Tsutomu Yamazaki

Actor Dec 2 (age 89) Matsudo, Chiba, Japan 1960–2026 (66 year career)

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Biography

Tsutomu Yamazaki (山崎努 Yamazaki Tsutomu) (born December 2, 1936 in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He has been nominated for seven Japanese Academy Awards, winning Best Actor awards for the Juzo Itami comedies The Funeral and A Taxing Woman, and the Best Supporting Actor awards for Go and Departures. He also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for The Funeral and Farewell to the Ark. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tsutomu Yamazaki, licensed und…

Known For

Film

High and Low

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Film

Departures

Ikuei Sasaki

Film

Kagemusha

Nobukado Takeda

Film

Red Beard

Sahachi

Film

Tampopo

Goro

Film

Blade of the Immortal

Kensui Ibane

Film

The Ramen Girl

Grand Master

Film

Space Battleship Yamato

Jūzō Okita

Filmography

Acting (111)

Movies (96)

映画『正直不動産』

2026 Upcoming

May 15

A Long Goodbye

as Shohei Higashi

The Crimes That Bind

as Takamasa Kaga

Killing for the Prosecution

2018

as Yuma Shirakawa

6.3

As a Father of Murderer Son

2018

as Yoshinaga Katsuhiko

Mori, The Artist's Habitat

2018

as Morikazu Kumagai

7.3

Blade of the Immortal

as Kensui Ibane

The Magnificent Nine

as Juzaburo’s Father

'Kutabare' Bocchan

The Emperor in August

2015

as Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki

Kakekomi

as Bakin Kyokutei

Sleeping Forest

as Takamasa Kaga

Shield of Straw

as Ninagawa

Miracle Apples

as Seiji Kimura

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

2012

as Hiroshi Higashide

6.0

The Wings of the Kirin

2012

as Takamasa Kaga

6.3

The Woodsman and the Rain

as Keijiro

Red Finger

as Takamasa Kaga

Space Battleship Yamato

2010

as Jūzō Okita

6.5

Making of "Departures"

2009

as Himself

Departures

as Ikuei Sasaki

Climber's High

as Raizo Shirakawa

Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta

as Kenichi Asakura

The Ramen Girl

as Grand Master

The Black Swindler

as Toshio Katsuragi

Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji

Crickets

as Blind Man

What the Snow Brings

as Tanba

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

2004

as Shigezou Matsumoto

7.3

Shinibana

2004

as Makoto Kikushima

Thirteen Steps

2003

as Shoji Nango

6.1

FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES

2003

Fan of Hong Kong star

Doing Time

as Hanawa

Copycat Killer

as Yoshio Arima

as Sugihara's Father

Go Heat Man!

as Mysterious Harley-Davidson Man

8.1

The Guys from Paradise

2001

as Katsuaki Yoshida

6.8

High School Girl's Friend

2001

The Goblin of Mt. Kurama

2001

White-Collar Worker Kintaro

as Igo

Beautiful Sunday

Wait and See

as Sasaichi

A Quiet Life

as Father

The Abe Clan

as Abe Yaich'emon

Turning Point

as Prime Minister Tamura

6.0

Samurai Kids

1993

as Sutonahiko Suminoe

We Are Not Alone

Nakibokuro

Catastrophe

as Tadashi Suzuki

Rikyu

1989

as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Harimao

as Major Jogasaki

The Dancer

as Count Amagata

A Taxing Woman

as Hideki Gondo

The Making of "A Taxing Woman"

1987

as Self

The Making of "Tampopo"

1986

as Self

Tampopo

as Goro

The Funeral

as Wabisuke Inoue

Farewell to the Ark

as Sutekichi Tokito

The Unspoiled Diamond

as Ichiro Mimura

Lovers Lost

as Tetsuo Takeuchi

Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child...

1982

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

as Mustang Man

Kagemusha

as Nobukado Takeda

Magnitude 7.9

Demon Pond

as Gaukuen Yamazaki

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1979

as Shingo Takagi

7.0

August Without Emperor

1978

as Tadashi Tojo

7.0

Village of Eight Gravestones

1977

as Hisashi Tajimi

6.7

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

as Tetsuya Kusunoki

Cross-Currents

Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori

1972

as Zengo Kakimoto

Human Target

as Yamabe

Kaoyaku

as Toshio Sugiura

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

1970

as Takeshi Ishizuka

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

1969

as Fujimura

6.8

Where did Sharaku go?

Clouds at Sunset

Red Beard

as Sahachi

Sanshiro Sugata

as Genshiro

The White Rose of Hong Kong

1965

as Shiro Matsumoto

The School of Flesh

Stairs of Evil

as Iwao

Brand of Evil

as Kikuchi Masaaki

Fright Time

High and Low

as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

8.4

The Sun is Calling You

1963

Legacy of the 500,000

as Tsukuda

A Woman's Life

as Kohei Shimizu

Till Tomorrow Is

Woman of Design

as Tatsuya Kurai

Heso no taisho

雪の降る街に

The Diplomat's Mansion

1961

as Shinichi, Diplomat's Son, the Bartender

The Angry Sea

1960

as Yakichi

University Bandits

1960

Television (15)

The Honest Realtor

as Tsutomu Ishida

Red Cross

Roosevelt Game

Leaders

The Black Swindler

as Katsuragi Toshio

地球大進化 46億年・人類への旅 2004

Tsugumi e...

The Last Song

as Professor Momose

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Sketchbook of Early Spring

Kemono Michi

The Trading Company

as Jiro Uesugi

Hissatsu Shiokinin

愛と愛

Three Sisters

as Aoe Kingoro