List of the best Tsutomu Yamazaki movies: Tampopo(1985), The Funeral(1984), Departures(2008), Tono, Risoku De Gozaru!(2016), The Ramen Girl(2008), Blade of the Immortal(2017) ... ...
Comedy
Japan
1985
114 Minutes
Tsutomu Yamazaki Nobuko Miyamoto Ken Watanabe Koji Yakusho Rikiya Yasuoka Kinzo Sakura Shuji Otaki
widower shopkeeper stranger inspiring uplifting quirky japan restaurant apartment cooking sex meaning of life discovery 1980s
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.
Comedy
1984
124 Minutes
Tsutomu Yamazaki Nobuko Miyamoto Kin Sugai
husband wife father priest amusing outlandish lighthearted madcap tokyo house hospital funeral family tradition modernity dysfunction wealth quest wretched excess 1980s
The loved one's daughter (Nobuko Miyamoto) and son-in-law (Tsutomu Yamazaki) try to arrange a traditional Japanese funeral.
Drama
Japan
2008
130 Minutes
Ikuei Sasaki
Masahiro Motoki Tsutomu Yamazaki Ryôko Hirosue Kazuko Yoshiyuki Kimiko Yo Takashi Sasano Toru Minegishi Tetta Sugimoto Tatsuo Yamada Yukiko Tachibana
cellist japanese man japanese woman morgue employee fascinating gripping quirky japan morgue music dreams life job dream job mortality discovery transformation 2000s
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
Comedy
Japan
2016
130 Minutes
Yuko Takeuchi Satoshi Tsumabuki Ryuhei Matsuda Tsutomu Yamazaki Eita Yûdai Chiba
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 ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA|Japan
2008
102 Minutes
Grand Master
Brittany Murphy Toshiyuki Nishida Tammy Blanchard Daniel Evans Renji Ishibashi Gabriel Mick Sohee Park Tsutomu Yamazaki Kimiko Yo
young woman chef ex-boyfriend tutor uplifting amusing lighthearted united kingdom tokyo japan learning experience moving breakup relationships new life growing up adventure 2000s
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Japan|UK|South Korea
2017
151 Minutes
Takuya Kimura Hana Sugisaki Sôta Fukushi Hayato Ichihara Erika Toda Kazuki Kitamura Chiaki Kuriyama Shinnosuke Mitsushima Yoko Yamamoto Ebizô Ichikawa Min Tanaka
Cursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura.