Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Born November 3, 1955 in Yokkaichi, Mie is a Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nippon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, Office Crescendo, from which he works independently.
Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Tsutsumi Yukihiko from "The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps" World Premiere Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Born
- 3 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan
- Occupation
- Television and film director
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Hosei University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born November 3, 1955 in Yokkaichi, Mie is a Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nippon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, Office Crescendo, from which he works independently.
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Yukihiko Tsutsumi (born 1955) is a Japanese film director, impresario and screenwriter, among other activities. The film director was born in Yokkaichi.
Yukihiko Tsutsumi studied at Hosei University. The film director lived in Chikusa-ku. Languages used include Japanese.
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Biography
Biography
His first television drama on Nippon Television was called Kora! Tonneruzu and ran from 1985 to 1989. He directed Taitei no Ken, an original work by Baku Yumemakura, in 2007.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Yukihiko Tsutsumi • Born — 3 November 1955 • Birthplace — Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan • Occupation — Television and film director • Website — www.crescendo.co.jp/creators/tsutsumi.html
Selected dramas
Selected dramas
• The Kindaichi Case Files (1995–96) • Psychometrer Eiji (1997) • Keizoku (1999) • Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) • Trick (2000) • Stand Up!! (2003) • Socrates in Love (2004) • H2 (2005) • Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari (2006) • Sushi Ōji! (2007) • SPEC: Birth (2010) • Yamegoku: Helpline Cop (2015)
Ice show
Ice show
• Hyoen – Mirror-Patterned Demon (2025)
Identity
Identity
Yukihiko Tsutsumi is recorded with the occupation television director. Recorded as television director, film director, screenwriter and impresario.
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Chikusa-ku
Residences
Yokkaichi.
Birth place
Selected films
• Shanghai Mermaid Legend Murder Case (1997) • Shinsei Toilet no Hanako-san (1998) • Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer (2000) • Drowning Fish (2001) • Chinese Dinner (2001) • Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy (2002) • Jam Films - Hijiki segment (2002) • 2LDK (2003) • Collage of Our Life (2003) • Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy (2004) • EGG. (2005) • Forbidden Siren (2006) • Memories of Tomorrow (2006) • The Sword of Alexander (2007) • Happily Ever After (2007) • Hōtai Club (2007) • Where the Legend Lives (2008) • 20th Century Boys (2008 - 2009) • Beck (2010) • Eight Ranger (2012) • SPEC: Ten (2012) • SPEC: Close (2013) • Angel Home (2013) • Trick The Movie: Last Stage (2014) • Eight Ranger 2 (2014) • The Mourner (2015) • Initiation Love (2015) • The Big Bee (2015) • Sanada 10 Braves (2016) • The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018) • 12 Suicidal Teens (2019) • Hope (2020) • First Love (2021) • Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20 Film: Record of Memories (2021) • A Conviction of Marriage (2024) • The Hotel of My Dream (2024) • The Killer Goldfish (2024) • Step Out (2025) • Mystery Arena (2026) • Hinata (2026)
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1138078: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
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Awards
• The 40th Hochi Film Award: Best Director for The Big Bee and Initiation Love
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- 1.Goo Blog.
- 2.President Inc. 29 May 2012.
- 3.Schilling, Mark, "'My House' takes Tsutsumi home", Japan Times, 8 June 2012, p. 18
- 4.ファーストラヴ. Eiga.com.
- 5.Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20 Film "Record of Memories". Eiga.com.
- 6.夏目アラタの結婚. Eiga.com.
- 7.私にふさわしいホテル. Eiga.com.
- 8.日本初! Webtoonと実写映画が同時進行 梶裕貴、堤幸彦監督の実写映画に出演. Eiga.com.
- 9.Step Out にーにーのニライカナイ. Eiga.com.
- 10.ミステリー・アリーナ. Eiga.com.
- 11.hinata. Eiga.com.
- 12.oricon ME inc.
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scholarly publication
The Role of Societal Change toward Adolescent Suicide in Japan: Phenomenological Analysis on 12 Suicidal Teens Film by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, IZUMI, 2021Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1138078: Yukihiko TsutsumiWikimedia Foundation
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