Career
Yamazaki made his film debut in 1963, as the kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa"s High And Low. He worked with Kurosawa twice more: in the director"s next film, 1965"s Red Beard, then fifteen years later, in Kagemusha. He starred, as a trucker who resembles John Wayne in as well as co-starring in with Brittany Murphy.
He also played a supporting role in Yojiro Takita"s Departures.