Jūzō Itami
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Yamazaki, never to be forgotten as the John Wayne–like trucker in the 1985 Tampopo, is an actor of absolute gravity and unreal smoothness, and he gives a top movie-star's performance in this role.
Daigo, however, has become the protege of a master in his art, Ikuei Sasaki (Tsutomu Yamazaki, "Tampopo"), and soon realizes the importance of the ritual of washing and dressing a deceased body for the loved ones left behind.
After moving there with his wife, he stumbles into a career as assistant to an elderly "encoffiner" (Tsutomo Yamazaki of Tampopo), someone who engages in the elegant ritual of dressing a corpse prior to cremation.
His master is Ikuei (Tsutomu Yamazaki, familiar from the Juzo Itami comedies Tampopo and A Taxing Woman), a gruff man who works through his grief by helping others work through theirs.