Tsutomu Yamazaki
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 2, 1936 Matsudo, Chiba, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Tsutomu Yamazaki (山崎 努 Yamazaki Tsutomu?, born December 2, 1936) is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for The Funeral and Farewell to the Ark.
Yamazaki made his film debut in 1963, as the kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's High And Low. He worked with Kurosawa twice more: in the director's next film, 1965's Red Beard, then fifteen years later, in Kagemusha. He starred, as a trucker who resembles John Wayne in Tampopo (1985) as well as co-starring in The Ramen Girl (2008) with Brittany Murphy.
He also played a supporting role in Yojiro Takita's Departures.
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