Shinya Tsukamoto Movies

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

A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.

Early 8mm student film. Selected for the 1977 Japan Recording Video Festival (sponsored by Nippon Television)

Early B+W student film.

2024 TV Movie

A story of the unexplainable things that inflict sheer terror on human beings and how they leave victims psychologically devastated.

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

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.

A blind masseur kidnaps young women and kills them and then make sculptures of them, while a mysterious dwarf spreading severed body parts around....

A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".

Three digital short films: 'Worldly Desires' by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 'Haze' by Tsukamoto Shinya, 'Magician(s)' by Song Il-Gon

"A Vietnam War centered scenario." Geoffrey Rush plays a psychotherapist dealing with a man suffering from post traumatic stress. Currently shooting.

The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated...

Ghostly horror film based on the original story by horror manga artist Kanako Inuki, adapted from various horror episodes.

Super-8 film.

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

A short film made for “Venice 70 - Future Reloaded”. A child playing with paper-figures.

Career spanning interview up to 2020.

Shinya Tsukamoto recalls the development of his adaptation of 'Fires on the Plain' by Shohei Ooka