Tsutomu Yamazaki
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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 under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
High and Low (1963)
as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Kagemusha (1980)
as Nobukado Takeda
Departures (2008)
as Ikuei Sasaki
Red Beard (1965)
as Sahachi
The Ramen Girl (2008)
as Grand Master
Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
as Jūzō Okita
Tampopo (1985)
as Goro
Blade of the Immortal (2017)
as Kensui Ibane
The Funeral (1984)
as Wabisuke Inoue
The Unspoiled Diamond (1982)
as Ichiro Mimura
A Taxing Woman (1987)
as Hideki Gondo
Rikyu (1989)
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Shield of Straw (2013)
as Ninagawa
GO (2001)
as Sugihara's Father
The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)
as Keijiro
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
as Shigezou Matsumoto
Killing for the Prosecution (2018)
as Yuma Shirakawa
The Magnificent Nine (2016)
as Juzaburo’s Father
The Wings of the Kirin (2012)
as Takamasa Kaga
Demon Pond (1979)
as Gaukuen Yamazaki
Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
as Hisashi Tajimi
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012)
as Hiroshi Higashide
Farewell to the Ark (1984)
as Sutekichi Tokito
Samurai Kids (1993)
as Sutonahiko Suminoe
Lovers Lost (1982)
as Tetsuo Takeuchi
映画『正直不動産』 (2026)
Actor
Kakekomi (2015)
as Bakin Kyokutei
The Crimes That Bind (2018)
as Takamasa Kaga
The Emperor in August (2015)
as Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
as Tetsuya Kusunoki
Miracle Apples (2013)
as Seiji Kimura
Play it, Boogie-Woogie (1981)
as Mustang Man
Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)
as Fujimura
Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2018)
as Morikazu Kumagai
Legacy of the 500,000 (1963)
as Tsukuda
Doing Time (2002)
as Hanawa
The Guys from Paradise (2001)
as Katsuaki Yoshida
Kaoyaku (1971)
as Toshio Sugiura
A Quiet Life (1995)
as Father
A Long Goodbye (2019)
as Shohei Higashi
Turning Point (1994)
as Prime Minister Tamura
Blooming Again (2004)
as Makoto Kikushima
A Woman's Life (1963)
as Kohei Shimizu
Red Finger (2011)
as Takamasa Kaga
Wait and See (1998)
as Sasaichi
August Without Emperor (1978)
as Tadashi Tojo
Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
Actor
Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
as Genshiro
The Black Swindler (2008)
as Toshio Katsuragi
Sleeping Forest (2014)
as Takamasa Kaga
We Are Not Alone (1993)
Actor
Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji (2007)
Actor
Go Heat Man! (2001)
as Mysterious Harley-Davidson Man
Copycat Killer (2002)
as Yoshio Arima
FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES (2003)
Actor
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)
as Shingo Takagi
The Angry Sea (1960)
as Yakichi
As a Father of Murderer Son (2018)
as Yoshinaga Katsuhiko
The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970)
as Takeshi Ishizuka
The School of Flesh (1965)
Actor
Climber's High (2008)
as Raizo Shirakawa
Thirteen Steps (2003)
as Shoji Nango
Brand of Evil (1964)
as Kikuchi Masaaki
Stairs of Evil (1965)
as Iwao
The Diplomat's Mansion (1961)
as Shinichi, Diplomat's Son, the Bartender
Harimao (1989)
as Major Jogasaki
High School Girl's Friend (2001)
Actor
Fright Time (1964)
Actor
University Bandits (1960)
Actor
Human Target (1971)
as Yamabe
Cross-Currents (1972)
Actor
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama (2001)
Actor
The Making of "Tampopo" (1986)
as Self
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori (1972)
as Zengo Kakimoto
The Dancer (1989)
as Count Amagata
The White Rose of Hong Kong (1965)
as Shiro Matsumoto
Where did Sharaku go? (1968)
Actor
Woman of Design (1962)
as Tatsuya Kurai
Clouds at Sunset (1967)
Actor
世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編 (1997)
Actor
Heso no taisho (1962)
Actor
Making of "Departures" (2009)
as Himself
The Abe Clan (1995)
as Abe Yaich'emon
What the Snow Brings (2005)
as Tanba
Crickets (2006)
as Blind Man
Beautiful Sunday (1998)
Actor
White-Collar Worker Kintaro (1999)
as Igo
Till Tomorrow Is (1962)
Actor
Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta (2008)
as Kenichi Asakura
Fan of Hong Kong star (2002)
Actor
Nakibokuro (1991)
Actor
Love Song of the Old Capital (1997)
Actor
The Making of "A Taxing Woman" (1987)
as Self
Catastrophe (1990)
as Tadashi Suzuki
雪の降る街に (1962)
Actor
Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child... (1982)
Actor
The Sun is Calling You (1963)
Actor
'Kutabare' Bocchan (2016)
Actor
Tsutomu Yamazaki on 'High and Low' (—)
as Self
Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder - (2026)
as Self