Tsutomu Yamazaki
Born 1936 · Japanese actor (1936-)
Tsutomu Yamazaki is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for The Funeral and Farewell to the Ark. Yamazaki is known for his roles as Goro in Tampopo (1985) and Nenbutsu no Tetsu on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu Shiokinin and Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin.
Tsutomu Yamazaki, in order
- 1960 University Bandits: acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto
- 1963 High and Low: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 97%, audiences 95% · streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
- 1963 Legacy of the 500,000: acted · directed by Toshirō Mifune
- 1964 Fright Time: acted · directed by Katsuki Iwauchi
- 1965 Red Beard: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 73%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Criterion Channel
- 1965 Stairs Of Evil: acted · directed by Hideo Suzuki
- 1967 Clouds at Sunset: acted · directed by Masahiro Shinoda
- 1969 Tora-san's Cherished Mother: acted · directed by Yōji Yamada
- 1971 Human Target: acted · directed by Umetsugu Inoue
- 1973 Hissatsu Shiokinin (TV series): acted · directed by Eiichi Kudo
- 1976 Hissatsu Karakurinin Keppūhen (TV series): acted · directed by Eiichi Kudo
- 1977 Village of the Eight Tombs: acted · directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
- 1980 Kagemusha: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 89%, audiences 92%
- 1982 Dotonbori River: acted · directed by Kinji Fukasaku
- 1984 Farewell to the Ark: acted · directed by Shūji Terayama
- 1984 The Funeral: acted · directed by Jūzō Itami
- 1985 Tampopo: acted · directed by Jūzō Itami
- 1987 A Taxing Woman: acted · directed by Jūzō Itami
- 1989 Rikyu: acted · directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
- 1995 Kumokiri Nizaemon (TV series): acted · directed by Eiichi Kudo
- 1998 Wait and See: acted · directed by Shinji Sōmai
- 1999 Salaryman Kintarō: acted · directed by Takashi Miike
- 2001 Go: acted · directed by Isao Yukisada
- 2001 The Guys from Paradise: acted · directed by Takashi Miike
- 2002 Doing Time: acted · directed by Yoichi Sai
- 2002 Mobōhan: acted · directed by Yoshimitsu Morita
- 2003 Climber's High (TV movie): acted · directed by Masato Harada
- 2004 Crying Out Love in the Center of the World: acted · directed by Isao Yukisada
- 2006 Crickets: acted · directed by Shinji Aoyama
- 2007 Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji: acted · directed by Tetsu Maeda
- 2008 Departures: acted · directed by Yōjirō Takita
- 2010 Space Battleship Yamato: acted · directed by Takashi Yamazaki
- 2011 The Woodsman and the Rain: acted · directed by Shūichi Okita
- 2013 Shield of Straw: acted · directed by Takashi Miike
- 2015 The Emperor in August: acted · directed by Masato Harada
- 2018 The Crimes That Bind: acted · directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa