Yukihiko Tsutsumi (堤幸彦, Tsutsumi Yukihiko; born November 3, 1955) 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. 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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 3, 1955 (70)
- Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Director and writer
- 17 on MovieCove · 111 credits in all
Known for
What are Yukihiko Tsutsumi's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 12
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 6
Grounded 3 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 3
Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 6
Steady 3 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 7
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous10
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 Yukihiko Tsutsumi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Yukihiko 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
111 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.
Hinata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Mystery Arena(2026)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Girl from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Killer Goldfish(2024)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Gate on the Horizon: Goth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Page30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
STEP OUT (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Hotel of My Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Three Way Battle of Japanese New Era (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
A Conviction of Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Stage Play "Journey to the West" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Knockin' on Locked Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Generalprobe 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Singula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Get Ready! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
truth: 1 Night, 1 Room, 3 Baddest Bitches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Mr. Grim Reaper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
First Love(2021)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
SPECサーガ黎明編『Knockin'on 冷泉's SPEC Door』～絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片～ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
12 Suicidal Teens(2019)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Spec saga "The Romance of Satori" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
SICK'S Jo no Shou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Miman City 2017 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Sanada 10 Braves(2016)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Man with God's Tongue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Detective Ballerino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Big Bee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Initiation Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Mourner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Eight Ranger 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Trick Shinsaku Special 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Trick the Movie: Last Stage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Trick Haha no Izumi Hen Cho Kanzen Ban (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
SPEC: Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Starman: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Angel Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Eight Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
My House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
SPEC: Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
SPEC: Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Hayabusa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
SPEC: Birth(2010)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
BECK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Trick Shinsaku Special 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Where The Legend Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Sushi King Goes to New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Happily Ever After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Bandage Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Sushi Ōji! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Sword of Alexander (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Shimokita Sundays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Trick: The Movie 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Memories of Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Siren(2006)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Trick Shinsaku Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Egg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
H2: The Days with You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Stand Up!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Collage of Our Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
2LDK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Jam Films(2002)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Trick: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Love is Still Necessary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Handoku!!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Chinese Dinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Drowning Fish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Trick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Ikebukuro West Gate Park(2000)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Black Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Keizoku Special: Phantom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Keizoku: Unsolved Cases (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Hanako of the Toilet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Miman City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Psychometrer Eiji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Files of Young Kindaichi: Snow Yaksha Legend Murder Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Goodbye Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Files of the Young Kindaichi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Western-style Village Murder Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Files of Young Kindaichi: School's Seven Mysteries Murder Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
金田一少年事件簿-堂本刚版 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Nakajihime, what will happen to us? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Price of an Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Day the Wolf Came (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Christmas in New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Thriller CRT (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
! [ai-ou] (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Frozen Horror Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Television ga Kureta Yume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 111 titles, 110 of them dated from 1987 to 2026.
Biggest box office
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)
Highest rated
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000)
Most popular right now
SPEC: Birth (2010)
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.
How do Yukihiko Tsutsumi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th9
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 17 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Yukihiko Tsutsumi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Yukihiko Tsutsumi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Satoru Karasawa shares the most, 6.
Writers
- Yasushi FukudaShared titles: 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009), 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Yasushi Fukuda
- Naoki UrasawaShared titles: 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Naoki Urasawa
- Takashi NagasakiShared titles: 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Takashi Nagasaki
- Yusuke WatanabeShared titles: 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Yusuke Watanabe
Actors
- Toshiaki KarasawaShared titles: Mystery Arena (2026), 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009), 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Toshiaki Karasawa
- Ryûnosuke KamikiShared titles: SPEC: Close - Incarnation (2013), SPEC: Close - Reincarnation (2013), SPEC: Birth (2010), 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Ryûnosuke Kamiki
- Yôsuke KubozukaShared titles: The Killer Goldfish (2024), First Love (2021), Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000)See all 3 shared titles with Yôsuke Kubozuka
- Erika TodaShared titles: SPEC: Close - Incarnation (2013), SPEC: Close - Reincarnation (2013), SPEC: Birth (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Erika Toda
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Satoru KarasawaShared titles: Mystery Arena (2026), Sanada 10 Braves (2016), 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008), Siren (2006), Jam Films (2002)See all 6 shared titles with Satoru Karasawa
- Nobuyuki ItoShared titles: Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy (2014), SPEC: Close - Incarnation (2013), 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008), Siren (2006), Jam Films (2002)See all 6 shared titles with Nobuyuki Ito
- Gabriele RobertoShared titles: Sanada 10 Braves (2016), SPEC: Close - Incarnation (2013), SPEC: Close - Reincarnation (2013), SPEC: Birth (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Gabriele Roberto
- Shigetomo MadarameShared titles: 12 Suicidal Teens (2019), Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy (2014), SPEC: Close - Incarnation (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Shigetomo Madarame
Producers
- Nobuyuki IinumaShared titles: 12 Suicidal Teens (2019), 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Nobuyuki Iinuma
- Jun'ichi AbeShared titles: 12 Suicidal Teens (2019), Sanada 10 Braves (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jun'ichi Abe
- Miho KobayashiShared titles: 12 Suicidal Teens (2019), Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Miho Kobayashi
- Nobuhito NagasakaShared titles: 12 Suicidal Teens (2019), Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Nobuhito Nagasaka