# 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 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.

## 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. 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.

## Filmography
### Films

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

### TV series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Takeda Shingen | Takeda Yoshinobu | Taiga drama |
| 1990 | Tobu ga Gotoku | Yazaki Hachirōta | Taiga drama |
| 1996 | Pure | Tōru Sawatari | |
| 1999 | Doctor | Kazuma Aso | Lead role |
| 2000 | Yamato Nadeshiko (Perfect Woman) | Ōsuke Nakahara | |
| 2002 | Koi no Chikara | Kotaro Nukui | |
| 2002 | The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine | Kenichiro Nabeshima | |
| 2003 | Musashi | Hon'iden Matahachi | Taiga drama |
| 2003 | Good Luck!! | Kazuki Kōda | |
| 2006 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Makoto Sakuma | |
| 2007 | SP | Sōichirō Ogata | |
| 2012 | Yasu – A Single Father’s Story | Yasuo Ichikawa | Lead role |
| 2015 | Massan | Kinjirō Kamoi | Asadora |
| 2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | Hiraoka Enshirō | Taiga drama |
| 2022 | Adventure of Comandante Cappellini | Tadashi Hirota | Television film |
| 2022 | If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student. | Keisuke Niijima | Lead role |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Kilu | Temjin(Genghis Khan) | Lead role, Directed by Hideki Noda |
| 1995 | The Changeling | De Flores | Lead role, Directed by David Leveaux |
| 1996 | Piano | Platonov | Lead role, Directed by David Leveaux |
| 1996 | Macbeth | Macduff | Directed by David Leveaux |
| 1997 | Kilu | Temjin(Genghis Khan) | Lead role, with Eri Fukatsu, Directed by Hideki Noda |
| 1997 | Toudai | Noboru Kurokawa | Lead role,　Directed by David Leveaux |
| 1998 | A Prayer for My Daughter | Jack Delasante | Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman |
| 1998 | Lulu | Alwa | Directed by David Leveaux |
| 1999 | A View from the Bridge | Eddie Carbone | Lead role, Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman |
| 1999 | Pandora's bell（Pandora no kane) | Mizuwo | Lead role, with Yūki Amami, Directed by Hideki Noda |
| 2001 | BEAST IS RED(Yajuro Kenzan) | Yajiro | Lead role, Gekidan Shinkansen　troupe |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2002 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Lead role, Directed by Yukio Ninagawa |
| 2002 | Aterui | Sakanoue no Tamuramaro | Lead role, Gekidan Shinkansen　troupe |
| 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 |
| 2008 | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | Lead role, with Rie Miyazawa, Directed by David Leveaux |
| 2010 | K2 | Harold | Lead role, with Tsuyoshi Kusanagi |
| 2013 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Lead role |
| 2014 | The Lonesome West | Coleman | Lead role |
| 2015 | Three Sisters | Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin | |
| 2015 | Tomorrow the end of police officer Saibara | Saibara | Lead role |
| 2016 | Arcadia | Bernard Nightingale | Lead role |
| 2016 | The Crucible | John Proctor | Lead role |
| 2018 | Chikamatsu Shinjyu Monogatari | Chubei | Lead role |
| 2018 | Oran Toujou | Kogoro Akechi | Lead role |
| 2018 | An Enemy of the People | Doctor Thomas Stockmann | Lead role |
| 2019 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | Alexander Ivanov | Lead role, with Shim Eun-kyung |
| 2019 | Venice Concerto of Love | Florind | |
| 2019 | Death and the Maiden | Gerardo Escobar | Lead role |
| 2020 | Twelve Angry Men | Juror 8 | Lead role |
| 2021 | Peter and Wendy | Captain Hook and Mr. Darling | |
| 2022 | All My Sons | Joe Keller | Lead role |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2020 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Jo Sawashiro | |

### Commercials

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2007 | Fujitsu FMV | with Takuya Kimura |
| 2008- | Lixil Group Tostem and Lixil | with Hikari Mitsushima |
| 2012 | Daihatsu Mira e:S | |
| 2012 | Asahi Beer Zerokaku | with Masaki Okada |
| 2013 - 2017 | AXA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED | |
| 2014 | Hino Motors Hino Dutro | with Lily Franky |
| 2015- | NTT Docomo | with Go Ayano, Mitsuki Takahata, and Chiemi Blouson |
| 2017- | KIRIN Ichiban Shibori | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 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 |
| 2005 | 18th Nikkan Sports Film Award | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street and Fly, Daddy, Fly | Won |
| 2005 | 48th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street and Fly, Daddy, Fly | Won |
| 2005 | 79th Kinema Junpo | Best Supporting Actor | Always: Sunset on Third Street and Fly, Daddy, Fly | Won |
| 2005 | 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 |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2009 | 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 |
| 2010 | 65th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actor | The Lone Scalpel | Won |
| 2011 | 34th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | The Lone Scalpel | Nominated |
| 2011 | 5th Osaka Cinema Festival | Best Actor | The Lone Scalpel | Won |
| 2013 | 41st International Emmy Awards | Best Actor | Yasu – A Single Father’s Story | Nominated |
| 2022 | 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill | Nominated |