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Shinya Tsukamoto

Directing

Born January 1, 1960 · Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Also known as Shin'ya Tsukamoto · 신야 츠카모토 · Tsukamoto Shinya

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Biography

Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese filmmaker and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, Tsukamoto is best known for his body horror/cyberpunk film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), which is considered the defining film of the Japanese Cyberpunk movement, as well as for its companion pieces Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) and Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009). His other films include Tokyo Fist (1995), Bullet Ballet (1998), A Snake of June (2002), Vital (2004), Kotoko (2011) and Killing (2018).

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Awards & recognition

  • Time Machine Award · 2009
  • Mainichi Film Award — Best Director

Filmography22 titles

Lost Man Found

2022as Himself

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024as Self

In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues

2020as Self

Shin Godzilla

2016as Kunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate professor

Kotoko

2011as Seitaro Tanaka

Killing

2018as Jirozaemon Sawamura

Silence

2016as Mokichi

Shin Kamen Rider

2023as Hiroshi Midorikawa

Ichi the Killer

2001as Jijii

Bullet Ballet

1998as Goda

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

1989as Metal Fetishist

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

2000as Magician Higashino

A Snake of June

2002as Michiro Iguchi

Tokyo Fist

1995as Tsuda Yoshiharu

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

2023as Self

Vital

2004Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Production Design, Screenplay

Fires on the Plain

2014as Tamura

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

1992as Yatsu - The Guy

Nightmare Detective

2006as '0'

Nightmare Detective 2

2008Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer

Tetsuo: The Bullet Man

2010as The Guy

The J-Horror Virus

2023