Shinya TSUKAMOTO 塚本晋也
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
鉄男
Nippon Cinema ª
One morning, a salaryman notices metal growing out of his skin, soon to cover his entire body. There seems to be a connection to the stranger he recently hit with a car. Presently, a confrontation with said man arises, climaxing with apocalyptic proportions. Shinya TSUKAMOTO’s feature debut from 1989 revels in grotesque stop motion effects and bizarre sexual fantasies.
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鉄男
Tetsuo
Japan 1989
67 minutes
Director
Shinya TSUKAMOTO
Script
Shinya TSUKAMOTO
Cinematography
Shinya TSUKAMOTO, Kei FUJIWARA
Music
Chu ISHIKAWA
Production
Kaijyu Theater
World sales
Gold View
Cast
Tomorowo TAGUCHI, Shinya TSUKAMOTO, Kei FUJIWARA, Nobu KANAOKA, Renji ISHIBASHI
About Shinya TSUKAMOTO
塚本晋也
Born in Tokyo in 1960, Shinya TSUKAMOTO started making 8mm short films as a teenager. After studying oil painting he worked for an ad agency and founded his own theater company, from which he recruited cast and crew for his feature debut TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989 / see p. 33). Films like TOKYO FIST (1995 / see p. 33), A SNAKE OF JUNE (2002), VITAL (2004 / NC ‘05) or KOTOKO (2011 / NC ’12) were celebrated on the international festival circuit. TSUKAMOTO received the Mainichi Film Award as best director and best actor for his remake of FIRES ON THE PLAIN (2014 / NC ‘15). KILLING enjoyed its 2018 world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In 2019, he was awarded the Nippon Honor Award.