Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki ( Japanese山 﨑 努, Yamazaki Tsutomu ; born December 2, 1936 in Matsudo , Chiba Prefecture ) is a Japanese actor .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1956, Yamazaki began an acting training with the theater company "Haiyū-za". He made his acting debut in 1960 under the direction of Kihachi Okamoto in the film Daigaku no sanzōkutachi , before taking part in many other theater and film productions. Akira Kurosawa first cast him in 1963 in Tengoku to Jigoku , where he played a nihilistic kidnapper. From then on he often appeared in criminal roles; In 1977 he played a gunman in Yoshitarō Nomuras Yatsuhaka-mura . In the mid-1980s, he gained widespread popularity in Jūzō Itami's films Osōshiki (1984), Tampopo (1985) and Marusa no Onna (1987).
Awards
Yamazaki has been nominated eight times for the Japanese Academy Award , which he won four times. He was also awarded the Kinema Jumpō Prize three times. For the film Osōshiki , in which he also directed for the first time, he received many Japanese film awards, including the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Director.
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: Daigaku no sanzōkutachi
- 1961: Tōkyō Yowa
- 1962: Sono Basho ni Onna ari-te
- 1963: Between Heaven and Hell (Tengoku to Jigoku)
- 1964: Aku no Monshō
- 1965: Nikutai no Gakkō
- 1965: Aku no Kaidan
- 1965: Rotbart (Akahige)
- 1967: Akane-gumo
- 1974: Hissatsu Shikane-nin: Shunrai Shikake-bari
- 1977: Yatsuhaka-mura
- 1979: Yasha-ga-ike
- 1980: Kagemusha - The Warrior's Shadow (Kagemusha)
- 1981: Surōna Bugi ni shitekura
- 1982: Daiyamondo wa Kizu-tsukanai
- 1984: Saraba hakobune
- 1984: burial ceremony (Osōshiki)
- 1985: Tampopo (Tampopo)
- 1987: The tax investigator (Marusa no Onna)
- 1989: Rikyu, the tea master
- 1989: Maihime
- 1989: Harimao
- 1993: Bokura wa minna ikiteiru
- 1993: Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu
- 1998: Ah haru
- 2000: The Guys from Paradise - The Hell of Manila (Tengoku kara kita otoko-tachi)
- 2001: Go (Gō)
- 2008: The Ramen Girl
- 2008: Nokan - The Art of Fading Out (Okuribito)
- 2009: Kamui Gaiden
- 2010: Space Battleship Yamato
- 2011: The Woodsman And The Rain
Web links
- Tsutomu Yamazaki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yamazaki, Tsutomu |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 山 﨑 努 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Matsudo , Chiba Prefecture |