Yasutaka Tsutsui

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Born: September 24, 1934
in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Nihon SF Taisho Award.

Movies for Yasutaka Tsutsui...

Tsutsui and Kon's Paprika
Title: Tsutsui and Kon's Paprika
Character: Himself
Released: May 23, 2007
Type: Movie
The making of anime "Paprika" (2006), focusing on its adaptation from Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel.
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Paprika
Title: Paprika
Character: Kuga (voice)
Released: October 21, 2006
Type: Movie
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
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The World Sinks Except Japan
Title: The World Sinks Except Japan
Released: September 2, 2006
Type: Movie
In the year 2011 the greatest tectonic disaster in the history of mankind has occurred. As a result of the catastrophic earthquakes North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia have sunken underwater while the Japanese islands remain untouched.
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Desire
Title: Desire
Released: November 19, 2005
Type: Movie
Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike. A young man searching for physical comfort and dumb lust, and the world-weary woman drowning in a sea of men that works with him. This is a fantastic new film from a remarkably skilled cast about "the beauty of sensualism."
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My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Title: My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Character: Miyagi
Released: May 18, 2005
Type: Movie
A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this infection filled with fear and despair. The media calls the disease the "Lemming Syndrome".
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Title: The Millionaire Detective
Character: Ryuhei Sezaki
Released: January 13, 2005
Type: TV
What do you get when you mix a granddaughter from an extremely rich family with crime, murder, and a passion for law and justice? Kanbe Miwako, a granddaughter of a super rich millionaire becomes a detective and starts working at a male dominant police station. Her fancy fashion, elegant manners, and upper-class attitudes constantly gets on the nerves of the old-fashioned coworkers. However, to everyone’s surprise, Miwako’s unique investigation lead by an ultra rich sense of value becomes the key to solve mysterious cases, one by one!
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Title: Atarashii Kaze
Released: April 15, 2004
Type: TV
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special
Released: September 18, 2003
Type: Movie
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. *Kagi (The Key) - starring Eguchi Yosuke. 2. Perfect Couple - starring Yada Akiko. 3. Toosugita Otoko (The Man Who Was Too Far Away) - starring Nakamura Shido. 4. Meiro (The Maze)- starring Tanihara Shosuke. 5. Kage ga Omonaru Toki (When Shadows Accumulate) - starring Yashima Norito. * Adapted from a novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka.
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Jam Films
Title: Jam Films
Released: December 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
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Title: Onmyouji☆Abenoseimei ~Outo Ayakashi Kitan~
Released: July 2, 2002
Type: TV
Depicts a confrontation between sourcerer Abenoseimei and some out to destroy the capital.
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Title: Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
Released: July 2, 2002
Type: TV
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Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
Title: Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
Character: Dr. Inugami Sukekiyo
Released: August 18, 2001
Type: Movie
Set in a future dystopia where teenaged girls begin dying for no apparent reason -- and often in an elated, chronically happy state of mind. One of these girls, Stacy, is back from the dead, however, and she's ready to gorge herself on human flesh. As more and more teenage-girl zombies begin to feast on the living, the people of Japan brace themselves and try to find a way to end the madness.
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School Day of the Dead
Title: School Day of the Dead
Character: Kazuhiko Teduka
Released: August 5, 2000
Type: Movie
Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents.
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Making of Gemini
Title: Making of Gemini
Character: Self
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".
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Hakuchi: The Innocent
Title: Hakuchi: The Innocent
Character: Organization Manager
Released: November 13, 1999
Type: Movie
In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japan's entertainment.
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Gemini
Title: Gemini
Character: Yukio's Father
Released: September 15, 1999
Type: Movie
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
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Title: 同窓会へようこそ~遅すぎた夏の帰郷~
Released: August 16, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Hunt of a New Wolf
Released: April 17, 1999
Type: TV
Asakura Tetsuya is a man who leads a double life. By day, he is a mild-mannered and affable salaryman in the Mogi Corporation. Come night, he takes on the persona of a hardened and violent individual bent on exposing the shady dealings of his company. Tetsuya's brother was a former president of one of the Mogi subsidiaries, but committed suicide under mysterious circumstances after some company trouble. Tetsuya is convinced that a company conspiracy staged the suicide, and he is obsessed with finding out the truth in order to avenge his brother.
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Title: A Twist of Fate
Released: April 10, 1998
Type: TV
Eri and Shuji meet as next door neighbors and over the course of a year become lovers. However, just as Shuji is planning on asking Eri to marry him, they are each offered job opportunities at opposite ends of the globe. Pulled apart by their careers, they happen to meet years later and are surprised to find they still have feelings for one another. However, the fact that they are both in serious relationships with other people promises to complicate matters.
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Title: Glass Mask
Character: Hayami Eisuke
Released: July 7, 1997
Type: TV
The Glass Mask drama is based on a very popular manga of the same name by Suzue Miuchi, about a young girl named Maya whose dream is to be an actress. A legendary former stage actress, Tsukikage Chigusa, watches Maya as she reenacts drama episodes she's seen on TV. She approaches Maya and has her join her acting company, Tsukikage Theater. Tsukikage holds the production rights to a legendary masterpiece called "The Crimson Goddess," in which she had played the title role until a terrible accident burnt her face beyond surgical repair. She's been searching all of these years for someone to play the role which only the most talented actress could play, and maybe she's found that someone in Maya... --synopsis by awrittensin
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Ki no ue no sogyo
Title: Ki no ue no sogyo
Released: March 29, 1997
Type: Movie
A story about the friendship of the sons of two political rivals.
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The Man with Two Hearts
Title: The Man with Two Hearts
Released: May 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: A Voyage to the Future
Released: February 19, 1994
Type: TV
Adaptation of the novel of the same name.
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Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
Title: Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
Character: Sci-Fi writer
Released: January 28, 1989
Type: Movie
A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.
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Star
Title: Star
Character: Dr. Inugami
Released: April 12, 1986
Type: Movie