Shin'ya Tsukamoto
The versatile Japanese talent Shinya Tsukamoto is an accomplished actor, director, writer, and even production designer, whose films have attracted a strong cult following. A native of Tokyo, many of Tsukamoto's films have as their theme the depersonalization caused by such a technologically-driven urban environment. He began making films as a teenager with a super 8 camera and started a theater group in University. After a number of shorts, his first full-length feature was "Tetsuo, the Iron Man." Shot on 16mm black and white film, it was a graphic science fiction allegory that earned him underground acclaim in 1989. He also wrote the script and appeared in the film as an actor, which he would do for many of his films. After directing the horror film "Hiruko the Goblin," he made the sequel "Tetsuo II: Body Hammer" in 1992 with a bigger budget. 1995's "Tokyo Fist" dealt with a common theme of his--revenge--and the film received acclaim at global festivals, further establishing him as a director with a unique voice. Gradually, his films evolved towards more realism with the noir-ish "Bullet Ballet" and the short-story adaptation "Sôseiji"(aka "Gemini") in '99. He also directed "Nightmare Detective" and its sequel, about a man who can enter other people's dreams, and in 2009 made "Tetsuo: The Bullet Man," the third installment in his sci-fi trilogy. As an actor he won acclaim for his role in Takashi Miike's satirical crime film "Ichi the Killer" in 2001.
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Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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89% |
|
Shin Kamen Rider | Hiroshi Midorikawa (Character) | - | 2023 |
100% | No Score Yet | The J-Horror Virus | Self | - | 2023 |
86% | No Score Yet | Shadow of Fire |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction | Takano (Character) | - | 2021 |
100% |
|
Killing |
Jirozaemon Sawamura (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editor |
- | 2018 |
83% |
|
Silence | Mokichi (Character) | $7.1M | 2016 |
86% |
|
Shin Godzilla | Biologist (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scoop! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
88% |
|
Fires on the Plain |
Unknown (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Road Less Travelled | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
|
Kotoko |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
|
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man |
The Guy (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editing, Production Design |
- | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare Detective II |
Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Film Editing |
- | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Welcome to the Quiet Room | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
|
Nightmare Detective |
Zero (Character), Director, Writer, Film Editing, Cinematographer, Production Design |
- | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
|
Haze |
Unknown (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Film Editing |
- | 2005 |
86% |
|
Vital |
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editing |
- | 2004 |
36% |
|
Marebito | Masuoka (Character) | $13.9K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tracing Jake | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Otakus in Love | Noro (Character) | - | 2004 |
56% |
|
A Snake of June |
Iguchi (Character), Director, Producer, Writer |
- | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Travail | Kazuya (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
|
Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf | Kogoro Akechi (Character) | - | 2001 |
63% |
|
Ichi the Killer | Jijii (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chloe | Eisuke (Character) | - | 2001 |
100% |
|
Dead or Alive 2: Birds | Magician Higashino (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sakuya: Slayer of Demons | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Drowning Man | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
100% |
|
Gemini |
Director, Writer |
- | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Perfect Education | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
|
Bullet Ballet |
Goda (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunday Drive |
Unknown (Character), Producer |
- | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Some Kinda Love | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
|
Tokyo Fist |
Tsuda Yoshiharu (Character), Director, Writer, Producer |
$3.3K | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Stairway to the Distant Past | Yamaguchi (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Most Terrible Time in My Life | Yamaguchi (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
|
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer |
Yatsu (The Guy) (Character), Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editing |
- | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
|
Hiruko the Goblin |
Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing |
- | 1991 |
83% |
|
Tetsuo: The Iron Man |
Metal Fetishist (Voice), Director, Writer, Producer |
- | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Adventure of Denchu Kozo |
Unknown (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1987 |