- Comic books illustrator.
- He retired from the comics industry in 1987. Since then, he has cooperated with the filming and reprinting of his works.
- At the age of 14 he embarked as a stowaway on a cargo ship for the United States, but got caught by the coastal guards and sent back to his family.
- Tsuge briefly served as assistant to manga comic artist Shigeru Mizuki, and was influenced by him in his own artwork.
- From 1966-1976, Tsuge travelled throughout Japan, visiting the small villages, uninhabited regions and other places unknown to the public. This was a source of ideas for new stories.
- One of the most acclaimed gekiga comic artists.
- Tsuge was one of a number of cartoonists who found themselves unable to cope with the changes in the industry in the 1970s, where editors played a large role in manga comics content and schedules shifted from monthly to weekly.
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