
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

The Unspoiled Diamond (1982)
as Ichiro Mimura

Kagemusha (1980)
as Nobukado Takeda

Red Beard (1965)
as Sahachi

Tampopo (1985)
as Goro

Blade of the Immortal (2017)
as Kensui Ibane

Departures (2008)
as Ikuei Sasaki

The Ramen Girl (2008)
as Grand Master

Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
as Jūzō Okita

GO (2001)
as Sugihara's Father

Lovers Lost (1982)
as Tetsuo Takeuchi

Play it, Boogie-Woogie (1981)
as Mustang Man

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
as Shigezou Matsumoto

The Funeral (1984)
as Wabisuke Inoue

The Wings of the Kirin (2012)
as Takamasa Kaga

The Crimes That Bind (2018)
as Takamasa Kaga

A Taxing Woman (1987)
as Hideki Gondo

The Emperor in August (2015)
as Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki

The Magnificent Nine (2016)
as Juzaburo’s Father

Killing for the Prosecution (2018)
as Yuma Shirakawa

Shield of Straw (2013)
as Ninagawa

Climber's High (2008)
as Raizo Shirakawa

Rikyu (1989)
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Wait and See (1998)
as Sasaichi

Sleeping Forest (2014)
as Takamasa Kaga

A Quiet Life (1995)
as Father

Farewell to the Ark (1984)
as Sutekichi Tokito

Demon Pond (1979)
as Gaukuen Yamazaki

Copycat Killer (2002)
as Yoshio Arima

Doing Time (2002)
as Hanawa

Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
as Hisashi Tajimi

Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
as Genshiro

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
as Tetsuya Kusunoki

Miracle Apples (2013)
as Seiji Kimura

August Without Emperor (1978)
as Tadashi Tojo

The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)
as Keijiro

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012)
as Hiroshi Higashide

The Black Swindler (2008)
as Toshio Katsuragi

Crickets (2006)
as Blind Man

A Woman's Life (1963)
as Kohei Shimizu

The Guys from Paradise (2001)
as Katsuaki Yoshida

White-Collar Worker Kintaro (1999)
as Igo

Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji (2007)
Actor

Woman of Design (1962)
as Tatsuya Kurai

What the Snow Brings (2005)
as Tanba

A Long Goodbye (2019)
as Shohei Higashi

Kakekomi (2015)
as Bakin Kyokutei

Red Finger (2011)
as Takamasa Kaga

Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2018)
as Morikazu Kumagai

The White Rose of Hong Kong (1965)
as Shiro Matsumoto

Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)
as Fujimura

The Abe Clan (1995)
as Abe Yaich'emon

Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
Actor

Thirteen Steps (2003)
as Shoji Nango

Brand of Evil (1964)
as Kikuchi Masaaki

Go Heat Man! (2001)
as Mysterious Harley-Davidson Man

Samurai Kids (1993)
as Sutonahiko Suminoe

Turning Point (1994)
as Prime Minister Tamura

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)
as Shingo Takagi

Till Tomorrow Is (1962)
Actor

The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970)
as Takeshi Ishizuka

Human Target (1971)
as Yamabe

Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child... (1982)
Actor

Stairs of Evil (1965)
as Iwao

Legacy of the 500,000 (1963)
as Tsukuda

Cross-Currents (1972)
Actor

We Are Not Alone (1993)
Actor

Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta (2008)
as Kenichi Asakura

The School of Flesh (1965)
Actor

Heso no taisho (1962)
Actor

The Dancer (1989)
as Count Amagata

The Goblin of Mt. Kurama (2001)
Actor

Harimao (1989)
as Major Jogasaki

Catastrophe (1990)
as Tadashi Suzuki

Fan of Hong Kong star (2002)
Actor

Where did Sharaku go? (1968)
Actor

Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori (1972)
as Zengo Kakimoto

The Sun is Calling You (1963)
Actor

Nakibokuro (1991)
Actor

As a Father of Murderer Son (2018)
as Yoshinaga Katsuhiko

Shinibana (2004)
as Makoto Kikushima

雪の降る街に (1962)
Actor

The Angry Sea (1960)
as Yakichi

映画『正直不動産』 (2026)
Actor

Beautiful Sunday (1998)
Actor

University Bandits (1960)
Actor

The Making of "A Taxing Woman" (1987)
as Self

High School Girl's Friend (2001)
Actor

FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES (2003)
Actor

The Making of "Tampopo" (1986)
as Self

Clouds at Sunset (1967)
Actor

Kaoyaku (1971)
as Toshio Sugiura

Making of "Departures" (2009)
as Himself

'Kutabare' Bocchan (2016)
Actor

Fright Time (1964)
Actor

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編 (1997)
Actor

The Diplomat's Mansion (1961)
as Shinichi, Diplomat's Son, the Bartender
Tsutomu Yamazaki on 'High and Low' (—)
as Self





