Yukihiko Tsutsumi
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is a Japan
ese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nihon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, Crescendo, from which he works independently. His first television drama on Nihon Television was called Kora! Tonnezuru and ran from 1985 to 1989.
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ese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nihon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, Crescendo, from which he works independently. His first television drama on Nihon Television was called Kora! Tonnezuru and ran from 1985 to 1989.
Selected films
- Kindaichi Case FilesKindaichi Case Filesis a serialized Japanese mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. They are written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō...
(1997) - starring Domoto Tsuyoshi, Tomosaka Rie - Shinsei Toilet no Hanako-san (1998)
- Pikanchi (2002)
- 2LDK2LDK2LDK is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi starring Maho Nonami and Eiko Koike. It was coupled with Ryuhei Kitamura's film Aragami to form the Duel Project...
(2002) - Jam FilmsJam FilmsJam Films and its sequels are collections of short films, each by a different Japanese director.-Jam Films:Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse Jam Films and its sequels are collections of short films, each by a different Japanese director.-Jam Films:Jam Films is a 2002...
- HIJIKI segment (2002) - Forbidden Siren (2006)
- Ashita no Kioku (2006)
- Taitei no KenTaitei no Ken' is a series of novels by Baku Yumemakura. They blend samurai action with sci-fi elements. The first novel was adapted into a 2007 movie directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.-Cast:*Hiroshi Abe as Yorozu Genkurou...
(2007) - Happily Ever After (Jigyaku no Uta) (2007)
- Hōtai ClubHotai Clubis a Japanese movie directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi that came out in 2007 based on a novel by Tendō Arata. It is rated PG-13 and lasts 118 minutes. This drama stars Yūya Yagira as Dino Tatsuya 'Dino' Ideno and Satomi Ishihara as Emiko 'Wara' Kiba.-Scenario:After Wara's father leaves, her mom falls...
(2007) - 20th Century Boys20th Century Boysis a science fiction-mystery manga created by Naoki Urasawa. It won the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, and the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. The last two volumes of the story were serialized under...
(2008 - 2009) - BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (2010)
Selected dramas
- Kindaichi Case FilesKindaichi Case Filesis a serialized Japanese mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. They are written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō...
(1995, 1996) - Psychometrer EijiPsychometrer Eijiis a mystery manga and live-action series created by Masashi Asaki and Tadashi Agi, that started in 1996. The manga series is composed of 25 tankōbon and was serialized by Kodansha. So far, it is yet to be released worldwide, although it was published by Chuangyi in Simplified Chinese, Tong-Li in...
(1997) - KeizokuKeizokuThe Japanese mystery thriller Keizoku aka Unsolved cases, created as both a TV drama and film about a female Detective Jun Shibata who handles unsolvable cases with her hardened partner Mayama Tôru.-Cast:*Shibata Jun: Nakatani Miki...
(1999, TBS) - Ikebukuro West Gate ParkIkebukuro West Gate Park, usually referred to by its initials IWGP, is a series of urban mystery novels by Ira Ishida. It was adapted into a very successful TV series directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko, and then a manga, released by Digital Manga Publishing in English....
(2000, TBS) - Trick (2000, TV Asahi)
- Stand Up!!Stand Up!!is a Japanese television drama which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, centers around the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high...
(2003, TBS) - Socrates in LoveSocrates in LoveSocrates in Love, also known as is a Japanese novel written by Kyoichi Katayama. It was published by Shogakukan in April 2001. The novel and the manga adaptation are published in the United States by VIZ Media under the title Socrates in Love...
(2004, TBS) - H2H2 (manga)is a Japanese manga written by Mitsuru Adachi portraying high school baseball. It has been made into an 41-episode anime series and an 11-episode television drama series, H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.-Plot:...
(2005, TBS) - Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari (2006, Wowow)