The restored versions of four films by Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto will be released in France on 17 May.
Since the late 1980s, the director has established himself as one of the masters of transgressive Japanese cinema with radical and edgy works that laid the foundations of the cyberpunk movement in Japan.
“I would like the audience to project itself into my films and feel that they are between life and death.” Shinya Tsukamoto
TETSUO
1989 | Japan | 67 mn | Black & White | 1.33:1 | Visa : 85 940 VOSTF | Int. – 16 years old
A man inserts a metal rod into his thigh. The wound quickly becomes infected. Frightened, he runs away and got hit by a car. After getting rid of the corpse, the driver notices a piece of metal sticking out of his cheek. From then on, his body becomes a magnet that attracts all the metal rubbish in the city to him…
TETSUO II : BODY HAMMER
1992 | Japan | 81 mn | Colour | 1.33:1 | Visa : 97 905 VOSTF | Int. – 16 years old
Tomoo Taniguchi leads a quiet life with his wife Kana and their young son Minori. One day, Minori is kidnapped by mysterious men who eventually release him. A second kidnapping takes place at the family home. Mad with rage, Tomoo pursues the assailant but the outcome is terrible: he kills his son by accident and discovers he has a strange power…
TOKYO FIST
1995 | Japan | 88 mn | Colour | 1.85:1 | Visa : 97 903 VOSTF | Int. – 16 years old
Salaryman in Tokyo, Tsuda, leads a well-ordered life with his girlfriend Hizuru. On his way home from work, he crosses paths with his former high school classmate Kojima, who has become a semi-professional boxer. A strange trio is formed, with Hizuru at its centre, who soon leaves Tsuda for Kojima. Mad with jealousy, the salaryman joins the same boxing club as his rival and undergoes rigorous training to satisfy his thirst for revenge…
BULLET BALLET
1998 | Japan | 87 mn | Black & White | 1.85:1 | Visa : 97 904 VOSTF | Int. – 16 years old
One night, Goda returns home to find that his girlfriend has committed suicide. He is devastated and wants to understand her actions at all costs. On his way, he meets Chisato, an enigmatic young woman attracted by death and member of a gang of young delinquents who beat him up. Goda has only one obsession: to get a gun…
ALSO AVAILABLE SHINYA TSUKAMOTO BOX SET [IN 10 FILMS]
In a 4 Blu-ray box set on May 16, 2023, 10 films by Shinya Tsukamoto available in restored version: The Adventures of Denchu Kozo, Tetsuo, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, Tokyo Fist, Bullet Ballet, A Snake of June, Vital, Haze, Kotoko, Killing
This box set includes more than 5 hours of supplements (with numerous interviews, making-of…) and an 80-page booklet written by Julien Sévéon, a French journalist and specialist in Far Eastern and popular cinema, and illustrated with numerous set photos.
