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Tsutomu Yamazaki

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Tsutomu Yamazaki

Born December 2, 1936 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan95 films

Tsutomu Yamazaki (山崎 努 Yamazaki Tsutomu) (born December 2, 1936 in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor.

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Departures poster7.8Departures2008Kagemusha poster7.8Kagemusha1980Red Beard poster8.2Red Beard1965Tampopo poster7.8Tampopo1985Blade of the Immortal poster6.7Blade of the Immortal2017The Ramen Girl poster6.5The Ramen Girl2008Space Battleship Yamato poster6.4Space Battleship Yamato2010GO poster7.4GO2001

Filmography

95 films as actor
  1. 2026映画『正直不動産』
  2. 2019A Long GoodbyeShohei Higashi
  3. 2018As a Father of Murderer SonYoshinaga Katsuhiko
  4. 2018Killing for the ProsecutionYuma Shirakawa
  5. 2018The Crimes That BindTakamasa Kaga
  6. 2018Mori, The Artist's HabitatMorikazu Kumagai
  7. 2017Blade of the ImmortalKensui Ibane
  8. 2016'Kutabare' Bocchan
  9. 2016The Magnificent NineJuzaburo’s Father
  10. 2015The Emperor in AugustPrime Minister Kantaro Suzuki
  11. 2015KakekomiBakin Kyokutei
  12. 2014Sleeping ForestTakamasa Kaga
  13. 2013Miracle ApplesSeiji Kimura
  14. 2013Shield of StrawNinagawa
  15. 2012The Woodsman and the RainKeijiro
  16. 2012Hayabusa: The Long Voyage HomeHiroshi Higashide
  17. 2012The Wings of the KirinTakamasa Kaga
  18. 2011Red FingerTakamasa Kaga
  19. 2010Space Battleship YamatoJūzō Okita
  20. 2008DeparturesIkuei Sasaki
  21. 2008Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo KarukattaKenichi Asakura
  22. 2008Climber's HighRaizo Shirakawa
  23. 2008The Black SwindlerToshio Katsuragi
  24. 2008The Ramen GirlGrand Master
  25. 2007Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji
  26. 2006CricketsBlind Man
  27. 2005What the Snow BringsTanba
  28. 2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the WorldShigezou Matsumoto
  29. 2004Blooming AgainMakoto Kikushima
  30. 2003FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
  31. 2003Thirteen StepsShoji Nango
  32. 2002Fan of Hong Kong star
  33. 2002Copycat KillerYoshio Arima
  34. 2002Doing TimeHanawa
  35. 2001GOSugihara's Father
  36. 2001Go Heat Man!Mysterious Harley-Davidson Man
  37. 2001High School Girl's Friend
  38. 2001The Guys from ParadiseKatsuaki Yoshida
  39. 2001The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
  40. 1999White-Collar Worker KintaroIgo
  41. 1998Wait and SeeSasaichi
  42. 1998Beautiful Sunday
  43. 1997世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編
  44. 1997Love Song of the Old Capital
  45. 1995The Abe ClanAbe Yaich'emon
  46. 1995A Quiet LifeFather
  47. 1994Turning PointPrime Minister Tamura
  48. 1993Samurai KidsSutonahiko Suminoe
  49. 1993We Are Not Alone
  50. 1991Nakibokuro
  51. 1990CatastropheTadashi Suzuki
  52. 1989The DancerCount Amagata
  53. 1989RikyuHideyoshi Toyotomi
  54. 1989HarimaoMajor Jogasaki
  55. 1987A Taxing WomanHideki Gondo
  56. 1985TampopoGoro
  57. 1984The FuneralWabisuke Inoue
  58. 1984Farewell to the ArkSutekichi Tokito
  59. 1982Lovers LostTetsuo Takeuchi
  60. 1982The Unspoiled DiamondIchiro Mimura
  61. 1982Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child...
  62. 1981Play it, Boogie-WoogieMustang Man
  63. 1980Magnitude 7.9
  64. 1980KagemushaNobukado Takeda
  65. 1979Demon PondGaukuen Yamazaki
  66. 1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityShingo Takagi
  67. 1978August Without EmperorTadashi Tojo
  68. 1977Village of Eight GravestonesHisashi Tajimi
  69. 1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossTetsuya Kusunoki
  70. 1972Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba WataridoriZengo Kakimoto
  71. 1972Cross-Currents
  72. 1971Human TargetYamabe
  73. 1971KaoyakuToshio Sugiura
  74. 1970The Summit of Mt. FujiTakeshi Ishizuka
  75. 1969Tora-san's Cherished MotherFujimura
  76. 1968Where did Sharaku go?
  77. 1967Clouds at Sunset
  78. 1965Stairs of EvilIwao
  79. 1965The White Rose of Hong KongShiro Matsumoto
  80. 1965Sanshiro SugataGenshiro
  81. 1965Red BeardSahachi
  82. 1965The School of Flesh
  83. 1964Brand of EvilKikuchi Masaaki
  84. 1964Fright Time
  85. 1963A Woman's LifeKohei Shimizu
  86. 1963The Sun is Calling You
  87. 1963Legacy of the 500,000Tsukuda
  88. 1963High and LowGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
  89. 1962Heso no taisho
  90. 1962雪の降る街に
  91. 1962Till Tomorrow Is
  92. 1962Woman of DesignTatsuya Kurai
  93. 1961The Diplomat's MansionShinichi, Diplomat's Son, the Bartender
  94. 1960The Angry SeaYakichi
  95. 1960University Bandits