Shinichi Tsutsumi (堤 真一, Tsutsumi Shin'ichi, born July 7, 1964) is a Japanese stage and screen actor. Internationally, he is best known for his roles as Koichi Takagi in the Monday films, Tetsuya Ishigami in the Suspect X films, and Jo Sawashiro in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. In Japan, he is best known for his roles as Ōsuke Nakahara in Yamato Nadeshiko of drama series, and Norifumi Suzuki in Always: Sunset on Third Street films. He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Always: Sunset on Third Street. In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in Yasu – A Single Father’s Story.
Shinichi Tsutsumi | |
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Born | Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan | July 7, 1964
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1984–present |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
Tsutsumi was born in Hyōgo Prefecture. He began training at the age of 18 with Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba's Japan Action Club.[1] When he was at Japan Action Club (JAC) he had been the manager of Hiroyuki Sanada for several years.
In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in Yasu – A Single Father’s Story.[2]
Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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1989 | Bakayaro 2 | Maruo Kaziki | Kazuyuki Izutsu | Lead role | [3] |
1992 | The Oil-Hell Murder | Yohe Kawachiya | Hideo Gosha | [4] | |
1996 | Secret Waltz | Jun Hino | Akira Nobi | [5] | |
Dangan Runner | Kazuo Takeda | Sabu | Lead role | [6] | |
1997 | Postman Blues | Ryuichi Sawaki | Sabu | Lead role | [6] |
1998 | Unlucky Monkey | Yamazaki | Sabu | Lead role | [6] |
1999 | Keiho | Masaki Shibata | Yoshimitsu Morita | Lead role | [7] |
2000 | Monday | Koichi Takagi | Sabu | Lead role | [6] |
2002 | Drive | Kenichi Asakura | Sabu | Lead role | [6] |
2003 | Sotsugyo | Satoru Mayama | Masahiko Nagasawa | Lead role | [8] |
2004 | One Missed Call | Hiroshi Yamashita | Takashi Miike | [9] | |
2005 | Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean | Asakura Ryokitsu | Shinji Higuchi | [10] | |
Fly, Daddy, Fly | Hajime Suzuki | Izuru Narushima | Lead role | [11][12] | |
The Summer of the Ubume | Akihiko Chuzenji | Akio Jissoji | Lead role | [13] | |
Always: Sunset on Third Street | Norifumi Suzuki | Takashi Yamazaki | [14] | ||
2006 | Riding the Metro | Shinji Hasebe | Tetsuo Shinohara | Lead role | [15] |
2007 | Maiko Haaaan!!! | Kichiro Naito | Nobuo Mizuta | Lead role | [16] |
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 | Norifumi Suzuki | Takashi Yamazaki | [17] | ||
Mōryō no Hako | Akihiko Chuzenji | Masato Harada | Lead role | [18] | |
2008 | My Darling of the Mountains | Shintaro Omura | Katsuhito Ishii | [19] | |
Climber's High | Kazuma Yuuki | Masato Harada | Lead role | [14] | |
Suspect X | Tetsuya Ishigami | Hiroshi Nishitani | [14] | ||
2009 | Villon's Wife | Tsuji | Kichitaro Negishi | [20] | |
2010 | SP: The Motion Picture | Sōichirō Ogata | Takafumi Hatano | [21] | |
The Lone Scalpel | Dr. Tōma | Izuru Narushima | Lead role | [22] | |
Space Battleship Yamato | Mamoru Kodai | Takashi Yamazaki | [23] | ||
2011 | SP: The Motion Picture II | Sōichirō Ogata | Takafumi Hatano | [21] | |
Princess Toyotomi | Gen Matsudaira | Masayuki Suzuki | Lead role | [24] | |
2012 | Always: Sunset on Third Street 3 | Norifumi Suzuki | Takashi Yamazaki | [25] | |
Space Brothers | Hoshika Tadashi | Yoshitaka Mori | [26] | ||
2013 | I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow | Shizuo Ōguro | Yūichi Fukuda | Lead role | [27] |
Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Jun Ikegami | Sion Sono | Lead role | [28] | |
2014 | The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji | Masaya Hiura | Takashi Miike | [29] | |
2015 | The Emperor in August | Hisatsune Sakomizu | Masato Harada | [30] | |
Our Little Sister | Kazuya Shiina | Hirokazu Kore-eda | [31] | ||
Kakekomi | Horikiriya | Masato Harada | [32] | ||
Bali Big Brother | Aniki | Toshio Lee | Lead role | [33] | |
2016 | Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate | Tatsurō Morita | Takashi Yamazaki | [34] | |
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio | Masaya Hiura | Takashi Miike | [29] | ||
2017 | Honnō-ji Hotel | Oda Nobunaga | Masayuki Suzuki | Lead role | [35][36] |
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura | Honda | Takashi Yamazaki | [37] | ||
2018 | Gintama 2 | Katakuriko Matsudaira | Yūichi Fukuda | [38] | |
2019 | Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre | Takashi Kobuchi | Atsushi Kaneshige | Lead role | [39] |
The 47 Ronin in Debt | Ōishi Kuranosuke | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Lead role | [40] | |
2020 | Not Quite Dead Yet | Kakeru Nobata | Shinji Hamasaki | [41] | |
Hope | Kazuto Ishikawa | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Lead role | [42] | |
2021 | My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy | Sabu | [14] | ||
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill | Utsubo | Kan Eguchi | [43] | ||
The Mole Song: Final | Masaya Hiura | Takashi Miike | [29] | ||
2022 | The Deer King | Van (voice) | Masashi Ando/Masayuki Miyaji | Lead role | [44] |
2023 | Confess to Your Crimes | Seijirō Uda | Nobuo Mizuta | [45] | |
2025 | Muromachi Burai | Honekawa Dōken | Yu Irie | [46] |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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1988 | Takeda Shingen | Takeda Yoshinobu | NHK | Taiga drama | [47] |
1990 | Tobu ga Gotoku | Yazaki Hachirōta | NHK | Taiga drama | [48] |
1996 | Pure | Tōru Sawatari | Fuji TV | [49] | |
1999 | Doctor | Kazuma Aso | TBS | Lead role | [14] |
2000 | Yamato Nadeshiko (Perfect Woman) | Ōsuke Nakahara | Fuji TV | [14] | |
2002 | Koi no Chikara | Kotaro Nukui | Fuji TV | [14] | |
The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine | Kenichiro Nabeshima | Fuji TV | [14] | ||
2003 | Musashi | Hon'iden Matahachi | NHK | Taiga drama | [49] |
Good Luck!! | Kazuki Kōda | TBS | [50] | ||
2006 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Makoto Sakuma | TBS | [51] | |
2007 | SP | Sōichirō Ogata | Fuji TV | [21] | |
2012 | Yasu – A Single Father’s Story | Yasuo Ichikawa | NHK | Lead role | [49] |
2015 | Massan | Kinjirō Kamoi | NHK | Asadora | [49] |
2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | Hiraoka Enshirō | NHK | Taiga drama | [14] |
2022 | Adventure of Comandante Cappellini | Tadashi Hirota | Fuji TV | Television film | [52] |
If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student. | Keisuke Niijima | TBS | Lead role | [53] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1994 | Kilu | Temjin(Genghis Khan) | Lead role, Directed by Hideki Noda | [54] |
1995 | The Changeling | De Flores | Lead role, Directed by David Leveaux | [55] |
1996 | Piano | Platonov | Lead role, Directed by David Leveaux | [56] |
Macbeth | Macduff | Directed by David Leveaux | [57] | |
1997 | Kilu | Temjin(Genghis Khan) | Lead role, with Eri Fukatsu, Directed by Hideki Noda | [58] |
Toudai | Noboru Kurokawa | Lead role, Directed by David Leveaux | [59] | |
1998 | A Prayer for My Daughter | Jack Delasante | Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman | [60] |
Lulu | Alwa | Directed by David Leveaux | [61] | |
1999 | A View from the Bridge | Eddie Carbone | Lead role, Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman | [62] |
Pandora's bell(Pandora no kane) | Mizuwo | Lead role, with Yūki Amami, Directed by Hideki Noda | [63] | |
2001 | BEAST IS RED(Yajuro Kenzan) | Yajiro | Lead role, Gekidan Shinkansen troupe | [64] |
In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no mori no mankai no shita) | Mimio | Lead role, with Eri Fukatsu, Directed by Hideki Noda | [65] | |
2002 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Lead role, Directed by Yukio Ninagawa | [66] |
Aterui | Sakanoue no Tamuramaro | Lead role, Gekidan Shinkansen troupe | [67] | |
2006 | 'Tango at the end of winter (タンゴ・冬の終わりに, Tango, fuyu no owari ni) | Lead role, Directed by Yukio Ninagawa | [68] | |
2008 | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | Lead role, with Rie Miyazawa, Directed by David Leveaux | [69] |
2010 | K2 | Harold | Lead role, with Tsuyoshi Kusanagi | [70][71] |
2013 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Lead role | [72][73] |
2014 | The Lonesome West | Coleman | Lead role | [74] |
2015 | Three Sisters | Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin | [75][76] | |
Tomorrow the end of police officer Saibara | Saibara | Lead role | [77][78] | |
2016 | Arcadia | Bernard Nightingale | Lead role | [79][80] |
The Crucible | John Proctor | Lead role | [81][82] | |
2018 | Chikamatsu Shinjyu Monogatari | Chubei | Lead role | [83][84] |
Oran Toujou | Kogoro Akechi | Lead role | [85][86] | |
An Enemy of the People | Doctor Thomas Stockmann | Lead role | [87][88] | |
2019 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | Alexander Ivanov | Lead role, with Shim Eun-kyung | [89][90] |
Venice Concerto of Love | Florind | [91][92] | ||
Death and the Maiden | Gerardo Escobar | Lead role | [93] | |
2020 | Twelve Angry Men | Juror 8 | Lead role | [94][95] |
2021 | Peter and Wendy | Captain Hook and Mr. Darling | [96][97] | |
2022 | All My Sons | Joe Keller | Lead role | [98][99] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2020 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Jo Sawashiro | [100] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2007 | Fujitsu FMV | with Takuya Kimura | [101][102] | |
2008- | Lixil Group Tostem and Lixil | with Hikari Mitsushima | [103] | |
2012 | Daihatsu Mira e:S | [104] | ||
Asahi Beer Zerokaku | with Masaki Okada | [105] | ||
2013 - 2017 | AXA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED | [106] | ||
2014 | Hino Motors Hino Dutro | with Lily Franky | [107] | |
2015- | NTT Docomo | with Go Ayano, Mitsuki Takahata, and Chiemi Blouson | [108] | |
2017- | KIRIN Ichiban Shibori | [109] |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | 32nd Kinokuniya Stage Award | Best Actor | Kilu and Piano | Won | |
2000 | Autumn The Television | Best Supporting Actor | Yamato Nadeshiko | Won | |
2003 | Winter The Television | Best Supporting Actor | Good Luck!! | Won | |
2005 | 30th Hochi Film Award | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street and Fly, Daddy, Fly | Won | [110] |
18th Nikkan Sports Film Award | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street and Fly, Daddy, Fly | Won | ||
48th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street and Fly, Daddy, Fly | Won | ||
79th Kinema Junpo | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street and Fly, Daddy, Fly | Won | ||
20th Takasaki Film Festival | Best Actor | Fly, Daddy, Fly | Won | ||
2006 | 29th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street | Won | |
Autumn The Television | Best Supporting Actor | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Won | ||
2008 | 31st Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 and Maiko Haaaan!!! | Nominated | |
33rd Hochi Film Award | Best Actor | Suspect X and Climber's High | Won | ||
2009 | 32nd Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | Climber's High | Nominated | |
32nd Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Suspect X | Nominated | ||
2010 | 13th TAMA Film Awards | Best Actor | The Lone Scalpel and Villon's Wife | Won | |
65th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actor | The Lone Scalpel | Won | ||
2011 | 34th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | The Lone Scalpel | Nominated | |
5th Osaka Cinema Festival | Best Actor | The Lone Scalpel | Won | ||
2013 | 41st International Emmy Awards | Best Actor | Yasu – A Single Father’s Story | Nominated | [2] |
2022 | 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill | Nominated |