Happy 60th Birthday, Shinya Tsukamoto! Born today in 1960, this Japanese production designer/art director, editor, cinematographer, actor, writer, producer and film director has a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad.
He is best known for his Tetsuo trilogy of horror films, consisting of 'Tetsuo: The Iron Man', 'Tetsuo II: Body Hammer' (1992) and 'Tetsuo: The Bullet Man' (2009).
Of these, Tsukamoto is best known for editing,co-filming, writing, producing and directing the 1989 Japanese black and white cyberpunk horror /sci=fi film 'Tetsuo' (or 'Tetsuo: The Iron Man').
The film follows a "metal fetishist" (Shinya Tsukamoto). Driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, he runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman (Tomorowo Taguchi) and his girlfriend (Kei Fujiwara).
The pair then dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Of these, Tsukamoto is best known for editing,co-filming, writing, producing and directing the 1989 Japanese black and white cyberpunk horror /sci=fi film 'Tetsuo' (or 'Tetsuo: The Iron Man').
The film follows a "metal fetishist" (Shinya Tsukamoto). Driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, he runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman (Tomorowo Taguchi) and his girlfriend (Kei Fujiwara).
Tsukamoto's other films include 'Tokyo Fist' (1998), 'Bullet Ballet' (1998), 'A Snake of June' (2002), 'Vital' (2004), 'Kotoko' (2011), 'Fires on the Plain' (2014) and 'Killing' (2018).
In addition to starring in almost all of his films, Tsukamoto has also appeared in films by other directors. These include Martin Scorsese, Takashi Miike ('Audition') and Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor Hideaki Anno.
Tsukamoto has been cited as an influence on popular western filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky and The Wachowskis.
Tsukamoto has been active from 1989–present.
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