is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for The Funeral and Farewell to the Ark. Yamazaki is known for his roles as Goro in Tampopo (1985) and Nenbutsu no Tetsu on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu Shiokinin and Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin.
Career Yamazaki graduated from Haiyuza Theatre Company and joined Bungakuza in 1959. He made his film debut in Kihachi Okamoto's Daigaku no sanzôkutachi in 1960. In 1961, he received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. In 1963, he appeared 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.
In 1973, he appeared jidaigeki television drama Hissatsu Shiokinin and he played the same role in Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin again in 1977. He also starred in number of Juzo Itami's films, including his role as a trucker who resembles John Wayne in Tampopo (1985). He co-starred in The Ramen Girl (2008) with Brittany Murphy.
He also played a supporting role in Yōjirō Takita's Departures.
Filmography Film Year Title Role NotesRef.1963High and LowGinjirō TakeuchiA Woman's StoryKohei Shimizu1965Red BeardSahachi1969Tora-san's Cherished Mother1970Fuji sanchōTakeshi Ishizuka1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's HeadTetsuya Kusunoki1979Demon PondAftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityShingo Takagi1980KagemushaTakeda Nobukado1982Dotonbori River1984The FuneralLead role1985Farewell to the ArkLead roleTampopoGorōLead role1987A Taxing WomanHideki Gondō1989RikyuToyotomi Hideyoshi1993We Are Not AloneSamurai KidsLead role1998A Quiet LifeFather1998Wait and See2001The Guys from ParadiseKatsuaki YoshidaGoHideyoshi2002Doing TimeLead roleCopycat Killer2003The Thirteen Steps2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the WorldBlooming AgainLead role2005What the Snow BringsTamba2006KurosagiCrickets2007Dolphine Blue2008DeparturesSasakiClimber's HighShirakawaThe Ramen GirlAmerican–Japanese film2009Kamui GaidenNarrator2010Space Battleship YamatoCapt Jūzō Okita2011The Woodsman and the RainThe Wings of the KirinTakamasa KagaSpecial appearance2012Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home2013Shield of StrawMiracle Apples2014As the Gods WillShirokumaVoice role2015The Emperor in AugustKantarō SuzukiKakekomiTakizawa Bakin2016The ActorKotōThe Magnificent Nine2017Blade of the ImmortalKensui IbaneMumon: The Land of StealthNarrator2018The Crimes That BindTakamasa KagaKilling For The ProsecutionYūma ShirakawaMori, The Artist's HabitatMorikazu "Mori" KumagaiLead role2019A Long GoodbyeShōhei2026The Honest Realtor: The Movie
TV dramas Year Title RoleNotesRef.1967SanshimaiKingoro Aoe/Shinichiro KosugiTaiga drama1972Shin Heike Monogatari Tairano TokitadaTaiga drama1972Okappiki DobuOkappiki DobuLead role1972Nemuri KyōshirōOkappiki DobuEpisode171973Hissatsu ShiokininNenbutsu no TetsuLead role, Hissatsu series1976-77Hissatsu Karakurinin KepuuhenDozaemonLead role, Hissatsu series1978Shin Hissatsu ShiokininNenbutsu no Tetsu Hissatsu series1995Kumokiri NizaemonKumokiri NizaemonLead roleThe Abe Clan Abe Yaichi'emonTV movie1998Seikimatsu no Uta/The Last SongProf. Natsuo Momose2001Gokenin ZankurōEpisode 102006KurosagiKatsuragi Toshio2014Roosevelt Game Takeshi AoshimaLeadersIsokichi ŌshimaMini-Series 2018As a Father of Murderer Son Katsuhiko YoshinagaTV movie2022The Honest Realtor
Awards and honours Year Award Category Work(s) ResultRef.19616th Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the YearHimself 19803rd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorYashagaike5th Hochi Film AwardBest Supporting ActorKagemusha198154th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Supporting Actor19858th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActorThe Funeral, Farewell to the Ark58th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Actor27th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor39th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Actor199013th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorRikyu, Harimau, The Dancing Girl199417th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorWe Are Not Alone200114th Nikkan Sports Film AwardBest Supporting ActorGo26th Hochi Film AwardBest Supporting ActorGo, The Guys from Paradise, Jogakusei no Tomo200275th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Supporting Actor23rd Yokohama Film FestivalBest Supporting ActorGo, The Guys from Paradise, Jogakusei no Tomo, Go Heat Man!25th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorGo44th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting Actor200326th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorCopycat Killer200932nd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActorDepartures18th Tokyo Sports Film AwardBest Supporting ActorDepartures, Climber's High201973rd Mainichi Film AwardsMori, The Artist's Habitat Best Actor28th Tokyo Sports Film AwardBest Actor202245th Japan Academy Film PrizeDistinguished Service AwardHimself
Year Honor Ref.2000Medal with Purple Ribbon2008Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette
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