Shinichi Tsutsumi

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 Yamatonadeshiko 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
堤 真一
Born	(1964-07-07) July 7, 1964 (age 61) Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Undisclosed ​ (m. 2013)​ [1]

Life and career

Tsutsumi was born in Hyōgo Prefecture. He began training at the age of 18 with Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba's Japan Action Club.^[2] When he was at Japan Action Club (JAC) he had been the manager of Hiroyuki Sanada for several years.^[3]

In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in Yasu – A Single Father’s Story.^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	Bakayaro 2	Maruo Kaziki	Lead role	[5]
1992	The Oil-Hell Murder	Yohe Kawachiya		[6]
1996	Secret Waltz	Jun Hino		[7]
	Dangan Runner	Kazuo Takeda	Lead role	[8]
1997	Postman Blues	Ryuichi Sawaki	Lead role	[8]
1998	Unlucky Monkey	Yamazaki	Lead role	[8]
1999	Keiho	Masaki Shibata	Lead role	[9]
2000	Monday	Koichi Takagi	Lead role	[8]
2002	Drive	Kenichi Asakura	Lead role	[8]
2003	Sotsugyo	Satoru Mayama	Lead role	[10]
2004	One Missed Call	Hiroshi Yamashita		[11]
2005	Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean	Asakura Ryokitsu		[12]
	Fly, Daddy, Fly	Hajime Suzuki	Lead role	[13][14]
	The Summer of the Ubume	Akihiko Chuzenji	Lead role	[15]
	Always: Sunset on Third Street	Norifumi Suzuki		[16]
2006	Riding the Metro	Shinji Hasebe	Lead role	[17]
2007	Maiko Haaaan!!!	Kichiro Naito	Lead role	[18]
	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2	Norifumi Suzuki		[19]
	Mōryō no Hako	Akihiko Chuzenji	Lead role	[20]
2008	My Darling of the Mountains	Shintaro Omura		[21]
	Climber's High	Kazuma Yuuki	Lead role	[16]
	Suspect X	Tetsuya Ishigami		[22]
2009	Villon's Wife	Tsuji		[23]
2010	SP: The Motion Picture	Sōichirō Ogata		[24]
	The Lone Scalpel	Dr. Tōma	Lead role	[25]
	Space Battleship Yamato	Mamoru Kodai		[26]
2011	SP: The Motion Picture II	Sōichirō Ogata		[24]
	Princess Toyotomi	Gen Matsudaira	Lead role	[27]
2012	Always: Sunset on Third Street 3	Norifumi Suzuki		[28]
	Space Brothers	Hoshika Tadashi		[29]
2013	I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow	Shizuo Ōguro	Lead role	[30]
	Why Don't You Play in Hell?	Jun Ikegami	Lead role	[31]
2014	The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji	Masaya Hiura		[32]
2015	The Emperor in August	Hisatsune Sakomizu		[33]
	Our Little Sister	Kazuya Shiina		[34]
	Kakekomi	Horikiriya		[35]
	Bali Big Brother	Aniki	Lead role	[36]
2016	Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate	Tatsurō Morita		[37]
	The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio	Masaya Hiura		[32]
2017	Honnō-ji Hotel	Oda Nobunaga	Lead role	[38][39]
	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	Honda		[40]
2018	Gintama 2	Katakuriko Matsudaira		[41]
2019	Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre	Takashi Kobuchi	Lead role	[42]
	The 47 Ronin in Debt	Ōishi Kuranosuke	Lead role	[43]
2020	Not Quite Dead Yet	Kakeru Nobata		[44]
	Hope	Kazuto Ishikawa	Lead role	[45]
2021	My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy			[16]
	The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill	Utsubo		[46]
	The Mole Song: Final	Masaya Hiura		[32]
2022	The Deer King	Van (voice)	Lead role	[47]
2023	Confess to Your Crimes	Seijirō Uda		[48]
2025	Muromachi Outsiders	Honekawa Dōken		[49]
	Babanba Banban Vampire	Oda Nobunaga		[50]
	Army on the Tree	Kazuo Yamashita	Lead role	[51]
	Two Seasons, Two Strangers	Ben-zō		[52]
	After the Quake	Miyake		[53]

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1987	Hashi no Ue ni Oideyo	Haruki	Lead role; television film	[54]
	Dokuganryu Masamune	Ashina Yoshihiro	Taiga drama	[55]
1988	Takeda Shingen	Takeda Yoshinobu	Taiga drama	[56]
1990	Tobu ga Gotoku	Yazaki Hachirōta	Taiga drama	[57]
1995	Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune	Tokugawa Yoshimichi	Taiga drama	[58]
1996	Pure	Tōru Sawatari		[59]
1999	Genroku Ryoran	Takada Gunbei	Taiga drama	[60]
	Doctor	Kazuma Aso	Lead role	[16]
2000	Yamatonadeshiko	Ōsuke Nakahara		[16]
2001	Chūshingura 1/47	Asano "Takumi no Kami" Naganori	Television film	[61]
2002	Koi no Chikara	Kotaro Nukui		[16]
	The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine	Kenichiro Nabeshima		[16]
2003	Musashi	Hon'iden Matahachi	Taiga drama	[59]
	Good Luck!!	Kazuki Kōda		[62]
2006	Sailor Suit and Machine Gun	Makoto Sakuma		[63]
2007	SP	Sōichirō Ogata		[24]
2012	Yasu – A Single Father’s Story	Yasuo Ichikawa	Lead role	[59]
2015	Massan	Kinjirō Kamoi	Asadora	[59]
2018	From Today, It's My Turn!!	Yakuza	Cameo; episode 10	[64]
2021	Reach Beyond the Blue Sky	Hiraoka Enshirō	Taiga drama	[65]
2022	Adventure of Comandante Cappellini	Tadashi Hirota	Television film	[66]
	If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student.	Keisuke Niijima	Lead role	[67]
2025	The Ghost Writer's Wife	Den Ushimizu	Asadora	[68]
	After the Quake	Miyake	Episode 2; miniseries	[53]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1994	Kilu	Temjin (Genghis Khan)	Lead role	[69]
1995	The Changeling	De Flores	Lead role	[70]
1996	Piano	Platonov	Lead role	[71]
	Macbeth	Macduff		[72]
1997	Kilu	Temjin (Genghis Khan)	Lead role	[73]
	Toudai	Noboru Kurokawa	Lead role	[74]
1998	A Prayer for My Daughter	Jack Delasante		[75]
	Lulu	Alwa		[76]
1999	A View from the Bridge	Eddie Carbone	Lead role	[77]
	Pandora's Bell	Mizuwo	Lead role	[78]
2001	Beast is Red	Yajiro	Lead role	[79]
	In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom	Mimio	Lead role	[80]
2002	A Streetcar Named Desire	Stanley Kowalski	Lead role	[81]
	Aterui	Sakanoue no Tamuramaro	Lead role	[82]
2006	Tango at the end of winter		Lead role	[83]
2008	A Doll's House	Torvald Helmer	Lead role	[84]
2010	K2	Harold	Lead role	[85][86]
2013	Macbeth	Macbeth	Lead role	[87][88]
2014	The Lonesome West	Coleman	Lead role	[89]
2015	Three Sisters	Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin		[90][91]
	Tomorrow the end of police officer Saibara	Saibara	Lead role	[92][93]
2016	Arcadia	Bernard Nightingale	Lead role	[94][95]
	The Crucible	John Proctor	Lead role	[96][97]
2018	Chikamatsu Shinjyu Monogatari	Chubei	Lead role	[98][99]
	Oran Toujou	Kogoro Akechi	Lead role	[100][101]
	An Enemy of the People	Doctor Thomas Stockmann	Lead role	[102][103]
2019	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	Alexander Ivanov	Lead role	[104][105]
	Venice Concerto of Love	Florind		[106][107]
	Death and the Maiden	Gerardo Escobar	Lead role	[108]
2020	Twelve Angry Men	Juror 8	Lead role	[109][110]
2021	Peter and Wendy	Captain Hook and Mr. Darling		[111][112]
2022	All My Sons	Joe Keller	Lead role	[113][114]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2020	Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Jo Sawashiro	[115]
2024	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	Jo Sawashiro	[116]

Commercials

Year	Title	Ref.
2007	Fujitsu FMV	[117][118]
2008	Lixil Group Tostem and Lixil	[119]
2012	Daihatsu Mira e:S	[120]
	Asahi Beer Zerokaku	[121]
2013–2017	AXA General Insurance Company Limited	[122]
2014	Hino Motors Hino Dutro	[123]
2015	NTT Docomo	[124]
2017–present	Kirin Ichiban Shibori	[125]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	30th Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Always: Sunset on Third Street and Fly, Daddy, Fly	Won	[126]
	18th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won	[127]
2006	48th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won	[128]
	79th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won	[129]
	29th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Always: Sunset on Third Street	Won	[130]
2008	31st Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 and Maiko Haaaan!!!	Nominated	[131]
	33rd Hochi Film Awards	Best Actor	Suspect X and Climber's High	Won	[132]
2009	32nd Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor	Climber's High	Nominated	[133]
		Best Supporting Actor	Suspect X	Nominated	[133]
2011	65th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor	The Lone Scalpel	Won	[134]
	34th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actor		Nominated	[135]
2013	41st International Emmy Awards	Best Actor	Yasu – A Single Father’s Story	Nominated	[4]
2022	45th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill	Nominated	[136]