Tsutomu Yamazaki movies

Departures

Departures (2008)

8.02h 10m

Metascore: 68

Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

Tampopo

Tampopo (1985)

7.91h 54m

Metascore: 87

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.

Red Beard

Red Beard (1965)

8.33h 5m

Metascore: 90

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.