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Tsutomu Mizushima

Tsutomu Mizushima

Director and writer · Born December 6, 1965 (60) · Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Born
December 6, 1965 (60)
From
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 48 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 69% in 30 days

What are Tsutomu Mizushima's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 12 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded 2 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 4

Steady 7 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 3

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Casual 7 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
10
Thrilling
10
Tense
10
Warm
10
Hopeful
5
Other
13

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous2

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 Tsutomu Mizushima's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (10).

Subscription and free streaming for Tsutomu Mizushima'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

48 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page.

  • Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Train to the End of the World(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Sound Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
  • Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taicho War! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Daikon War! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part III(2021)

    Director · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai Kanzenhan(2020)

    Director · Sound Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Shirobako: The Movie(2020)

    Director · Second Unit Director · Sound Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Taiyaki War! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part II(2019)

    Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • The Magnificent KOTOBUKI (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · Series Director · Sound Director

  • Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part I(2017)

    Director · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • The Lost Village(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Sound Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
  • Girls und Panzer der Film(2015)

    Director · Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Prison School(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • SHIROBAKO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 24 episodes · Director · Series Director · Sound Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Girls und Panzer: This Is the Real Anzio Battle! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Witch Craft Works(2014)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Composition · Series Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • Genshiken Nidaime no Roku(2013)

    Director · Sound Director · Storyboard

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Girls & Panzer(2012)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • Joshiraku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Another(2012)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • BLOOD-C (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist

  • You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Storyboard · Storyboard Artist

  • The Squid Girl: The Invader Comes from the Bottom of the Sea!(2010)

    Show 24 episodes · Director · Series Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
  • xxxHolic: Rō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • The Legend of Koizumi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Kobato.(2009)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
  • Kemeko Deluxe!(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
  • Big Windup! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 38 episodes · Series Director

  • Kujibiki Unbalance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist

  • XXXHOLiC(2006)

    Show 37 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
  • Magical Witch Punie-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Script

  • Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

  • Genshiken(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Haré+Guu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Scenario Writer

  • Keriyon Shin-chan: Oh, I'm Sorry!(2000)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Kureshin Paradise! Made in Saitama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Chinpui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 112 episodes · Production Office Assistant

Career shape

A full career of 47 titles from 1989 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing38 of 47: 14 only directing, 24 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thWriting10 of 47: 0 only writing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndOther crew29 of 47: 9 only other crew, 20 with another role · typical Midcredits score77th

47 titles, 24 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 20 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s3 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s20 · crew2020s9 · crew

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 Tsutomu Mizushima's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

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.

Is Tsutomu Mizushima's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 63 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 57 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 9 · minimalMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Tsutomu Mizushima work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tsutomu Mizushima's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Reiko Yoshida shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Yuka Iguchi7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Yuka Iguchi
  • Ikumi Nakagami6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Ikumi Nakagami
  • Mai Fuchigami6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Mai Fuchigami
  • Mami Ozaki6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Mami Ozaki

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers