Tsutomu Yamazaki

All Movies of Tsutomu Yamazaki

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  Killing for the Prosecution
  Mogami Takeshi works at the Tokyo prosecutor's office focusing on violent criminal cases. Okino Keiichiro admires him and is happy to be assigned to work with Mogami. When a money lender is killed for his dealings with the decease...
   2018

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  6.0
  Blade of the Immortal
  A young girl enlists an immortal warrior for help to avenge her parents' slaughter at the hand of a group of bandits.
   2017

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  The Magnificent Nine
  A group of merchants hatch a plan to help the impoverished residents of a small Japanese town.
   2016

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  6.0
  The Emperor in August
  The War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.
  Character: Prime Minister Suzuki

   2015

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  6.5
  Straw Shield
  "Kill Kunihide Kiyomaru, and I will pay you 1 billion Yen". This is the ad placed in all the main newspapers in Japan. In placing the ad, the powerful multi-billionnaire Ninagawa puts an irresistible price on the head of...
  Character: Ninagawa

   2013

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  Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
  Character: Hiroshi higashide

   2012

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  6.4
  The Wings of the Kirin
  Character: Takamasa Kaga

   2011

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  8.0
  Eiga: Kurosagi - The Black Swindler (Kurosagi: The Movie)
   2008

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  Climbers High
  A newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.
   2008

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  7.7
  Departures
  Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job and no hope for a career, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his wife. There he ...
  Character: Shouei Sasaki

   2008

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  Crickets
  A woman caring for an old blind / mute man away in the countryside has her own grasp on reality slowly slip away.
   2006

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  Crying Out Love, In The Center Of the World
  In 1980s Kyushu, two teenagers fell in love, and exchanged their secrets and thoughts by way of sending tape recordings to each other. More than a decade later, the boy (now grown-up and bittered) rediscovers the last recording of...
   2004

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  6.0
  Copycat Killer
   2002

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  Go
  Sugihara is a second-generation Korean immigrant in Japan. He is torn between two cultures and does not feel at home in either. Sugihara’s life is marked by violence, and his brutal father taught him boxing at an early age. When...
   2001

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  Salaryman Kintaro
  After finally putting his life as a gangster behind him, Kintaro swore it would be forever. But when a ruthless conglomerate, some corrupt politicians, and the local Yakuza set their sights on the small but honest construction fir...
   1999

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  Beautiful Sunday
  Tetsuya Nakajima directs this black comedy about Sunday, that day of rest. Constructed like Grand Hotel, the film interweaves the lives of an assorted collection of oddball Tokyoites living in the same apartment building. A bored ...
   1998

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  Made in Japan
   1993

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  Samurai Kids
   1993

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  The Dancer
  Young military doctor goes to study in 1880s Berlin and falls in love with a local dancer. Tragedy ensues.
   1989

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  Rikyu
  Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan's most powerful warlord, unifying the country. Rikyu, through the tea cer...
   1989

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  Sweet Home
  A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
   1989

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  A Taxing Woman II
   1988

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  A Taxing Woman
  Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in Japan tax evasion is an art and Gondo is, in effect, Rembrand...
   1987

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  7.6
  Tampopo
  In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of sm...
  Character: Gorô

   1985

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  The Funeral
  The debut film from acclaimed Japanese director, Juzo Itami shows a very untraditional side to a very traditional ceremony. When Chizuko's (Nobuko Miyamoto) ornery father unexpectedly dies, the undertaking of the three-day funeral...
   1984

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  7.5
  Farewell to the Ark (Goodbye Ark)
  In a tale that is visually stunning in certain segments, director Shuji Terayama (who died before this movie was released) has woven a spell of magic and social reprobation around the forbidden love of two cousins. Su-e (Mayumi Og...
  Character: Sutekichi Tokito

   1984

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  Daiamondo wa kizutsukanai
  A college student becomes romantically involved with a married middle-aged teacher.
   1982

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  8.2
  Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior
  An epic drama of feudal conflict in 16th century Japan, "Kagemusha" was nominated for two 1980 Academy Awards and was co-winner of the grand prize at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It is a milestone in the career of Akir...
   1980

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  6.0
  Sugata Sanshiro
  Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. 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 ...
   1965

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  8.3
  Red Beard
  In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the arrogant and proud just-graduated Dr. Noboru Yasumoto (Yuzo Kayama) is forced to work in the Koshikawa Clinic, a non-profit health facility ruled by Dr. Kyojio Niide (Toshirô Mifune), a.k....
  Character: Sahachi

   1965

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  8.1
  High and Low
  It is the story of Gondo, a shoe company executive (Toshirô Mifune) planning a boardroom intrigue to gain control of the company. He has raised the capital for his plan, when word comes that his son has been kidnapped for ransom....
   1963