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Tsutomu Yamazaki - what members say


  • Departures
  • Departures review by A customer from London
    Rated - 3 stars Interesting Story 27 July 2009
    ...al templates. Strong ensemble to provide fluid support to the movie, especially Tsutomu Yamazaki's subtle portrayal of the funeral home director, despite the lack of dialogue, ...  

Tsutomu Yamazaki - filmography


  • Departures
  • Departures (2008)
    Starring: Masahiro Motoki,  Tsutomu Yamazaki,  Ryoko Hirosue
    Director: Yojiro Takita
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When cellist Daigo Kobayashi finds himself unemployed, he returns with his wife to his hometown and answers an ad he believes has been placed by a travel agency. The available position, however, turns out to be with a company that prepares corpses for cremation--an elaborate ritual for which the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 28 members
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  • A Taxing Woman
  • A Taxing Woman (1987)
    Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto,  Tsutomu Yamazaki,  Masahiko Tsugawa
    Director: Juzo Itami
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A Taxing Woman is the subtly hilarious tale of Ryoko, Tokyo's hardest working female tax inspector. The ruthless diligence of this innocent looking heroine is matched only by the intricate deceptions of Gondo, tax cheat extraordinaire. When Ryoko chances on one of Tokyo's busiest "love hotels," ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 8 members
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  • Tampopo
  • Tampopo (1985)
    Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto,  Tsutomu Yamazaki,  Ken Watanabe
    Director: Juzo Itami
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Described as the 'first Japanese noodle western', this amusing tale offers a satirical view of the relationship between food and sex, one of the director's favourite topics.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 82% from 216 members
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Tsutomu Yamazaki facts

5 most recent films

Departures - 4.0 stars
A Taxing Woman - 3.0 stars
Tampopo - 4.0 stars
Kagemusha - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Tampopo - 4.0 stars
Kagemusha - 3.5 stars
Departures - 4.0 stars
A Taxing Woman - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Taxing Woman - 3.0 stars
Departures - 4.0 stars
Kagemusha - 3.5 stars
Tampopo - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nobuko Miyamoto - 2 times - show films
Takashi Shimura - 1 times - show films
Mariko Okada - 1 times - show films
Hideji Otaki - 1 times - show films
Kenichi Hagiwara - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Juzo Itami - 2 times - show films
Yojiro Takita - 1 times - show films
Akira Kurosawa - 1 times - show films