Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto (b. 1960, Tokio) was already making 8mm movies in secondary school, where he also began taking an interest in the theatre. He later made a living making commercials and commercial films, and had a try at just about all of the film trades from lighting, through editing, to production. He won cult status with Tetsuo (1989), the story of a clerk who gradually turns into a pile of metal. Its sequel, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) was also a success. His films Tokyo Fist (1995), Gemini (Sôseiji, 1999) and Snake of June (Rokugatsu no hebi, 2002) were screened at the Karlovy Vary IFF. Tsukamoto often acts in his own films and those of his colleagues, such as in Ichi the Killer (Koroshiya 1, 2001) by Takashi Miike. His work and unmistakable poetic style is acknowledged by directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Gaspar Noé, and Darren Aronofsky.

MFF Karlovy Vary