is a Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

-born Japanese

Japanese people

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 writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

, composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, and film director

Film director

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. In his film and singing work he uses the name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his name. He debuted as a writer in 1989. His films include (2001) and (2001).

Life

His former wife is Japanese actress Kaho Minami

Kaho Minami

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, but the two have divorced. His present wife is Japanese actress Miho Nakayama. In 2003 he moved to France

France

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 and lives with his wife in Paris

Paris

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Novels

• Pianissimo (1990)
• Cloudy (1990)
• Kai no Omochyabako (1991)
• Tabibito no Ki (1992)
• Fragile (1992)
• Glasswool no Shiro (1993)
• Hahanaru Nagi to Chichinaru Zika (1994)
• Open house (1994)
• Ai ha Pride yori tsuyoku (1995)
• Passagio (1995)
• Sabita Sekai no Guidebook (1995)
• Newton no Ringo (1996)
• Antinoise (1996)
• Kyō no Kimochi (1996)
• Kaikyō no Hikari (1997)
• Ai no Kumen (1997)
• Hakufutsu (1997)
• Wild Flower (1998)
• Sennenn Tabibito (1999)
• Reisei to Zyonetu no Aida Blue (1999)
• Shitto no Kaori (2000)
• Ai wo kudasai (2000)
• Sayonara Itsuka (2001)
• Koisuru tame ni umareta (2001)
• Taiyō Machi (2001)
• Mokka no Koibito (2002)
• Ai to Eien no Aoisora (2002)
• Kanojo wa Uchyūfuku wo kitenemuru (2002)
• O'keeffe no Koibito Ozwald no Tsuioku (2003)
• 99sai made ikita Akanbō (2003)
• Ima Kono Syunkan Aishiterutoiukoto (2003)
• Katana (2004)
• Daihitsy Ya (2004)
• Koufuku na Ketsumatsu (2005)
• Acacia Ashita no Yakusoku (2005)
• Yada to Iiyo (2005)
• Ai no atoni Kurumono (2006)
• Pianissimo Pianissimo (2007)
• Hito ha Omoide ni nomi shittosuru (2007)
• Ugan (2008)
• Madam to Okusama (2009)
• Mokka no Koibito (2009)
• Dahlia (2009)
• Acacia no Hana no sakidasukoro Acacia (2009)
• Kuroe to Enzō (2010)

Awards

• The Subaru literary Prize(Syûeisya) ,1989,Pianissimo
• Akutagawa Prize
  Akutagawa Prize
  The is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually. It was established in 1935 by Kan Kikuchi, then-editor of Bungeishunjū magazine, in memory of author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa...
  
  ,1996,The Light from the Strait (Kaikyō no hikari)
• Femina Prize(Prix Femina Étranger),1999,Le Bouddha blanc (The White Buddha,白仏)

External links

• Jinse TSUJI Hitonari Official Web Site (sic)