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# Tsutomu Yamazaki

Actor. Born 2 December 1936 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 December 1936, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
- **Also known as:** Цутому Ямадзаки, 山﨑努, تسوتومو یامازاکی

## Biography

Tsutomu Yamazaki is a Japanese actor born on 2 December 1936 in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. He trained at the Haiyuza Theatre Company and joined Bungakuza in 1959. His film debut came in 1960 in Kihachi Okamoto's *Daigaku no sanzôkutachi*.

Yamazaki is known for roles in Akira Kurosawa films including *High and Low* (1963) as Ginjirô Takeuchi, *Red Beard* (1965) and *Kagemusha* (1980). Other notable credits include *Tampopo* (1985), *Departures* (2008) and *Blade of the Immortal* (2017). He has appeared in Juzo Itami comedies and the television series *Hissatsu Shiokinin*.

He received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1961 and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for *The Funeral* and *Farewell to the Ark*. Yamazaki has been nominated for seven Japanese Academy Awards, winning Best Actor for *The Funeral* and *A Taxing Woman*, and Best Supporting Actor for *GO* (2001) and *Departures*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)

## Also known for

- *Departures* (2008), Ikuei Sasaki
- *Kagemusha* (1980), Nobukado Takeda
- *Blade of the Immortal* (2017), Kensui Ibane
- *Tampopo* (1985), Goro
- *Red Beard* (1965), Sahachi
- *The Ramen Girl* (2008), Grand Master
- *Space Battleship Yamato* (2010), Jūzō Okita
- *Shield of Straw* (2013), Ninagawa

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