Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Actor

Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
December 2, 1936

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.

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Tsutomu Yamazaki 2

Representative Works

High and Low
High and Low
8.4
/ Japanese
Kagemusha
Kagemusha
7.8
/ Japanese
Departures
Departures
7.9
/ Japanese
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata
7.1
/ Japanese
Red Beard
Red Beard
8.2
/ Japanese
Blade of the Immortal
Blade of the Immortal
6.7
/ Japanese
The Unspoiled Diamond
The Unspoiled Diamond
4.3
/ Japanese
Tampopo
Tampopo
7.8
/ Japanese
The Ramen Girl
The Ramen Girl
6.5
/ English
The Magnificent Nine
The Magnificent Nine
5.6
/ Japanese
A Taxing Woman
A Taxing Woman
6.7
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

High and Low
1963Winner

Best Performance

High and Low

Kagemusha
1980Winner

Best Performance

Kagemusha

Departures
2008Winner

Best Performance

Departures

Career Highlights

Sanshiro Sugata
1965Highlight

Best Performance

Sanshiro Sugata

Red Beard
1965Highlight

Best Performance

Red Beard