Personal Info
Birth date
1936-12-02 (88 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
Цутому Ямадзаки
山﨑努
تسوتومو یامازاکی
Tsutomu Yamazaki
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 under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Three Sisters
NYR
Overview:
The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.Roosevelt Game
8
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Based on the same-titled novel by Ikeido Jun (the writer of Hanzawa Naoki series), the drama unfolds against a backdrop of economic recession. Hosokawa Mitsuru is the current president of the core-precision tools manufacturing company, Aoshima. He was personally recruited from another company by the company's founder, Aoshima Takeshi. Needless to say, this move was not well-favored by the existing management who themselves were vying for the job. Not long after Mitsuru joined the company, the global financial crisis caused the economy to slump, and Aoshima was certainly not exempted from the ill-effects of the slump, which was accentuated by fierce competition within the industry. Realising that he needs to stem the company's cashflow crisis, Mitsuru proposes to sell the company's baseball club. However, his proposal is opposed by all the other top management, especially Sasai Kotaro, a long-serving employee who feels that he should have been promoted to President instead of Mitsuru. Mikami Fumio, who is the baseball club's manager, also tries to foil Mitsuru's plans of selling the club. Amidst all the enmity of the long-serving management, and also sabotage from a rival company, Mitsuru has to find a way to save the company from its downfall...The Trading Company
10
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An economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The US branch president of a trading company challenges Japan's internal power struggle and the North American oil market.The Black Swindler
7.4
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Kurosaki is a young man whose family was destroyed by swindlers. Despite that, Kurosaki grows up to become a con artist known as Kurosagi. As Kurosagi, he swindles other con artists and returns the money to the original victim. He works with the master swindler Katsuragi Toshio even though Toshio had a hand in the destruction of Kurosaki's family. Kurosaki's life begins to change when he meets Yoshikawa Tsurara, a young law student who disapproves of his disrespect of the law. Can she persuade Kurosaki to give up swindling and his quest for revenge?The Unspoiled Diamond
2.333
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A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.Sketchbook of Early Spring
8
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A home drama questions the modest happiness of the ordinary petty bourgeoisie through the life of a salaryman and his family.Kumokiri Nizaemon
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A Japanese television jidaigeki that was broadcast in prime-time in 1995 on Fuji TV. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title and stars Tsutomu Yamazaki. In the Kyōhō period, there was a group of bandits called Kumokiri from the people of Edo. Tokugawa shogunate appoints Abe Shikibu a head post of the Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamegata to arrest Kumokiri clan.Leaders
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Before World War II, the automobile industry in developed countries in Europe and the United States possessed formidable technological capabilities. A youth who saw this industrial might with his own eyes, returns to Japan fired up with the dream to develop the national automobile industry with his own hands. This young man’s name is Aichi Saichiro and this is the story of Aichi (Toyota) Motor Corporation.Red Cross
10
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Kiyo is a female school student in Saga Prefecture, Japan. She admires nurses and wants to be helpful to her nation. Kiyo decides to become a war nurse. She undergoes strict training and finally graduates from nursing school. Kiyo then gets her draft notice and leaves for Manchuria, China. Everyday, she takes care of injured soldiers. A Japanese immigrant in Manchuria, Wataru, brings two injured people to her. One person is Hikaru d the other injured person is a native Chinese person named Son. Kiyo persuades Army Surgeon Hideyo to treat Son and he does so in secret. Lieutenant Colonel Kisuke soon discovers about the treatment.愛と愛
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The movie stars Ayako Wakao. It depicts the emotional turmoil of a woman caught between two kinds of love: her familial love for her father and her romantic love for her partner. Co-starring are Takashi Shimura, Tsutomu Yamazaki, and others. Released in 1972.The Honest Realtor
6
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Hotshot Nagase Saichi is Tosaka Real Estate’s top realtor. He lies through his teeth and will stop at nothing to seal a deal. One day, he disturbs a monument located at a construction site. Cursed with the inability to tell a lie, he is forced to run his mouth off with things that are better left unsaid. With so many angry clients, he's got no hope of surviving as an honest realtor.High and Low
8.348
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In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.Kagemusha
7.8
Overview:
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.Kemono Michi
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The drama sheds light on the dark side of Japan connected to the political and financial world by depicting the vicissitudes of women.Red Beard
8.122
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Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.Tampopo
7.855
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In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.Blade of the Immortal
6.7
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Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.Departures
7.844
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Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.The Last Song
8.7
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Just when about to commit suicide after being deserted by his bride-to-be during the wedding, a man meets a university professor who is also at the point of killing himself. A woman nearby intervenes, one thing leads to another, and the three lost souls move in together. Each episode is a distinct story about the sometimes painful, sometimes warm romances between them and the people they meet while sharing an apartment.The Black Swindler
5.455
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There are three kinds of swindler. One, called the "WHITE SWINDLER", finds a mark and steals money. The "RED SWINDLER" preys on the other sex and steals a mark's body and soul. Then there is the "BLACK SWINDLER". Ignoring ordinary marks, targeting only the white and red swindlers, and preying on their flesh grown fat and corrupt with the money they have stolen, he is the worst of them all. There is a boy who once became a victim of a swindler and lost his family. Later, he turns into the most hideous "black swindler" to deceive only other swindlers. His name is Kurosaki. This time, he is requested by Reiko, whose daughter is sick, to hunt down a swindler named Ishigaki, who has defrauded her of money. But, behind Ishigaki, there is actually a bigger swindle which has even destabilized the Japanese economy…A Taxing Woman
6.811
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Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
7.31
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While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
6.933
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The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...Demon Pond
6.4
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When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.The Funeral
7.2
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When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.Shield of Straw
6.382
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Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.A Quiet Life
7.4
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A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.Climber's High
6.1
Overview:
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.Acting
TBA必殺仕置人 (26 Episodes) as Unknown
2022The Honest Realtor (2 Episodes) as Tsutomu Ishida
2019A Long Goodbye as Shohei Higashi
2018As a Father of Murderer Son as Yoshinaga Katsuhiko
2018Killing for the Prosecution as Yuma Shirakawa
2018The Crimes That Bind as Takamasa Kaga
2018Mori, The Artist's Habitat as Morikazu Kumagai
2017Blade of the Immortal as Kensui Ibane
2016'Kutabare' Bocchan as Unknown
2016The Magnificent Nine as Juzaburo’s Father
2015The Emperor in August as Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki
2015Red Cross (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2015Kakekomi as Bakin Kyokutei
2014Roosevelt Game (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2014Leaders (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2014Sleeping Forest as Takamasa Kaga
2013Miracle Apples as Seiji Kimura
2013Shield of Straw as Ninagawa
2012The Woodsman and the Rain as Keijiro
2012Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home as Hiroshi Higashide
2012The Wings of the Kirin as Takamasa Kaga
2011Red Finger as Unknown
2010Space Battleship Yamato as Jūzō Okita
2009Making of "Departures" as Himself
2008Departures as Ikuei Sasaki
2008Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta as Kenichi Asakura
2008Climber's High as Raizo Shirakawa
2008The Black Swindler as Toshio Katsuragi
2008The Ramen Girl as Grand Master
2007Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji as Unknown
2006Crickets as Blind Man
2006The Black Swindler (11 Episodes) as Katsuragi Toshio
2005What the Snow Brings as Tanba
2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the World as Shigezou Matsumoto
2004Shinibana as Makoto Kikushima
2003FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES as Unknown
2003Thirteen Steps as Shoji Nango
2002Fan of Hong Kong star as Unknown
2002Copycat Killer as Yoshio Arima
2002Doing Time as Hanawa
2001GO as Sugihara's Father
2001Go Heat Man! as Mysterious Harley-Davidson Man
2001High School Girl's Friend as Unknown
2001The Guys from Paradise as Katsuaki Yoshida
2001The Goblin of Mt. Kurama as Unknown
2000Tsugumi e... (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1999White-Collar Worker Kintaro as Igo
1998Wait and See as Sasaichi
1998Beautiful Sunday as Unknown
1998The Last Song (11 Episodes) as Professor Momose
1995Kumokiri Nizaemon (15 Episodes) as Unknown
1995The Abe Clan as Abe Yaich'emon
1995A Quiet Life as Father
1994Turning Point as Prime Minister Tamura
1993Samurai Kids as Sutonahiko Suminoe
1993We Are Not Alone as Unknown
1991Nakibokuro as Unknown
1990Catastrophe as Tadashi Suzuki
1989The Dancer as Count Amagata
1989Rikyu as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
1989Harimao as Major Jogasaki
1987The Making of "A Taxing Woman" as Self
1987A Taxing Woman as Hideki Gondo
1986The Making of "Tampopo" as Self
1985Tampopo as Goro
1984The Funeral as Wabisuke Inoue
1984Farewell to the Ark as Sutekichi Tokito
1983Sketchbook of Early Spring (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Lovers Lost as Tetsuo Takeuchi
1982The Unspoiled Diamond as Ichiro Mimura
1982Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child... as Unknown
1982Kemono Michi (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1981Play it, Boogie-Woogie as Mustang Man
1980The Trading Company (4 Episodes) as Jiro Uesugi
1980Magnitude 7.9 as Unknown
1980Kagemusha as Nobukado Takeda
1979Demon Pond as Gaukuen Yamazaki
1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Shingo Takagi
1978August without Emperor as Tadashi Tojo
1977Village of Eight Gravestones as Hisashi Tajimi
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss as Tetsuya Kusunoki
1972Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori as Zengo Kakimoto
1972Cross-Currents as Unknown
1972愛と愛 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Human Target as Yamabe
1971Kaoyaku as Toshio Sugiura
1970The Summit of Mt. Fuji as Takeshi Ishizuka
1969Tora-san's Cherished Mother as Fujimura
1968Where did Sharaku go? as Unknown
1967Clouds at Sunset as Unknown
1967Three Sisters (52 Episodes) as Aoe Kingoro
1965Stairs of Evil as Iwao
1965The White Rose of Hong Kong as Shiro Matsumoto
1965Sanshiro Sugata as Genshiro
1965Red Beard as Sahachi
1965The School of Flesh as Unknown
1964Brand of Evil as Kikuchi Masaaki
1963A Woman's Life as Kohei Shimizu
1963The Sun is Calling You as Unknown
1963Legacy of the 500,000 as Tsukuda
1963High and Low as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
1962Heso no taisho as Unknown
1962雪の降る街に as Unknown
1962Till Tomorow Comes as Unknown
1962Woman of Design as Tatsuya Kurai
1960The Angry Sea as Yakichi
1960Girls Behind Bars as Unknown