Best movies of Tsutomu Yamazaki

Actors : Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Yôjirô Takita,

A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Jûzô Itami,

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

Actors : Reiko Dan, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

In 19th century Japan, a rough tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

Actors : Yôsuke Kubozuka, Ko Shibasaki, Shinobu Ohtake, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Isao Yukisada,

Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot.

Actors : Yasuo Daichi, Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Jûzô Itami,

If tax evasion is an art, wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo is Rembrandt. And so, a determined taxing woman gets the tough assignment of trying to catch him.

Actors : Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Jûzô Itami,

At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. The remainder of the film is episodic, moving from one incident to another over the ...

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Kengo Kôra, Shun Oguri, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Shûichi Okita,

Rookie movie director Koichi and his crew travels to the mountain village of Yamamura to film his next movie. The villagers are eventually enlisted to help film the movie and, in particular...

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Kyôko Kishida, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Hiroshi Teshigahara,

Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions.

Actors : Hua Rong Weng, Kôji Kikkawa, Ken'ichi Endô, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Takashi Miike,

Actors : Yutaka Matsushige, Teruyuki Kagawa, Tomorô Taguchi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Yôichi Sai,

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.

Actors : Masahiro Nakai, Kanji Tsuda, Takashi Fujii, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Yoshimitsu Morita,

Actors : Kankurô Kudô, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Takashi Sorimachi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Masahiko Nagasawa,

A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.

Actors : Masahiro Motoki, Kôji Yakusho, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Masato Harada,

The War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.

Actors : Yûdai Chiba, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Yoshihiro Nakamura,

It is eighteenth century Japan and the residents of a poor town lead a typically meagre life. Then nine residents, which include Juzaburo, hatch a scheme to improve their lots by running a ...

Actors : Junpei Mizobata, Hiroshi Abe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Rena Tanaka,
Directors : Katsuo Fukuzawa,

Michiko came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi, but is instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police is having a hard time finding clues and solving the case. There ...

Actors : Eiji Okada, Takashi Shimura, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Seiichirô Uchikawa,

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of ...

Actors : Mayumi Ogawa, Yôko Yamamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.

Actors : Gô Katô, Tamasaburô Bandô, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kôji Nanbara,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates ...

Actors : Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada, Yôko Takahashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Shûji Terayama,

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.