--- name: "Satoshi Tsumabuki" canonical: "https://film.one/person/satoshi-tsumabuki" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 December 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T12:38:42.925784+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Satoshi Tsumabuki Actor. Born 13 December 1980 in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 December 1980, Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan - **Also known as:** 츠마부키 사토시, つまぶき さとし, 妻夫木聪 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Tsumabuki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1343721, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1070494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80108 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*The Assassin*](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Satoshi Tsumabuki is a Japanese actor. Born on 13 December 1980 in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, he made his screen debut in the late 1990s and achieved his breakthrough with the lead role in the 2001 film *Waterboys*. For that performance he received a nomination for Best Actor at the Japan Academy Film Prizes and won the Newcomer of the Year award. He has since appeared in numerous Japanese and international productions, including *Josee, the Tiger and the Fish* (2003), *Dororo* (2007), *The World of Kanako* (2014), *The Assassin* (2015) as the Mirror Polisher, and the *Detective Chinatown* series (2018–2021). Tsumabuki is also the bassist and lead singer of the band Basking Lite. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, m.the-numbers.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Assassin* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Mirror Polisher — [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md) ## Complete filmography (107) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *One Last Love Letter* (2026), Acting - *The Royal Family* (2025), series, as Eiji Kurisu - *Hero's Island* (2025), as Gusuku - *Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special* (2025), Acting - *The Real You* (2024), as Masato Nozaki - *All Lives* (2024), Acting - *Get Ready!* (2023), series, as Eisuke Hazama - *A Man* (2022), as Akira Kido - *Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu* (2021), as Taichi Torii - *Detective Chinatown 3* (2021), as Noda Hiroshi - *Stand by Me Doraemon 2* (2020), as Adult Nobita (voice) - *Dangerous Venus* (2020), series, as Hakuro Teshima - *The Asadas!* (2020), as Yukihiro Asada - *I Never Shot Anyone* (2020), as Tomoya Imanishi - *Not Quite Dead Yet* (2020), as Crown Hotel manager - *Red* (2020), as Akihiko Kurata - *The 47 Rōnin in Debt* (2019), as Hannojo Sugaya - *When a Tree Falls* (2019), as Satoshi Kayama - *“シュガー&シュガー”サカナクションの音楽実験番組* (2019), series, Acting - *キネマと恋人* (2019), series, Acting - *Paradise Next* (2019), as Makino - *It Comes* (2018), as Hideki Tahara - *The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan* (2018), as Wataru Fuyuno - *What a Wonderful Family! 3* (2018), as Shoto Hirata - *Innocent Days* (2018), series, as Sasaki Shinichi, Development Manager - *Detective Chinatown 2* (2018), as Noda Hiroshi - *Tornado Girl* (2017), as Yuji Koroki - *What a Wonderful Family! 2* (2017), as Shota Hirata - *Traces of Sin* (2017), as Takeshi Tanaka - *Ashiato Hime* (2017), series, Acting - *Museum* (2016), as The Frog Man - *Rage* (2016), as Yuma Fujita - *Kidnap Tour* (2016), as Takashi - *The Magnificent Nine* (2016), as Jinnai Asanoya - *What a Wonderful Family!* (2016), as Shota Hirata - *Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection* (2015), Acting - *The Assassin* (2015), as Mirror Polisher — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md) - *The Vancouver Asahi* (2014), as Reji Kasahara - *Lady Maiko* (2014), as Yuichiro Akaki - *Stand by Me Doraemon* (2014), as Adult Nobita (voice) - *All About My Siblings* (2014), series, as Asahi Sato - *The World of Kanako* (2014), as Detective Asai - *Our Family* (2014), as Kousuke Wakana - *The Little House* (2014), as Takeshi - *Judge!* (2014), as Kiichiro Ota - *The Kiyosu Conference* (2013), as Nobukatsu Oda - *A Chair on the Plains* (2013), as Juzo Togashi - *Tokyo Family* (2013), as Masatsugu, Shuji Hirayama - *Fly with the Gold* (2012), as Kota - *Keigo Higashino Mysteries* (2012), series, Acting - *For Love's Sake* (2012), as Makoto Taiga - *Smuggler* (2011), as Ryōsuke Kinuta - *My Back Page* (2011), as Masami Sawada - *Villain* (2010), as Shimizu - *Surely Someday* (2010), as Police Officer A - *Villon's Wife* (2009), as Okada - *The Boat* (2009), as Toru - *Pandemic* (2009), as Tsuyoshi Matsuoka - *Heart of a Samurai* (2009), series, Acting - *School Days with a Pig* (2008), as Mr. Hoshi - *Paco and the Magical Book* (2008), as Muromachi - *Tokyo!* (2008), as Takeshi (segment "Interior Design") - *Children of the Dark* (2008), as Hiroaki Yoshida - *The Magic Hour* (2008), as Bingo - *Welcome to the Quiet Room* (2007), as Komono - *High and Low* (2007), as 竹内銀次郎 - *The Haunted Samurai* (2007), as Bessho Hikoshiro - *Tokyo Rhapsody* (2007), Acting - *Dororo* (2007), as Hyakkimaru - *Tears for You* (2006), as Yotaro Shingaki - *It's Only Talk* (2006), as Noboru - *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* (2006), as Exceedingly Handsome Guy - *Spring Snow* (2005), as Kiyoaki Matsugae - *Slow Dance* (2005), series, as Riichi Serizawa - *Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Spring Special* (2005), as 内尾雄太 - *Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims* (2005), as Phantom Yaji - *Tetsujin 28: The Movie* (2005), as Windchime Seller - *Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean* (2005), as Yukito Origasa - *Thirty Lies or So* (2004), as Sasaki - *People Without a Fort* (2004), as Yahiro Kiichiro - *69* (2004), as Kenichi Yazaki - *Orange Days* (2004), series, as Kai Yuuki - *A Day on the Planet* (2004), as Nakazawa - *Josee, the Tiger and the Fish* (2003), as Tsuneo - *Dragon Head* (2003), as Teru Aoki - *Farewell, Kuro* (2003), as Ryosuke Kimura - *Say Hello to Black Jack* (2003), series, Acting - *Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP* (2003), as Fujio ‘Saru’ Saitō - *Jam Films* (2002), Acting - *The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine* (2002), series, as Nabeshima Junzaburo - *Sabu* (2002), as Sabu - *Wedding Planner SWEET Delivery* (2002), series, as Narumi Syuhei - *Tokyo Nukemichi Girl* (2002), series, Acting - *Kisarazu Cat's Eye* (2002), series, Acting - *Long Love Letter* (2002), series, as Fujisawa Ryuta - *Chûshingura 1/47* (2001), as Gunbe Takada - *Waterboys* (2001), as Suzuki - *Shotgun Marriage* (2001), series, as Takumi Shinjo - *Shotgun Marriage Special* (2001), Acting - *Tomie: Rebirth* (2001), as Takumi Aoyama - *Kabachitare!* (2001), series, as Kazuya Machida - *Ikebukuro West Gate Park* (2000), series, as Fujio 'Saru' Saitō - *GTO: The Movie* (1999), as Kawarasaki - *Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland* (1999), Acting - *Omizu no Hanamichi* (1999), series, Acting - *The Dimension Travelers* (1998), as Koichi Iwata - *Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen* (1990), series, Acting ## Gallery - ![Satoshi Tsumabuki](https://film.one/media/person/695518/gallery-3976152a2226.jpg) Satoshi Tsumabuki — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Satoshi_Tsumabuki_Cannes_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![​臺北客運大客車前門，行駛綠1線，行經臺北市信義區基隆路一段。 (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/695518/gallery-c7ea752555d6.jpg) ​臺北客運大客車前門，行駛綠1線，行經臺北市信義區基隆路一段。 (2006) — LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Taipei_Bus_Company_G1_13-10-2006.jpg/1280px-Taipei_Bus_Company_G1_13-10-2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![츠마부키 사토시 (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/695518/gallery-5df115052b43.jpg) 츠마부키 사토시 (2016) — uomo 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/%EC%B8%A0%EB%A7%88%EB%B6%80%ED%82%A4_%EC%82%AC%ED%86%A0%EC%8B%9C.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Satoshi Tsumabuki](https://film.one/media/person/695518/gallery-9f8a4ecad0bb.jpg) Satoshi Tsumabuki — Image via TMDB - ![Satoshi Tsumabuki](https://film.one/media/person/695518/gallery-aaadde4ced5e.jpg) Satoshi Tsumabuki — Image via TMDB - ![Satoshi Tsumabuki](https://film.one/media/person/695518/gallery-b7f249daac6c.jpg) Satoshi Tsumabuki — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 2011: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor (won) - Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 2002: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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