making of 'Tampopo' (Video documentary) as
Self
1983
Michinaru hanran (TV Movie documentary) as
Yoneyama
1973
Tasukenin hashiru (TV Series) as
Self - Narrator
- Jaren dai meiwaku (1974) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Adauchi dai satsujin (1973) - Self - Narrator (voice)
References
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