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Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Actor and Scriptwriter Japonais born on 24 september 1934 at Osaka City (Japon)

Yasutaka Tsutsui

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Nationality Japon
Birth 24 september 1934 (89 years) at Osaka City (Japon)

Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井 康隆, Tsutsui Yasutaka, born September 24, 1934 in Osaka) 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.

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Filmography of Yasutaka Tsutsui (10 films)

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Paprika
Paprika (2006)
, 1h30
Directed by Satoshi Kon
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films based on science fiction novels, Children's films, LGBT-related film
Actors Megumi Hayashibara, Akio Ōtsuka, Tōru Furuya, Katsunosuke Hori, Tōru Emori, Daisuke Sakaguchi
Roles Kuga (voice)
Rating77% 3.851053.851053.851053.851053.85105
In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called dream therapy has been invented. A device called the "DC Mini" allows the user to view people's dreams. The head of the team working on this treatment, Doctor Atsuko Chiba, begins using the machine illegally to help psychiatric patients outside the research facility, using her alter-ego "Paprika", a sentient persona that she assumes in the dream world.
The World Sinks Except Japan, 1h38
Directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Actors Shuji Kashiwabara, Minoru Kawasaki, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Hiroshi Fujioka
Rating47% 2.3745752.3745752.3745752.3745752.374575
In the year 2011 the greatest tectonic disaster in the history of mankind occurs. As a result of catastrophic earthquakes North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia have sunken underwater while the Japanese islands remain untouched thanks to the Chinese land which had sunk and went underneath.
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?, 1h47
Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Tadanobu Asano, Aoi Miyazaki, Mariko Okada, Masaya Nakahara, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Shingo Tsurumi
Roles Miyagi
Rating65% 3.2509153.2509153.2509153.2509153.250915
" Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, pourquoi m'as-Tu abandonné ?" Le jour où ce mot a été crié dans une détresse profonde, le Christ est mort sur la croix. En 2015, un virus s'est propagé dans plusieurs villes à travers le monde. Un virus qui pousse au suicide. Les gens, une fois contaminés, développent la maladie et meurent. Il n'y a aucun remède pour combattre ce mal fait de peur et de désespoir. Les médias nomment ce fléau, le Syndrome du lemming.
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies, 1h20
Directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Comedy science fiction films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Norman England, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Natsuki Katō, Shungiku Uchida, Yukijirō Hotaru, Toshinori Omi
Roles Dr. Inugami Sukekiyo
Rating51% 2.5501252.5501252.5501252.5501252.550125
In the near future, the entire world is struck with a bizarre malady which affects every girl between the ages of 14 and 16 years old.
Gemini
Gemini (1999)
, 1h23
Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about families
Actors Ryō, Masahiro Motoki, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Shiho Fujimura, Akaji Maro, Renji Ishibashi
Roles Yukio's Father
Rating66% 3.3459053.3459053.3459053.3459053.345905
Tokyo. 1910. Dr. Daitokuji Yukio (Masahiro Motoki), a former military doctor who has taken over a successful practice from his father and treats plague victims, is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and Rin (Ryo), a beautiful wife. His only problem is that she suffers from amnesia, and her past is unknown.
Ring 2
Ring 2 (1999)
, 1h32
Directed by Hideo Nakata
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Miki Nakatani, Kyōko Fukada, Masahiro Motoki, Nanako Matsushima, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Sanada
Rating58% 2.9476052.9476052.9476052.9476052.947605
While inspecting the corpse of Sadako Yamamura, the forensic experts note evidence that Sadako has died only a year or two ago, meaning that she was still alive in the sealed well for almost thirty years. They later reconstruct her body and send it to Takaishi Yamamura (Yoichi Numata), Sadako's uncle, who takes it on his boat and later casts it into the bottom of the ocean.

Scriptwriter

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, 2h2
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Riisa Naka, Narumi Yasuda, Anna Ishibashi, Tokio Emoto
Roles Novel
Rating64% 3.2425253.2425253.2425253.2425253.242525
In 2010, Kazuko Yoshiyama (Narumi Yasuda) works as a pharmaceutical researcher secretly developing a formula for time travel. After a car accident, she is left comatose. She briefly regains consciousness and tells her daughter Akari to travel back in time to 1972 and deliver a message to her first love, Kazuo Fukamachi (Kanji Ishimaru). She mistakenly travels to 1974 and befriends Ryota Mizorogi (Akiyoshi Nakao), who lets her stay in his apartment until she can return to her time.
The World Sinks Except Japan, 1h38
Directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Actors Shuji Kashiwabara, Minoru Kawasaki, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Hiroshi Fujioka
Roles Novel
Rating47% 2.3745752.3745752.3745752.3745752.374575
In the year 2011 the greatest tectonic disaster in the history of mankind occurs. As a result of catastrophic earthquakes North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia have sunken underwater while the Japanese islands remain untouched thanks to the Chinese land which had sunk and went underneath.
Paprika
Paprika (2006)
, 1h30
Directed by Satoshi Kon
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films based on science fiction novels, Children's films, LGBT-related film
Actors Megumi Hayashibara, Akio Ōtsuka, Tōru Furuya, Katsunosuke Hori, Tōru Emori, Daisuke Sakaguchi
Roles Novel
Rating77% 3.851053.851053.851053.851053.85105
In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called dream therapy has been invented. A device called the "DC Mini" allows the user to view people's dreams. The head of the team working on this treatment, Doctor Atsuko Chiba, begins using the machine illegally to help psychiatric patients outside the research facility, using her alter-ego "Paprika", a sentient persona that she assumes in the dream world.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, 1h40
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Fumihiko Tachiki, Sachie Hara, Mitsuki Tanimura, Keiko Yamamoto
Roles Novel
Rating77% 3.851113.851113.851113.851113.85111
Makoto Konno, who enjoys playing baseball, lives with her parents and younger sister Miyuki in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo, Japan. Her aunt Kazuko Yoshiyama, is an art restorer at the Tokyo National Museum.
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time, 1h44
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Time travel films
Actors Tomoyo Harada, Ittoku Kishibe, Toshinori Omi, Takako Irie, Ken Uehara, Toshie Negishi
Roles Novel
Rating64% 3.2452353.2452353.2452353.2452353.245235
Après avoir été retrouvée inconsciente dans une salle de chimie, une jeune lycéenne semble pouvoir voyager dans le temps.