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Tsutomu Takahashi

Tsutomu Takahashi

Actor · Born August 23, 1978 (48) · Tokyo, Japan

Tsutomu Takahashi was born on 23 August 1978 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Confessions (2010), Erased (2016) and The Long Goodbye (2014).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
August 23, 1978 (48)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 85 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 37 days to Oct 26Up 22% in 30 days

What are Tsutomu Takahashi's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

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
Self
22%
Bonds
21%
Morality
19%
Survival
17%
Power
13%
Ideas
8%
Ambition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role
  • Mentoras Detective Nakamura in Sadako 3D (2012)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Thrilling
4
Melancholic
4
Absurd
2
Warm
2
Other
11

How their films linger

Rousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet5
  • 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 Takahashi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tsutomu Takahashi'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

85 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.

  • Eiga Chô Uchû Keiji Gyaban Infiniti Taiyô ga Naita Hi(2026)

    as Makoto Hase / Gavan Killer

  • Crossroad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Time Loop Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 1 episode · as Takuma Iwasaki

  • PanchiDoranku Uman: Datsugoku Made Ato XX Nichi(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · as Kenji Tokai

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Principal Examination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Hayama Gen

  • A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · as Sekiya Tokuzo

  • News Anchor(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Fight: The Breaking Down of Young Blue Warriors(2025)

    as Kasei Hoshino

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Himitsu ~ The Top Secret ~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 11 episodes · as Yasufumi Okabe

  • Brighter Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Mitsuo Horii

  • Hakubo no Chronicle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · as Karasawa

  • Spring Scene - Prologue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Original Story

  • Isn’t It a Ripoff?: The Job of a New Member of the Intellectual Property Department (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · as Kazuki Matsuo

  • Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Draft King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • My Happy Marriage(2023)

    as Shinichi Saimori

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Legend & Butterfly(2023)

    as Katsuzaburo Ikeda

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Take a Stroll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Kingdom 2: Far and Away(2022)

    as Kyuu Gen (Gong Yuan)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Guardian of the Market (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Drive Into Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Shinichi Hongo

  • The Files of Young Kindaichi(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Noboru Takahayashi

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 11 episodes · as Sendo Naoki [CDT Neurosurgeon]

  • Dakara Korosenakatta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · as Mochizuki Kohei

  • The Little Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • The Executioner Prince and His Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Love Deeply! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 9 episodes · as Daigo Someya

  • The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms -Side Story- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms(2020)

    as Zhang Fei

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • King John (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Project Dreams - How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • The Journalist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Ryoichi Tsuzuki

  • 女川 いのちの坂道 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Giwaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Restaurant from the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Tominaga

  • The Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Yusuke Terao

  • Suits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Kengo Takayama

  • The Story of Shotaro Ishinomori, The Man Who Created Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Kawato

  • The Detective Is Way Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Master

  • 捜査会議はリビングで！ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • Giver: Revenge's Giver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as 松永

  • Miss Sherlock(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Ryota Wakasugi

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • A Seaside Weekly Tabloid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Kuinige Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Junpei Natsukawa

  • Final Cut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Kohei Sumiyoshi（住吉 浩平）

  • Segodon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tomiken

  • Orphan Black – 7 GENES (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Nagase

  • The Third Murder(2017)

    as Sakurai

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Hello, Detective Hedgehog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Hitman

  • Reminiscence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • The Price (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Tatsuya Ando

  • Cold Case: Door of Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Inoue Masaru

  • Erased (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Manager Takahashi

  • Fujiko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Uehara Hideki

  • Dr. Storks(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Yosuke Kazama

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Angel Heart(2015)

    Show 9 episodes · as Shinobu Komiyama

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • S the Last Policeman Recovery of Our Future(2015)

    as Ryuichi Kajio

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • April Fools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Gentle Younger Brother

  • Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Lingering Spirits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Great Selection Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Manabu Kubo

  • Tamagawa Ward Office of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 12 episodes · as Tsuyoshi Ookawa

  • The Long Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 5 episodes · as Gonda

  • Crows Explode(2014)

    as Takashi Makise

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • S -The Last Policeman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 10 episodes · as Ryuichi Kajio

  • Ando Lloyd ～A.I. knows LOVE ?～ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Mamoru Morita（盛田 守）

  • Petal Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • The Flying Publicist(2013)

    Show 11 episodes · as Hiromi Maki

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • The World Within a 3-Km Radius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • The Samurai That Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Kohei Kubo

  • Piece (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 13 episodes · as Teacher Miyamoto

  • MOON SAGA - Mysteries of Yoshitsune I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Ise Saburou

  • The Drudgery Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Kenji Maeno

  • Sadako 3D(2012)

    as Masahiko Nakamura

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Woodsman and the Rain(2011)

    as Nomiya

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Solitary Gourmet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Kizuna: Taste of Aji Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Kengo

  • BECK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Rikiya Kitazawa

  • Surely Someday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Confessions(2010)

    as Tokura

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Absolute Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Tatsuya Ishizuka

  • Randies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Crows Zero II(2009)

    as Takashi Makise

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Files of the Young Kindaichi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as Noboru Takahayashi

Career shape

Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 85 titles from 1995 to 2026; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020)

$37M worldwide

Highest rated

Crows Zero II (2009)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

PanchiDoranku Uman: Datsugoku Made Ato XX Nichi (2026)

Film career

19952026

Peak 2009 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.

  • 2009Screen debut· Crows Zero II

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting84 of 85: 84 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thWriting1 of 85: 1 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s2 · acting2010s51 · acting2020s31 · 30 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 11 roles

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.

How do Tsutomu Takahashi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of the 12 of 13 with a score; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 19 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Sadako 3D (2012)

64th percentile spread · 63% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Confessions (2010)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 44. 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 Tsutomu Takahashi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tsutomu Takahashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kanna Hashimoto shares the most, 2.

Actors

Editors

Producers