Tsutomu Yamazaki is a famous Japanese actor. He has starred in the films Red Beard, The Gone, Heaven and Hell, Judo Genius and Kagemusha: Shadow of the Warrior. He is also familiar to viewers from the Kurosagi series.
Biography
The actor was born on December 2, 1936. Tsutomu Yamazaki was born in Matsudo, a city located in Chibe Prefecture in Japan. His wife is Hikaru Maizumi. She was previously a member of the successful group Takarazuka Revue. Tsutomu's daughter is actress Naoko Yamazaki. Together with her father, she played in the TV series "Kurosagi". The actor was educated at Tokyo Metropolitan Ueno High School. He then enrolled at the Japanese Hayyuz Theater Company in Tokyo.
He then worked in one of Japan's top 3 classical shingeki theaters, Bungakuze. This theater was founded by the legendary Japanese playwrights Kunio Kishida, Tvoeo Iwata and Mantaro Kubata in 1937. Then he was a member of the theatrical troupe "Cloud", which was organized in 1963, and in 1975 it had already ceased to exist. Yamazaki took part in theatrical productions of Kihachi Okamoto.
The beginning of a film career
In the 1960s, Tsutomu began acting in films. He has starred in the Japanese films Daigaku no sanzôkutachi, Chi no hate ni ikuru mono, Sono bashoni onna arite, and Ashita aru kagiri. In 1962, he landed a role in the drama My Daughter and Me. The film tells about a family whose members had to leave. Father and daughter leave for Japan, leaving their French mother at home. The actor's partners on the set were Yuriko Hoshi, So Yamamura and Setsuko Hara. Then Tsutomu got a role in the 1963 film "Heaven and Hell". His character is a medical intern. In the story, a ransom is demanded from a rich man for his son. In fact, the kidnappers made a mistake and took the boy from the driver's family. A wealthy man is faced with a choice - whether to give a large sum for the child of his employee? In the same year, the actor played in the films The Legacy of Five Hundred Thousand and The Fate of a Woman. Later he was invited to the films Aku no monsho and Nikutai no gakko.
In 1965, he could be seen in the drama "Red Beard" about a hospital for the poor. A young doctor who enters the service there does not immediately accept the strict rules and manner of communication of the chief doctor. In the same year, Tsutomu starred in the films The Genius of Judo and Honkon no shiroibara. This was followed by a small creative break in Yamazaki's career. After 4 years he was invited to the film "Tora-san's Loving Mother", where the main roles were played by Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baise, Tete Miyako and Orie Sato. He later appeared in the 1971 films Kaoyaku, Kuro no honryu, and Onna ikitemasu: Sakariba wataridori 1972.
Creation
In 1975, the actor got a role in the crime thriller "New battles without honor and pity 2". In the center of the plot - conflicts of criminal gangs. After 2 years, he got one of the main roles in the Japanese horror film "The Village of Eight Graves" about an ancient curse that hangs over the inhabitants. The following year, the actor could be seen in the thriller about the upcoming coup d'état "August without the Emperor." Then he played one of the central characters in the fantastic melodrama "Demon's Pond" in 1979. Yamazaki starred in the action movie Kagemusha: Warrior's Shadow, the earthquake film The Archipelago in Convulsions, the Slow Dance drama with Atsuko Asano and Masato Furuoya, and Kinji Fukasaku's Dotonbori River film about an orphan boy. In 1983, he landed a role in the Japanese-American Automobile War mini-series. His character is Makoto. Then there were roles in the films Farewell, Ark, Funeral, Dandelion and Tax Collector. In all films, Yamazaki received prominent roles. In the late 1980s, he was seen in the drama Sweet Home and the historical film Rikyu, about a Buddhist monk who was cultivating a tea ceremony. Later, Yamazaki was included in the cast of the 1993 film Children of the Samurai. He could be seen in the films "Quiet Life", "Wonderful Sunday", "Wait and See" and "Servant of Kintaro".
In the early 2000s, he played in the films "Boys from Paradise" and "Go!". Then he was invited to the film "Go". 2002 brought the actor roles in the films "Wannabe" and "Serving Time". Later he played in the film "13 steps". In 2004, he could be seen in the films Mourning Love in the Heart of the World and Sinibana. He was then invited to appear in What Snow Brought, the Kurosagi miniseries, Crickets and Kurosagi: The Black Swindler. He also got a role in the films "Gone", "Sushi-girl" and "Loner". In 2010, the fantastic picture "2199: A Space Odyssey" was released with the participation of Tsutomu. Then there were roles in the films "Scarlet Fingers", "Lumberjack and Rain", "Winged Kirin" and "Hayabusa Spaceship: The Long Way Home".
In 2012, she played Iwata in the series Funeral Organizer. According to the scenario, after the death of his father, the main character inherits a family business - a funeral agency. Later, the actor could be seen in the films "Straw Shield", "Miracle Apples", "Kakekomi" and "Emperor in August". The actor's filmography includes roles in the films "Sir, where are my interest?", "Blade of the Immortal" and "Until the curtain falls." The actor's recent work includes roles in The Place Where Mori Lives by Shuichi Okita, Criminal for the Attorney Masato Harada and The Long Goodbye, which was shown at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
