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Director
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Writing
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 32
TMDB ID: 40334
IMDb ID: nm0875489
Known for: Writing
Born: September 24, 1934
Age: 91
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2025
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.89
Wikidata: Q719250
Frequent jobs
Novel (15)Original Story (9)Screenplay (3)Short Story (2)Writer (2)Story (1)
Biography
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
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Yasutaka Tsutsui.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Yasutaka Tsutsui.
Novel
Paprika
2006 • Movie
Novel
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006 • Movie
Short Story
Censor of Dreams
2021 • Movie
Story
Uneasy Encounters
1994 • Movie
Ki no ue no sogyo
1997 • Movie
Novel
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983 • Movie
Jam Films
2002 • Movie
Original Story
My Blood is the Blood of Others
1974 • Movie
Novel
My Grandpa
2003 • Movie
Writer
Worst Contact
2000 • Movie
Desire
2005 • Movie
Screenplay
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
2014 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Yasutaka Tsutsui.
Writer • 13 eps
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990 • Series
Novel • 11 eps
The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED
2020 • Series
Novel • 20 eps
The Millionaire Detective
2005 • Series
Novel • 5 eps
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2016 • Series
Novel • 10 eps
Nanase Once More
2008 • Series
as Hayami Eisuke • 12 eps
Glass Mask
1997 • Series
12 eps
A Twist of Fate
1998 • Series
10 eps
Atarashii Kaze
2004 • Series
Original Story • 10 eps
Nanase, Telepathy Girl's Ballad
2012 • Series
1 eps
Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2002 • Series
Original Story • 5 eps
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1994 • Series
11 eps
Hunt of a New Wolf
1999 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Yasutaka Tsutsui.
Original Story
Teki Cometh
2025 • Movie
Short Story
Censor of Dreams
2021 • Movie
Short Story
Standing Woman
2021 • Movie
Original Story
Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special
2016 • Movie
Screenplay
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
2014 • Movie
Novel
Nanase futatabi
2010 • Movie
Novel
Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2010 • Movie
Novel
Paprika
2006 • Movie
Novel
The World Sinks Except Japan
2006 • Movie
Novel
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006 • Movie
Screenplay
Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special
2003 • Movie
Novel
My Grandpa
2003 • Movie
Original Story
Shinshun! Love stories
2002 • Movie
Writer
Worst Contact
2000 • Movie
Novel
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997 • Movie
Novel
The Man with Two Hearts
1996 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Yasutaka Tsutsui.
Novel • 11 eps
The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED
2020 • Series
Novel • 5 eps
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2016 • Series
Original Story • 10 eps
Nanase, Telepathy Girl's Ballad
2012 • Series
Novel • 10 eps
Nanase Once More
2008 • Series
Novel • 20 eps
The Millionaire Detective
2005 • Series
Original Story • 5 eps
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1994 • Series
Writer • 13 eps
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990 • Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Yasutaka Tsutsui.
as Boss
Oyaji
2007 • Movie
as Himself
Tsutsui and Kon's Paprika
2007 • Movie
as Kuga (voice)
Paprika
2006 • Movie
as Rich Man in Bar
The World Sinks Except Japan
2006 • Movie
Desire
2005 • Movie
as Soichiro Kono
Red Fate
2005 • Movie
as Miyagi
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005 • Movie
Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special
2003 • Movie
Jam Films
2002 • Movie
as Dr. Inugami Sukekiyo
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
2001 • Movie
as Kazuhiko Teduka
School Day of the Dead
2000 • Movie
as Organization Manager
Hakuchi: The Innocent
1999 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Yasutaka Tsutsui.
as Ryuhei Sezaki • 10 eps
The Millionaire Detective
2005 • Series
10 eps
Atarashii Kaze
2004 • Series
1 eps
Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2002 • Series
1 eps
同窓会へようこそ～遅すぎた夏の帰郷～
1999 • Series
11 eps
Hunt of a New Wolf
1999 • Series
12 eps
A Twist of Fate
1998 • Series
as Hayami Eisuke • 12 eps
Glass Mask
1997 • Series
5 eps
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1994 • Series