Shinya TSUKAMOTO 塚本晋也

Tokyo Fist

東京フィスト

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Tsuda hates his job and his relationship with Hizuru lacks all passion. Meeting his old friend Kojima, a boxer, only adds to the trouble. Believing that he’s having an affair with Hizuru, Tsuda takes up boxing himself. As both men fight for her, Hizuru embarks on her own journey of self-discovery.

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Tokyo Fist (NC 2019)

東京フィスト

Japan 1995

87 minutes

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.

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