Shin'ichi Tsutsumi

Actor · Born July 7, 1964 (62) · Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Shinichi Tsutsumi (堤真一, Tsutsumi Shin'ichi, born July 7, 1964) is a Japanese stage and screen actor. He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Always Sanchōme no Yūhi. Shinichi Tsutsumi is best known for staring in the films of director/actor SABU.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: July 7, 1964 (62)
From: Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Works as: Actor
Titles: 30 on MovieCove · 102 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 28% in 30 days

What are Shin'ichi Tsutsumi's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

25%

Morality

23%

Survival

16%

Society

14%

Self

12%

Ideas

Power

Family bonds6 Community6 Romantic love4 Justice4 Survival4 Hope4 Identity3 Trauma2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 3 · Wry 2 · Earnest 12

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 4 · Dark 5

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 6

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 9 · Intense 6

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 5

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 5

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 3

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 4

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 16 analyzed roles.

Ally

4 of 16

Shadow

3 of 16

Shapeshifter

2 of 16

Trickster

2 of 16

Hero

2 of 16

Threshold guardian

1 of 16

Mentor

1 of 16

Herald

1 of 16

Show the 16 roles

Shapeshifteras Masaki Shibata in Keiho (1999)
Shapeshifteras Shinichi in Perfect Woman (2000)
Tricksteras Shinichi in Perfect Woman (2000)
Threshold guardianas Kenichiro Nabeshima in The Queen of Lunch (2002)
Allyas Hiroshi Yamashita in One Missed Call (2003)
Shadowas Kazuki Koda in Good Luck!! (2003)
Allyas Norifumi Suzuki in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
Shadowas Tetsuya Ishigami in Suspect X (2008)
Heroas Tetsuhiko Tôma in Kokô no mesu (2010)
Tricksteras Norifumi Suzuki in Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
Allyas Honda in Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)
Shadowas Utsubo in The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
Heroas Van in The Deer King (2021)
Mentoras Keisuke Niijima in If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student. (2022)
Heraldas Hiroshi Kataoka in First Penguin! (2022)
Allyas Benzo in Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm

Tense

Hopeful

Absurd

Melancholic

Other

How their films linger

Hopeful13 Feel-good12 Fun6 Bittersweet4 Thought-provoking3 Haunting2

How their films end · 5 with a twist

Happy9
Bittersweet11
Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Shin'ichi Tsutsumi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (8).

Also on these channels

Doki2 titles, show their 2 titles on Doki
Screambox1 title, show their title on Screambox

Subscription and free streaming for Shin'ichi Tsutsumi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

102 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

もうパパ！ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Show 1 episode · as Ryota Tarayama
Kuang wang jing tan(2026)
Actor
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
GIFT (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Show 10 episodes · as Fumito Gotetsu
Two Seasons, Two Strangers(2025)
as Benzo
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
After the Quake(2025)
Actor
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Ghost Writer's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 125 episodes · as Ushimizu Den
大阪激流伝 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
Army on the Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Kazuo Yamashita
Baban Baban Ban Vampire(2025)
as Oda Nobunaga
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Jishin no ato de(2025)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Samurai Fury(2025)
Actor
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Last Town We Saw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as Kojima Toshio
Seven Orifices(2024)
Show 8 episodes · as Ozawa
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 10 episodes · Actor
Confess to Your Crimes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Uda Seijiro
Impersonating Miwa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 32 episodes · as Yatsumi Takashi
First Penguin!(2022)
Show 10 episodes · as Kataoka Hiroshi
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student.(2022)
Show 10 episodes · as Keisuke Niijima
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Sensuikan Cappellini-gou no bouken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Actor
The Mole Song: Final (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
as Masaya Hiura
The Deer King(2021)
as Van (voice)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Actor
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill(2021)
as Utsubo
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
as Ishikawa Kazuto
Not Quite Dead Yet(2020)
as Kei Nobata
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The 47 Rōnin in Debt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Kuranosuke Oishi
恋のヴェネチア狂騒曲 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Takashi Obuchi
From Today, It's My Turn(2018)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Welcome, Chitose-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 24 episodes · as Narrator
Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken(2018)
as Katakuriko Matsudaira
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura(2017)
as Honda
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Game of Business Card (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 4 episodes · as Kanda Tatsuya
Honnouji Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Nobunaga Oda
Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 10 episodes · as Saenai
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio(2016)
as Masaya Hiura
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Tatsuro Morita
The Emperor in August (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
The God of Risk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 10 episodes · as Satoshi Saigyouji
Our Little Sister(2015)
as Dr. Kazuya Shiina
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Kakekomi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Saburoemon
Bali Big Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Aniki
Massan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 150 episodes · as Kinjiro Kamoi
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji(2013)
as Masaya Hiura
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Why Don't You Play in Hell?(2013)
as Ikegami
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Shizuo Ohguro
再会 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Actor
Space Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as hoshika tadashi
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64(2012)
as Norifumi Suzuki
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
土曜ドラマスペシャル　とんび (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 2 episodes · as 市川安男
Princess Toyotomi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Hajime Matsudaira
SP: The Motion Picture II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Soichiro Ogata
SP: The Motion Picture Pre Episode VI (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Souichiro Ogata
Space Battleship Yamato(2010)
as Mamoru Kodai
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
SP: The Motion Picture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Soichiro Ogata
Kokô no mesu(2010)
as Tetsuhiko Toma
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Villon's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Tsuji
Suspect X(2008)
as Tetsuya Ishigami
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Climber's High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Kazuo Kiki
My Darling of the Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Uncle
The Shadow Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as kyougokudo
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2(2007)
as Norifumi Suzuki
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Security Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 14 episodes · as Soichiro Ogata
Maiko Haaaan!!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Kiichiro Naito
Riding the Metro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Shinji Hasebe
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 7 episodes · as Makoto Sakuma
HERO SP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Yasushi Tsugaru
Always: Sunset on Third Street(2005)
as Norifumi Suzuki
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Summer of Ubume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Kyogokudo (Akihiko Chuzenji)
Fly, Daddy, Fly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Suzuki Hajime
When I Fall in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 11 episodes · as Toru Takayanagi
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Asakura Ryokitsu
One Missed Call(2003)
as Hiroshi Yamashita
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Beginner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 11 episodes · as Yuhei Kirihara（桐原勇平）
Good Luck!!(2003)
Show 10 episodes · as Kazuki Koda
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Musashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 49 episodes · as Matahachi Honiden
Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Asakura Kenichi
The Queen of Lunch(2002)
Show 12 episodes · as Nabeshima Kenichiro
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
The Graduation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Mayama
Power of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 11 episodes · as Nukui Kotaro
Chûshingura 1/47 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori
Perfect Woman(2000)
Show 11 episodes · as Nakahara Osuke
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Monday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Koichi Takagi
The Way of Osaka Financing 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Actor
NODA・MAP版「パンドラの鐘」 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Actor
Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 11 episodes · Actor
THE DOCTOR (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 11 episodes · Actor
Keiho(1999)
as Masaki Shibata
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Genroku Ryoran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 49 episodes · as Takada Gunbei
Unlucky Monkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Yamazaki
Postman Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Ryuichi Sawaki
Secret Waltz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Actor
Dangan Runner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Takeda · as Kazuo Takeda
The Way of Osaka Financing 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Actor
Pure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 11 episodes · as Sawatari Toru
The Oil-Hell Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Actor
The Paradise Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Actor
The love song of farewell later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Actor
The Great White Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Show 2 episodes · as Yanagihara
Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Maruo Kajiki (Episode 2)
アテルイ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 102 titles, 101 of them dated from 1989 to 2026; peak year 1996.

Biggest box office

Suspect X (2008)

$55M worldwide

Highest rated

Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)

Midcredits 95^th

Film career

19892026

Peak 1996 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1996Screen debut· Dangan Runner
1996First top-billed film· Dangan Runner
2021Career best· The Deer King

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting102 of 102 · 68^th

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s15 · acting2000s28 · acting2010s32 · acting2020s25 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 25% of 16 roles

60%

20%

960616

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Shin'ichi Tsutsumi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72^nd percentile, the median of all 22; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

66^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

75^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

75^th and up10
50^th to 74^th15
25^th to 49^th4
Below 25^th1

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved3
Crowd Pleaser14
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken (2018)

66^th percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Our Little Sister (2015)

Midcredits 96^th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Shin'ichi Tsutsumi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shin'ichi Tsutsumi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Naoki Satô shares the most, 6.

Shin'ichi Tsutsumi

What are Shin'ichi Tsutsumi's films like?

Genres

Themes

What they feel like to watch

Roles they play

Moods and endings

Where can I watch Shin'ichi Tsutsumi's films?

Filmography

Career shape

Film career

By role

By decade

Billing

How do Shin'ichi Tsutsumi's films land?

Shape of the crowd

Who does Shin'ichi Tsutsumi work with?

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers