Hitonari Tsuji

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Hitonari Tsuji 辻仁成
Hitonari living in Paris, 2016
Born	(1959-10-04) October 4, 1959 (age 65) Tokyo, Japan
Pen name	Jinsei Tsuji
Occupation	Novelist film director composer professor painter editor
Nationality	Japanese
Genre	Literature Historical fiction romance
Notable works	Pianissimo (1990) Light on the Strait (1997) The White Buddha (1997) Calmi Cuori Appassionati Blu (1999) Good Bye See You Someday (2001)
Spouse	Kaho Minami ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2000)​ Miho Nakayama ​ ​ (m. 2002; div. 2014)​
Children	2
Website
www.j-tsuji-h.com

Hitonari Tsuji (辻 仁成, Tsuji Hitonari, born 1959)^[1] is a Tokyo-born Japanese writer, composer, musician, painter and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his given name. His novels and essays have been bestsellers in Japan as well as overseas, with his work being translated into 20 languages and selling over ten million copies.^{[citation needed]}

He has directed ten films including Hotoke (ほとけ) (2001) and Filament (フィラメント) (2002) which were officially presented at the 51st Berlinale and the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival where he won a special mention in the Ecumenical Jury Award category.^{[citation needed]}

Additionally, Tsuji launched a web magazine entitled Design Stories and in October 2016, for which he is currently the editor and chief.^[2]