Shinya Tsukamoto Movies

A short film where Shinya Tsukamoto experimented with effects and ideas, which eventually resulted in the feature film Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki,...

Isono Sae is an office lady in Showa 63 (1988), who has difficulty living during the economic bubble when everything became expensive. Somehow, Sae...

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".

Eli Roth, horror director talks about the influence of Ichi the Killer on him, how he made the cast of Hostel watch it before filming his torture...

2024 TV Movie

Career spanning interview up to 2020.

Shinya Tsukamoto reflects on his experience on the set of Ichi the Killer.

Kazunari Katsuki (Gaku Sano) lied to his classmate that Tokyo stinks. Because of his comment, he goes to Tokyo alone. On his way back, he misses his...

Kohei Yamamura, a second-year high school student, has trouble fitting in and gets along poorly with his classmates. With the school sports festival...

Ryo reads a short story written by Banana Yoshimoto.

Through a series of obscene animations, the work of iconoclast animator Teruhiko "King Terry" Yumura lampoons a range of cultural icons and taboos:...

Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy...

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of...

A tough woman is dragging a weaker man deeper and deeper into crime. Woman cop Miki is chasing a wanted man when she stumbles on a crashed car and...

Early 8mm student film. Selected for the 1975 Japan Recording Video Festival (sponsored by Nippon Television)

A giant prehistoric man destroys some cities. Early Super-8 Tsukamoto short film. Loosely based on a short Shigeru Mizuki story.

A pair of friendly coworkers at a rental video store accidentally become murderers. Borrowing a station wagon, they flee with no particular...

Interview with world renown cult director Shinya Tsukamoto. This interview will tell you how and when he started creating his own world of cinema...