Tsutomu Yamazaki — Actor (72)
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Where did Sharaku go? (1968) [Movie] TMDB
写楽はどこへ行った
director: Toshio Endo actor: Kei Satō / Isao Yamagata …
other title: 写楽はどこへ行った
Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed, "Where has Sharaku gone?" He begins to figure out the true identity of Sharaku, who disappeared after about 150 portraits of actors he created came out.
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Till Tomorrow Is (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
明日ある限り
director: Shirō Toyoda actor: Kyōko Kagawa / Shūji Sano …
other title: 明日ある限り
Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her condition proves permanent. Growing up, she faces stigma and danger but eventually finds hope and love with a fellow blind student.
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August Without Emperor (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
皇帝のいない八月
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Tsunehiko Watase / Sayuri Yoshinaga …
other title: 皇帝のいない八月
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama (2001) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
鞍馬天狗
director: Kōsei Saitō actor: Ken Matsudaira / Atsuo Nakamura …
other title: 鞍馬天狗
The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?
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Go Heat Man! (2001) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Go!
director: Mitsuhiko Yazaki actor: Kotaro Takada / Miwa Mukunoki …
other title: Go!
17 year old Tokyo pizza delivery boy Kosuke crashes his bike into photographer Reiko and breaks her expensive camera. He promises to deliver homemade pizza to make up for her broken camera. After discovering that Reiko has moved 1,200 km away to her hometown of Nagasaki things become trickier, but Kosuke decides to fulfill his promise anyways by borrowing a moped from his workplace.
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Brand of Evil (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
悪の紋章
director: Hiromichi Horikawa actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: 悪の紋章
A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa's husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.
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Stairs of Evil (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
悪の階段
director: Hideo Suzuki actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Kō Nishimura …
other title: 悪の階段
Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Industries and obtained a fortune large enough to live a life of leisure. They celebrated with Iwao’s woman, Rumiko. However, it was too early to celebrate. They decided not to use the money for six months to avoid suspicion and stored it in a safe. But one day, Konishi asked for his share of the money in advance, even if it meant receiving a smaller portion, igniting the dark flame of desire among Iwao and the others.
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Legacy of the 500,000 (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
五十万人の遺産
director: Toshirō Mifune actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Mihashi …
other title: L'héritage des 500 000 / 五十万人の遺産 …
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is now working as a business executive. He meets Mintsura Gunji, the boss of a large company, who offers him to go to the Philippines and bring back the gold.
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Nakibokuro (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
泣きぼくろ
director: Eiichi Kudō actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / Kazuya Kimura …
other title: 泣きぼくろ
Junko Mizuta, who is returning from juvenile training school, is a former motorcycle gang. Even though he now works, he still goes to his father Junji's yakitori restaurant from time to time. One day, Junichi's uncle, who was returning home from school, came to see Junko and told him that Junji had passed away.
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Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori (1972) [Movie] TMDB
女生きてます 盛り場渡り鳥
director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Hisaya Morishige / Akane Kawasaki …
other title: 女生きてます 盛り場渡り鳥
Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she garners popularity in the slums due to her compassionate care for children. In an attempt to secure a stable future for their child, she enters into marriage with Tsutomu Yamazaki, who struggles with a stutter. Unfortunately, their union is cut short by the untimely death of Tsutomu Yamazaki in an accident.
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Play it, Boogie-Woogie (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
スローなブギにしてくれ
director: Toshiya Fujita actor: Atsuko Asano / Masato Furuoya …
other title: Play It Boogie Woogie / スローなブギにしてくれ
A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.