Tsutomu Tatsumi

Tsutomu Tatsumi (born March 1972) is a former actor from Kansai, Japan. His agency at the time was Actor Pro.

Biography

He was active as a child actor mainly in the 1980s, and received high acclaim for his roles as Takayuki Yoshizawa (Dankichi) in the movie "Setouchi Boys Baseball Team" and the main character's childhood in "My Lovely Days". He gained attention for voicing the main character Seita in "Grave of the Fireflies" .

In 2012, when an event was held to commemorate the Blu-ray release of Grave of the Fireflies, the organizers made every effort to ask Tatsumi to perform, but they had no choice but to give up as they could not find any contact information. As the event was being broadcast live on the web, people were encouraged to come to the venue if they were watching, but this did not happen .^[1]

He was 16 years old when he voiced Seita in Grave of the Fireflies. This is because Seita's set age is 14 years old, which is close to Tatsumi's age at the time of his appearance, and the story is set in his hometown of Kansai, and the director, Isao Takahata, chose actors from Kansai . This may also be due to the fact that he aspired to such things. Additionally, he later said, "It's easier to empathize with someone when they're close in age", and this was also the case with Ayano Shiraishi, who played Setsuko.

The movie pamphlet says, "If only I had been more talkative, I think my life would have been easier", and "If I had been more honest about my mistakes, I would have been able to live a successful life." "I don't think I want to live like Seita," he said when it was first aired on "Friday Road Show" .

Appearances

Movies

• Setouchi Boys Baseball Team (1984, Japan Herald ) - Takayuki Yoshizawa (Dankichi)
• Dear days (1984, Toho ) - Toshio Segawa (boyhood)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988, Toho/ Studio Ghibli ) - Seita^[2]

TV dramas

• It's an incident! Episode 20 "Cat Riot" (February 18, 1982, Kansai Television )
• Toshiba Sunday Theater No. 1343 "Daimonji was Already Autumn" (September 19, 1982, Mainichi Broadcasting )
• Go! Zukkoke Threesome Episode 31 (1985, Kansai Television)
• Chief Detective ( Asahi Broadcasting )
  • No. 1558 "Wise Brother and Foolish Brother" (September 10, 1988)
  • No. 1585 "Farewell Night Glow Tribe" (March 25, 1989)
  • No. 1598 "Persuasion at the risk of life" (June 24, 1989)

Serial TV dramas

• "Woman's Struggle" (March – June 1983)
• "My mother is a roommate" (April – May 1986)

Television Animation

• Jarinko Chie (1981) Extra appearance

Commercials

• Sankuteru

References