Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Director · Writer

Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan
November 3, 1955

Biography

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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Representative Works

Jam Films
Jam Films
7.9
/ Japanese
MYSTERY ARENA
MYSTERY ARENA
5.6
/ Japanese
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
6.7
/ Japanese
12 Suicidal Teens
12 Suicidal Teens
6.4
/ Japanese
SPEC: Heaven
SPEC: Heaven
7.2
/ Japanese
Hope
Hope
7.5
/ Japanese
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
6.7
/ Japanese
Forbidden Siren
Forbidden Siren
5.2
/ Japanese
SPEC: Close Reincarnation
SPEC: Close Reincarnation
7.2
/ Japanese
Hinata
Hinata
No Rating Yet
/ Japanese
The Mourner
The Mourner
5.3
/ Japanese
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
6.7
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Jam Films
2002Winner

Best Director

Jam Films

MYSTERY ARENA
2026Nominee

Best Director

MYSTERY ARENA

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008Nominee

Best Director

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

Career Highlights

12 Suicidal Teens
2019Highlight

Best Director

12 Suicidal Teens

SPEC: Heaven
2012Highlight

Best Director

SPEC: Heaven

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