Tsutomu Yamazaki

Known for: Acting
Born: December 2, 1936, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Movies: 99

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.

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Upcoming Tsutomu Yamazaki Movies

Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -

2026

October 28, 2026

Best-Known Movies

8.4

High and Low

1963

7.9

Departures

2008

7.8

Kagemusha

1980

6.7

Blade of the Immortal

2017

7.8

Tampopo

1985

8.2

Red Beard

1965

6.5

The Ramen Girl

2008

6.4

Space Battleship Yamato

2010

6.4

Shield of Straw

2013

7.4

2001

Filmography

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

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