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Mitsuru Tanabe

Writer, Director

September 12, 1959 (66 years)

Known For

GTO: The Movie
GTO: The Movie1999
Noozles
Noozles1 season
Akagi
Akagi10 episodes
Transformation
Transformation5 episodes
Dinner
Dinner11 episodes
The Scales of Justice
The Scales of Justice2 seasons
The Woman of S.R.I.
The Woman of S.R.I.24 seasons
Emergency Room 24 Hours
Emergency Room 24 Hours5 seasons
Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO
Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO6 seasons
Whose Is the Cuckoo's Egg?
Whose Is the Cuckoo's Egg?6 episodes

Filmography

2021	Seigi no Tenbin
2016	Whose Is the Cuckoo's Egg? · as Screenplay
2014	Henshin
2011	Shikei kijun · as Screenplay
2004	Deep Love: The Story of Ayu · as Screenplay
1999	GTO: The Movie
1999	The Woman of S.R.I.
1999	Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji · as Screenplay
1997	Janma Akagi · as Screenplay
1997	Ii Hito · as Screenplay
1995	Touhaidan Akagi · as Screenplay
1986	Gen'eki Joshidaisei: Kahanshin Focus · as Screenplay

1984

2016	Tokyo MPD - From ZERO to HERO · as Teleplay
2015	Akagi (Drama) · as Teleplay
2014	Is There a Vet in the House? · as Teleplay
2013	Dinner · as Teleplay
2012	Keigo Higashino Mysteries · as Teleplay
2012	Bunshin · as Teleplay
1984	Noozles · as Episode Writer
1983	Aesop's Fables · as Script Editor