Yasutaka Tsutsui

In a near-future time, the British government has come up with an environmentally friendly program that abolishes prisons. Criminals and undocumented immigrants are chemically transformed into trees and put on public display. A propaganda filmmaker is forced to question his work as he prepares to see his journalist wife be “planted” for crimes against the state. A grim and imaginative cautionary tale by British filmmaker Tony Hipwell, based on the short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui (PAPRIKA, THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME).

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A gifted psychic named Nanase teams up with other psychics in order to fight against a mysterious organization determined to hunt them down.

Akari Yoshiyama is graduating high school soon and is expected to lead new life after she passes the university entrance exam, while her mother is working as a pharmacologist. However, her mother has a car accident and the situation is totally changed. She decides to go to 1972 to fullfil her mother's wish.

The making of anime "Paprika" (2006), focusing on its adaptation from Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel.

Em um futuro próximo, o Dr. Tokita inventa um poderoso aparelho chamado DC Mini, que torna possível o acesso aos sonhos das pessoas. Sua colega, a Dra. Chiba, psicoterapeuta e pesquisadora de ponta, desenvolve um tratamento psiquiátrico revolucionário a partir do aparelho. Mas, antes de seu uso ser sancionado pelo governo, o DC Mini é roubado. Então eles mergulham no mundo do inconsciente para descobrir quem está por trás do crime.

Em um futuro próximo, o Dr. Tokita inventa um poderoso aparelho chamado DC Mini, que torna possível o acesso aos sonhos das pessoas. Sua colega, a Dra. Chiba, psicoterapeuta e pesquisadora de ponta, desenvolve um tratamento psiquiátrico revolucionário a partir do aparelho. Mas, antes de seu uso ser sancionado pelo governo, o DC Mini é roubado. Então eles mergulham no mundo do inconsciente para descobrir quem está por trás do crime.

In the year 2011 the greatest tectonic disaster in the history of mankind has occurred. As a result of the catastrophic earthquakes North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia have sunken underwater while the Japanese islands remain untouched.

In the year 2011 the greatest tectonic disaster in the history of mankind has occurred. As a result of the catastrophic earthquakes North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia have sunken underwater while the Japanese islands remain untouched.

Makoto Konno é uma estudante comum, sempre com pressa e lutando contra o relógio para não perder a hora da escola. Tem a vida em ordem, é uma garota de sorte e com boa intuição. Ao lado dos amigos Chiaki Mamiya e Kousuke Tsuda, Makoto forma um trio muito unido que se encontra naquela difícil fase de decidir o que fazer da vida no futuro. Certo dia, a sorte e intuição de Makoto parecem abandoná-la, e ela descobre ter, por alguma razão, o poder de viajar no tempo. Assustada no início, Makoto começa a assimilar melhor a idéia do incrível poder que tem em mãos. Super segura de si, Makoto passa a usar e abusar deste poder mas, logicamente, percebe que mudar o passado pode trazer péssimas consequências

Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike. A young man searching for physical comfort and dumb lust, and the world-weary woman drowning in a sea of men that works with him. This is a fantastic new film from a remarkably skilled cast about "the beauty of sensualism."

A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this infection filled with fear and despair. The media calls the disease the "Lemming Syndrome".

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. *Kagi (The Key) - starring Eguchi Yosuke. 2. Perfect Couple - starring Yada Akiko. 3. Toosugita Otoko (The Man Who Was Too Far Away) - starring Nakamura Shido. 4. Meiro (The Maze)- starring Tanihara Shosuke. 5. Kage ga Omonaru Toki (When Shadows Accumulate) - starring Yashima Norito. * Adapted from a novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka.

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. *Kagi (The Key) - starring Eguchi Yosuke. 2. Perfect Couple - starring Yada Akiko. 3. Toosugita Otoko (The Man Who Was Too Far Away) - starring Nakamura Shido. 4. Meiro (The Maze)- starring Tanihara Shosuke. 5. Kage ga Omonaru Toki (When Shadows Accumulate) - starring Yashima Norito. * Adapted from a novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka.

Kenzo estava atrás das grades por matar um gangster. Após a sua libertação, ele vai viver com o filho, cujo casamento está em ruínas. Sua neta Tamako, de 14 anos, é condenada ao ostracismo ao descobrir que seu avô é um assassino. Kenzo logo ajuda a defender Tamako de valentões na escola. Quando Tamako se defende, ela passa a acreditar que herdou parte da grande força de seu avô. Eventualmente, um associado do homem que Kenzo matou vem em busca de vingança, junto com o filho do homem morto.

Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

Shinshun! Love stories (新春! LOVEストーリーズ) is a 2002 Japanese telefilm starring members of the all-girl J-pop group Morning Musume. Shinshun! Love stories is an anthology film based on three different romantic stories: The Dancing Girl of Izu, Haikara-san ga Tōru and Toki o Kakeru Shōjo. The film aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System on January 2, 2002. A limited edition DVD was released on October 26, 2005.

Set in a future dystopia where teenaged girls begin dying for no apparent reason -- and often in an elated, chronically happy state of mind. One of these girls, Stacy, is back from the dead, however, and she's ready to gorge herself on human flesh. As more and more teenage-girl zombies begin to feast on the living, the people of Japan brace themselves and try to find a way to end the madness.

In the near future, a man undergoes an experiment by sharing living quarters with an alien aboard a space station. Based on a Yasutaka Tsutsui play.

Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents.

In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japan's entertainment.

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

A story about the friendship of the sons of two political rivals.

A five-part comedy and horror anthology

A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.

A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.

A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.

A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.

Yoshiyama Kazuko is in the 3rd grade of junior high. One day, she's cleaning in the laboratory, she notices of the smell of lavender, and faints. Since then, she has acquired a mysterious power to travel time.

First mainstream film directed by Genji Nakamura, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1974 short story of the same title.