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Shinya TSUKAMOTO Born in Tokyo, '60. His interest in image on screen started when he was given a super 8mm camera from his father when he was little. He studies oil painting at Nippon University and, after graduating, he worked for a commercial film production company as a director. During those years he pursued a passion for stage as a producer, writer, actor and director. Some of the works were made into film by 8mm camera and incidentally Adventure of Denchu Kozo ('87), one of the works, won the grand prix at Pia Film Festival. His next 16mm black and white semi-length film, Tetsuo, the Iron Man ('89) won the best prize at Rome Fantastic Film Festival, which brought him the status of a "cult film" director internationally. He has continued to make films with his original vision, receiving many rave reviews and prizes. Besides being a film director, he is also an ardent performer and received some of major awards in Japan, the best actor and the best supporting actor in 2003. In 1997, he served a jury member at Venice International Film Festival, where he received a Jury's Special Prize as a director of A Snake of June five years later. Filmography Phantom of Regular Size: 8mm/color/18 min. ‘86 Adventure of Denchu Kozo: 8mm/color/45 min. ‘87 Tetsuo, the Iron Man: 16mm/black and white/67 min. ‘89 Hiruko, the Goblin: 35mm/color/90 min. ‘91 Tetsuo II, the Body Hammer: 35mm/color/83 min. ‘92 Tokyo Fist: 35mm/color/87 min ‘95 Bullet Ballet: 35mm/black and white/87 min. ‘99 Gemini: 35mm/color/84 min ‘99 A Snake of June: 35mm/black and white ‘02 Vital: 35mm/color/86 min/Dolby/’04 |
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Kozo(Great Analogue World) (8mm / 47 min / mono) Directed by Shinya TSUKAMOTO Story A low-tech science fiction in which a boy who 'grows' an electric pole on his back fights against the evil force to save the earth. The boy accidentally warped to the future where the vampire was plotting to turn the word in total darkness. Will the boy be able to shed light from the pole on his back? This piece was originally conceived by Shinya Tsukamoto for stage and was performed by the director's own theater troupe, called Kaijyu Theater before his main involvement with cinema. The world "Kaijyu" literally means the sea beast. This 8mm film won a grand prize at the Pia Film Festival, the only independent film festival in Japan. Cast Nariaki Senba, Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomorow Taguchi, Mitsuru Saga, Kenji Nasa, Kei Fujiwara Staff Produced, written, cinematographed, edited, special effect and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Music by Nobu Kanaoka. / Theme song was performed by Bachikaburi  1989 Kaijyu Theater Co.
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Hammer (35mm/color/mono/standard/82 min) Directed by Shinya TSUKAMOTO Story Taniguchi leads a peaceful life with his wife Kana and their son in a big city, Tokyo. Taniguchi had curiously lost his memories before he was adopted at the age of eight. Fragments of his mysterious past flashes back sometimes, giving him only a vague clue to his lost childhood. One day two mysterious skinheads steal up on the Taniguchi and provoke his anger. And the rage affects his body to cause strange mutation, accompanying a great pain and the senses. It is a birth of a cyber-gun, a deadly human- weapon. Taniguchi is kidnapped himself by the skinheads and taken to a gigantic loft where tens of skinheads are under violent physical training. He is strapped in a steel chair and undergoes a medical experiment. The Guy, the head of the skinheads, watches the process. When Taniguchi's brain is stimulated, a part of his body mutates into a metallic cyber-gun. Cast Tomorow Taguchi, Nobu Kanaoka Staff Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Director, lighting, Editor, Special Effects by Shinya Tsukamoto Special Effects and Make Up by Takashi Oda / Kan Takahama / Akira Fukaya Music by Chu Ishikawa 1992 Toshiba EMI and Kaijyu
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FIST (35mm/87 min / color / mono / vista) Directed by Shinya TSUKAMOTO Story Tokyo Fist, Shinya Tsukamoto deals with the same theme from a completely different perspective. There are three main characters living in Tokyo: A business man who works for a big corporation, a boxer/trainer who is the friend of the business man and a woman who eventually breaks the two men's friendship. It is the relationship of the love triangle, poignant yet funny, and portrays each character that gradually confronts with one's own self. The concept of a human body/flesh against metropolitan backdrop is punctuated by the stylized boxing scene. Boxing is one of the most primitive sports of all times; arousing one's fighting instinct. Cast Shinya Tsukamoto, Koji Tsukamoto, Kahori Fujii Staff Original Story by Hisashi Saito and Shinya Tsukamoto/ Written, directed, cinamtographed, edited by Shinay Tsukamoto/ Music by Chu Ishikawa 1995 Kaijyu Theater Co.
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Bullet Ballet (35mm / black and white / 87 min / stereo / vista) Directed by Shinya TSUKAMOTO Story Goda lost his love of ten years, Kiriko, who had killed herself with a gun. The shock of her sudden death triggers him into a fascination with guns. One night, being heavily drunk, he notices Chisato, who is a member of a street gang group. Goda remembers that he was once assaulted by the gang. While Goda gives her a piece of his mind and complained about an injury he suffered from that assault, four other gang members surround him and beat him up. After the death of Kiriko, things fall apart for Goda and his life becomes more and more meaningless to him. Driven by revenge against the gang, Goda roams the town in search of a gun. Cast Shinya Tsukamoto, Kirina Mano, Tatsuya Nakamura Staff Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Director, lighting, Editor, Special Effects by Shinya Tsukamoto/ Music by Chu Ishikawa 1998 Kaijyu Theater Co.
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A Snake of June (35mm/77 min/blue monotone/DTS) Directed by Shinya TSUKAMOTO Story Rinko Tatsumi is a quiet, reserved woman in her mid-thirties. She works as a capable and respected phone counselor at an emergency phone line at the county mental health center. Her husband Shigehiko is an important businessman. They have no children. It is June, the rainy season in Japan. One humid, uncomfortable day, Rinko receives a strange letter in an envelope inscribed: “A secret concealed from your husband.” Inside, she finds photos of herself masturbating. Her cozy, familiar life is about to crash down like a house of cards. Rinko becomes even more anxious when she receives a phone call from the man who sent the photographs. Surprisingly, the man does not demand money. Instead, he demands that she wears a very short mini skirt that barely covers her panties and that she purchases a vibrator… Cast Asuka KUROSAWA/Yuji KOTARI/Shinya TSUKAMOTO Staff Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Director, lighting, Editor, Special Effects by Shinya Tsukamoto/ Music by Chu Ishikawa 2002 Kaijyu Theater Co.
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VITAL  (35mm/87min/DTS/American Vista/color) Directed by Shinya TSUKAMOTO Story Hiroshi Takagi wakes up in hospital to find that his memory has been affected after being involved in a car accident. At first, he is unable even to remember the faces of his parents. After returning home to convalesce, Hiroshi is drawn back to his early interest in medicine and eventually enrolls in medical school where he encounters Ikumi Yoshimoto, a model female student with some relationship issues. As his studies progress, the time comes to begin the dissection program of his course. The doctor tells them to always trust their eyes, to see what is actually there, and to draw their conclusions from this. Hiroshi begins this area of his course with dedication, but memory is a fragile and complex entity. In stark contrast to his studies, which are based on fact and reality, Hiroshi starts being "visited" by a young woman. Sometimes they are in his room, and other times they are at the beach or in a sunlit forest. At the same time, Ikumi is trying to win Hiroshi's favors, and she also spends time with him. Cast Tadanobu Asano/Nami Tsukamoto/KIKI Staff Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Director, lighting, Editor, Special Effects by Shinya Tsukamoto/ Music by Chu Ishikawa/Sound Recording by Yoshiya Obara 2004 Kaijyu Theater Co.
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