Tsugumi

Tsugumi, born Otake Tsuzumi on 21 February 1976, is a Japanese award-winning actress, model and adult video performer. Born in Tokyo, after graduating from high school she started working as race queen. Tsugumi made her film debut in Time Leap (1997), a film adaptation of the manga with the same name, then started widely appearing in films, V-Cinema releases, stage plays and TV-dramas. For her role in Moonlight Whispers (1999) she was awarded as Best Newcomer Actress at the 9th Japanese Professional Movie Awards and as Best New Talent at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival. In 2007, she left her agency and took a break from show business, taking up a job as a company employee. In 2010 Tsugumi announced her adult video debut with Muteki, a label specialized in casting celebrities in their adult video debut.

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April Story (1998)

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Kazuhiko Kato  •  Rumi

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Kazuhiko Kato  •  Rumi

Moonlight Whispers (1999)

Satsuki and Takuya are high school students who meet at kendo practice, where they bash one another with wooden swords. They begin an awkward romance, but Takuya soon reveals a masochistic side to his desires. He has been stealing Satsuki's soiled clothing and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Kenji Mizuhashi  •  Tsugumi  •  Kōta Kusano  •  Harumi Inoue

Satsuki and Takuya are high school students who meet at kendo practice, where they bash one another with wooden swords. They begin an awkward romance, but Takuya soon reveals a masochistic side to his desires. He has been stealing Satsuki's soiled clothing and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Kenji Mizuhashi  •  Tsugumi  •  Kōta Kusano  •  Harumi Inoue

Noriko's Dinner Table (2007)

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Tsugumi  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Tsugumi  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

Freesia: Bullet Over Tears (2007)

In the near future of a Japan, the ancient 'Act of Vengeance' is revived and professional executioners are permitted to kill criminals by the requests from their victims. People who are to be executed are notified of the execution time and date in advance and they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
CAST:  Tetsuji Tamayama  •  Tsugumi  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Tasuku Emoto

In the near future of a Japan, the ancient 'Act of Vengeance' is revived and professional executioners are permitted to kill criminals by the requests from their victims. People who are to be executed are notified of the execution time and date in advance and they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
CAST:  Tetsuji Tamayama  •  Tsugumi  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Tasuku Emoto

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

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In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Jun Kunimura  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Tomochika

In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Jun Kunimura  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Tomochika

Rock'n'Roll Mishin (2002)

Kenji has a dull life. He is unmotivated at the office, and unable to break off a lukewarm relationship with his girlfriend. Then, he meets an old classmate from high school, Ryoichi. Ryoichi says he's starting up a clothing brand with a group of friends. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Kenji Mizuhashi  •  Urara Awata  •  Ryo Kase  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Kenji has a dull life. He is unmotivated at the office, and unable to break off a lukewarm relationship with his girlfriend. Then, he meets an old classmate from high school, Ryoichi. Ryoichi says he's starting up a clothing brand with a group of friends. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Kenji Mizuhashi  •  Urara Awata  •  Ryo Kase  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Luxurious Bone (2001)

Miyako works as a call girl, living with her close friend Sakiko. After encountering a client, Shintani, with whom Miyako experiences sexual pleasure for the first time in her life, the two women begin to drift apart. Miyako suggests that Shintani should sleep with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Tsugumi  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Hirofumi Asamoto

Miyako works as a call girl, living with her close friend Sakiko. After encountering a client, Shintani, with whom Miyako experiences sexual pleasure for the first time in her life, the two women begin to drift apart. Miyako suggests that Shintani should sleep with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Tsugumi  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Hirofumi Asamoto

Canary (2004)

Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Hoshi Ishida  •  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Miyako Koda

Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Hoshi Ishida  •  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Miyako Koda

Screwed (1998)

It has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually in a small apartment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Miki Fujitani  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama  •  Tsugumi

It has been two years since unsuccessful cartoonist Tsube started to live with Kuniko casually in a small apartment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Miki Fujitani  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama  •  Tsugumi

Long Dream (2000)

Strange things lurk in dreams. For Mukoda Tetsurou and the doctors tending to him, things have begun to get stranger as Mukoda begins having longer and longer dreams every night. Can one dream infinity in the span of a night?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Masami Horiuchi  •  Shuji Kashiwabara  •  Kenjiro Tsuda

Strange things lurk in dreams. For Mukoda Tetsurou and the doctors tending to him, things have begun to get stranger as Mukoda begins having longer and longer dreams every night. Can one dream infinity in the span of a night?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Masami Horiuchi  •  Shuji Kashiwabara  •  Kenjiro Tsuda

Hush! (2001)

Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryosuke Hashiguchi
CAST:  Reiko Kataoka  •  Kazuya Takahashi  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Yoko Akino

Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryosuke Hashiguchi
CAST:  Reiko Kataoka  •  Kazuya Takahashi  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Yoko Akino

Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)

An aspiring hair dresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby hair salons. The source of the hair is the corpse of a girl whose dead body continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, driving those ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Megumi Sato  •  Tsugumi  •  Eri Machimoto

An aspiring hair dresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby hair salons. The source of the hair is the corpse of a girl whose dead body continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, driving those ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Megumi Sato  •  Tsugumi  •  Eri Machimoto

The Code (2009)

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Kikunosuke Onoe V  •  Izumi Inamori  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Yousuke Saito

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Kikunosuke Onoe V  •  Izumi Inamori  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Yousuke Saito

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Ryo Iwamatsu

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Ryo Iwamatsu

Ginji - The Slasher (2003)

In prison for 50 years after massacring his corrupt workmates with a samurai sword in 1945, Ginji Sonesaki (Riki Takeuchi) is given the nickname of Ginji the Slasher. On his release he finds himself on the streets living with the homeless hiding from a man whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Miyasaka
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Tsugumi  •  Akaji Maro

In prison for 50 years after massacring his corrupt workmates with a samurai sword in 1945, Ginji Sonesaki (Riki Takeuchi) is given the nickname of Ginji the Slasher. On his release he finds himself on the streets living with the homeless hiding from a man whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Miyasaka
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Tsugumi  •  Akaji Maro

Wild Flowers (2004)

Real pro wrestlers Mizuho Ishikawa, Cutie Suzuki and Emi Tojyo star alongside newcomer Miki Suzuki as the women tag teams, and they are managed reluctantly by Yoshinori Okada, forced to take over as manager of his mom's struggling female wrestling team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Komatsu
CAST:  Yoshinori Okada  •  Houka Kinoshita  •  Miki Suzuki  •  Magi

Real pro wrestlers Mizuho Ishikawa, Cutie Suzuki and Emi Tojyo star alongside newcomer Miki Suzuki as the women tag teams, and they are managed reluctantly by Yoshinori Okada, forced to take over as manager of his mom's struggling female wrestling team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Komatsu
CAST:  Yoshinori Okada  •  Houka Kinoshita  •  Miki Suzuki  •  Magi

Movie box-ing (2004)

2004 film  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Fukagawa  •  Reiko Saito  •  Gisho
CAST:  Koyomi Amata  •  Akiko Fukuda  •  Mizuho Hamano  •  Natsuki Harada

2004 film  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Fukagawa  •  Reiko Saito  •  Gisho
CAST:  Koyomi Amata  •  Akiko Fukuda  •  Mizuho Hamano  •  Natsuki Harada

Kagiganai (2005)

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DIRECTION:  Eiji Yamada
CAST:  Nao Omori  •  Tsugumi  •  Miho Fujima  •  Aki Kawamura

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DIRECTION:  Eiji Yamada
CAST:  Nao Omori  •  Tsugumi  •  Miho Fujima  •  Aki Kawamura

Colors (2006)

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DIRECTION:  Kensaku Kakinomoto
CAST:  Jun Murakami  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Makiko Watanabe

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DIRECTION:  Kensaku Kakinomoto
CAST:  Jun Murakami  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Makiko Watanabe

Another XX: Black Stalker (1997)

Another XX film. This time about a stalker who wears black.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuke Narita
CAST:  Yoko Natsuki  •  SHIHO  •  Tsugumi  •  Yuko Ogino

Another XX film. This time about a stalker who wears black.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuke Narita
CAST:  Yoko Natsuki  •  SHIHO  •  Tsugumi  •  Yuko Ogino
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