Yasutaka Tsutsui
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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 24, 1934
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Paprika
2006-10-21
Paprika
Overview: 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.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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Gemini
1999-09-15
Gemini
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-15
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Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
2001-08-18
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-08-18
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School Day of the Dead
2000-08-05
School Day of the Dead
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-05
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special
2003-09-18
Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special
Overview: 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.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-18
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Making of Gemini
2000-05-12
Making of Gemini
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005-05-18
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Overview: 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".
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-05-18
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Ki no ue no sogyo
1997-03-29
Ki no ue no sogyo
Overview: A story about the friendship of the sons of two political rivals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-03-29
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Hakuchi: The Innocent
1999-11-13
Hakuchi: The Innocent
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Fantasy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-13
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Desire
2005-11-19
Desire
Overview: 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."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-19
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Jam Films
2002-12-28
Jam Films
Overview: Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-28
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The World Sinks Except Japan
2006-09-02
The World Sinks Except Japan
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-02
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Tsutsui and Kon's Paprika
2007-05-23
Tsutsui and Kon's Paprika
Overview: The making of anime "Paprika" (2006), focusing on its adaptation from Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-23
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The Man with Two Hearts
1996-05-11
The Man with Two Hearts
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-11
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Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
1989-01-28
Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
Overview: A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-01-28
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Star
1986-04-12
Star
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-12
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Oyaji
2007-08-25
Oyaji
Overview: Surrounded by violence for as long as he can remember, Ryoudo Numata has steeled himself into a tremendously tough man, growing to become the very essence of "manliness" himself in order to live his life in peace. When members of a yakuza clan set on fire to his house to facilitate a real estate transaction, Kumada murders them and gets jailed for it. 15 years later, finally free, he will now have to reconnect with his family who clearly are in disarray due his long absence and face the distrust of his children who know nothing of their father except that he had abandoned them.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-25
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