Who is Yasutaka Tsutsui
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He's a Japanese novelist, author and actor who is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan! Meet Yasutaka Tsutsui!
Yasutaka Tsutsui won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1987 Tanizaki Prize, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Japan SF award. In 1997, he was decorated as a Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
I learned more about him when I discovered Paprika, the wonderful animated science fiction fantasy film, which is based on his 1993 novel of the same name.
Who is Yasutaka Tsutsui? He's a Japanese novelist, author and actor who is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan! Meet Yasutaka Tsutsui!
Who is Yasutaka Tsutsui was originally created on January 11, 2008.
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The Yasutaka Tsutsui Poll
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The Beautiful Art of Paprika the Movie
Get Paprika the Film
Paprika
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 02/17/2012)
The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream.
* Starring: Megumi Hayashibara, T?ru Furuya
* Directed by: Satoshi Kon
* Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
* Release year: 2006
* Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
The lens on Paprika, the movie!
It's a wonderful animated film with a beautiful musical score ...
Yasutaka Tsutsui books
The buzz on Yasutaka Tsutsui
- Cultural Centre, Studio Theatre Feb 17-19
- His inspiration to turn Yasutaka Tsutsui's original short story, Mushiriai (Plucking at Each Other), into a theatre production first arrived when he was reading it in a London workshop he conducted in 2003. ?The Iraq War began in that year,? he recalls ...
- Where: Inner London
- Based on a short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui, it tells the story of Mr Ido, a successful 'salary-man' who arrives home one day to discover that his wife and son have been taken prisoner by an escaped convict. As his frustrations grow in the face of ...
- The Bee – review
- Adapted by Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan from a short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui, The Bee is a modern morality tale dressed up as a weird and wild theatrical manga comic strip that takes a satirical swipe at what happens when people lose faith in ...
- Review: The Bee
- Noda and Teevan's script, based upon an original story by Yasutaka Tsutsui, captures a story much like a Grimm fairytale; a story of twisted narratives and characters that delves deep into chilling circumstances. What The Bee manages to also capture is ...
Get Paprika the Film
Paprika
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 02/17/2012)
The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream.
* Starring: Megumi Hayashibara, T?ru Furuya
* Directed by: Satoshi Kon
* Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
* Release year: 2006
* Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
The Yasutaka Tsutsui Fan Club
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Are you a fan of Yasutaka Tsutsui? Did you read his novel, Paprika, or see the animated film, Paprika? I'd love to hear from you!
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LaraineRose
Dec 31, 2011 @ 4:08 am | delete
- I just finished reading "Hell" by Tsutsui. Translated into English, of course. Have you read it yet?
The basic premise is that hell is a place where you wait things out, get over your regrets, your anger, your leftover worldly desires.
I really enjoy Japanese culture. One of my best buds in school was Japanese.
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Kelly M
Aug 19, 2008 @ 11:24 am | delete
- I loved the movie! I can't wait for the novel. This is why I searched the net, to find out if it was translated yet. Thank you Andrew Driver, looking forward to it!
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Julaine
Aug 6, 2008 @ 2:01 am | delete
- Andrew, I'm so grateful you are translating Paprika. I must know the whole story! I think it's the best anime story I've seen, it is so human. It met the needs of many subconscious dreams. I dreamt a story once too (a whole different story I dreamed about quite clearly years ago), and I am all the more encouraged by the part of the story represented in the movie to continue to write it, seeing how the feeling were relayed in the scenes, how subtle and powerful. I can't wait to know the forward and backwards of an already fantastic story. Thank you for your work and to anyone involved in making it happen. I anticipate the release of the novel with great excitement!
(in California)
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Andrew Kempter
Jun 15, 2008 @ 11:07 pm | delete
- Hi, I have seen the movie, and thought that it was excellent. Imagine my surprise when I found a copy of the book that it was based on. I'm working on a translation of the books as well, it's slow going, but expect no publishing to happen.
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Kammie Gillette
Mar 19, 2008 @ 4:36 pm | delete
- I have been looking for "Paprika" the novel forever!! One of mu friends said it was already out in America! Well it's good to know that it will be out soon!!!!
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