Shinya tsukamoto is a japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, best known for his tetsuo trilogy of. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Three plays in three years at kaijyu, led tsukamoto to break into filmmaking with a small independent film, entitled tetsuo. From the cringeinducing, hyperkinetic body horror of tetsuo. Its frankly terrifying that writer and director shinya tsukamoto spent 18. The bullet man is a true tetsuo film as well as a true tsukamoto film. Although, to my knowledge, marshall mcluhan was not a direct influence on director shinya tsukamoto, few films articulate mcluhans argument better than tsukamotos 1989 film tetsuo. The sound quality is good enough to be legit, especially considering the extremely low budget of the entire production. Thats tetsuo, the true iron man, so the hell with the marvel character. It plays as much perhaps more with themes and motifs from vital, haze, and nightmare detective as with those from the first two tetsuos. A case in point is 55yearold japanese multihyphenate filmmaker shinya tsukamoto.
It is shot in the same lowbudget, underground production style as his first two films. The iron man is an absolutely frenetic and overwhelming experience filled with incredible imagery and severely impressive make up for such a low budget movie. Torrent publicada por carlos ruano em sunday, january 16, 2011 etiquetas. An hourlong feature from japanese director shinyu tsukamoto, tetsuo also known as tetsuo. An overthetop study in urban nightmares and body horror, japanese auteur of the grotesque shinya tsukamotos tetsuo. This delights the mysterious man who ran down anthonys son, a man who now. Throughout the 1990s, tsukamoto had gradually shifted away from the technosurrealist nightmare that was his breakthrough minifeature, tetsuo. Shinya tsukamotos tetsuo has been one of my favourite ultra. But, strangely, instead of dying, the salaryman finds himself before a mysterious. The iron man is a 1989 japanese cyberpunk body horror film by cult film director shinya tsukamoto. Shinya tsukamoto, naomasa musaka, tomoroh taguchi, kei fujiwara show embed code. Iron man filmed in stark, black and white 16mm, tetsuo. The iron man in a nonstop barrage of nerveshredding, mindsplitting surrealism that serves as a jarring analysis of the paranoia of industrialization.
Shinya tsukamoto sawamura silence by martin scorsese 16, shin godzilla. Shinya tsukamoto, tsukamoto shinya, born january 1, 1960 is a japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, best known for his tetsuo trilogy of horror films, consisting of tetsuo. The cinema of shinya tsukamoto fab press, 2005 shinya tsukamoto makes very good, very odd films. The iron man japan, 1989 is one of those extreme movies that people either love or hate. And guess what, faggots, dvd is out and on torrents. It plays as much perhaps more with themes and motifs from vital, haze, and nightmare detective. Director shinya tsukamoto who almost singlehandedly created this movie confronts the audience with his very own visual and sensual universe which is unique in terms of coherence and uncompromisingness. Shinya tsukamotos cult horror movies tetsuo and tetsuo ii are out on bluray from 8 october 2012. Concerned with imagery and symbolism rather than a coherent and straightforward storyline, tetsuo. We also look at shinya tsukamotos cult cyberpunk body horror in which saleryman finds himself turning into a walking.
Tetsuo established tsukamotos fame and created his worldwide cult following. Ive watched it many times, and the film is always as effective, stunning and outstanding as it was when i first saw it. Iron man concerns your seemingly average, everyday japanese salaryman tomoroh taguchi, who unexpectedly finds a metal wire sticking out of his. The iron man, a supershort black and white movie running at precisely 67 minutes more suited to the art world than the. Jan 16, 2011 torrent publicada por carlos ruano em sunday, january 16, 2011 etiquetas. Hallucinatory scifi from director shinya tsukamoto who takes david cronenbergs bodyhorror themes to their illogicallogical conclusion. The central character is a japanese salary man, an average office worker who is transformed by a brief encounter with. The iron man is a very trippy 1989 black and white movie from japanese director shinya tsukamoto with a very arthouse feel to it. After he accidentally runs down a man with a fetish for implanting scrap metal into his body. Mbds 22 meet the feebles tetsuo the iron man internet archive. Shinya tsukamotos blackandwhite, pulsing, heavymetal nightmare is about a man who is driven insane with pleasure when he sticks a piece of metal into his leg, and a salaryman who wakes up with metal spikes growing out of his cheek. Tomorowo taguchikei fujiwaranobu kanaokoshinya tsukamoto naomasa. We also look at shinya tsukamoto s cult cyberpunk body horror in which saleryman finds himself turning into a walking. Shinya tsukamotos cult horror movies tetsuo and tetsuo ii are out on bluray from 8 october 2012 priced.
His camerawork, masterful close angles, engaging cinematography and hardcore choice of music were one of the finest i saw in gory films. The film presents, through hypervisceral images and sounds, newer technologies forcefully imposing themselves on human life. Shinya tsukamotos cult classics have been digitally restored from their original negatives to be presented in high definition. The iron man 1989 with work that was more grounded, more mature. The iron man starts out confused but interesting when some clown the metal festishist writer director shinya tsukamoto. An over the top study in urban nightmares and body horror, japanese auteur of the grotesque shinya tsukamoto s tetsuo. Somewhere between a modernday nightmare and a technofetishists ultimate fantasy, this extraordinary film from shinya. The culmination of a decades worth of amateur short filmmaking and the crowning achievement on the activities of a private, experimental theatre group, tetsuo had all the characteristics of. Horror, movies, n, scifi, shinya tsukamoto, tetsuo the iron man, thriller. Trent reznors score is pretty good as well, but shinya tsukamoto is that. Takeshi beat kitano with violent cop and shinya tsukamoto with tetsuo. Trent reznor and shinya tsukamoto collaborate on a commercial for mtv japan.
Widely accepted as one of the most groundbreaking and seminal cyberpunk movies ever to have been produced in japan, directed by and starring shinya tsukamoto, one of the most criticallylauded directors in the world, tetsuo. Director shozin fukui of rubbers lover fame was wise to. Despite such prophecies of doom, 1989 marked the feature debuts of two directors who would be instrumental throughout the following decade in reframing japan for foreign audiences through the medium of cinema. It was written, produced, edited, and directed by cultfilm director shinya tsukamoto, and produced by japan home video. Aug 08, 2015 although, to my knowledge, marshall mcluhan was not a direct influence on director shinya tsukamoto, few films articulate mcluhans argument better than tsukamotos 1989 film tetsuo.
The iron man is a bizarre yet metaphorical ride through the crumbling sanity of a man whose encounter with an individual obsessed with putting bits of scrap. With tomoro taguchi, kei fujiwara, nobu kanaoka, shinya tsukamoto. The label kaijyu theater shares a name with the production company owned by directorstar shinya tsukamoto. A businessman accidentally kills the metal fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal. The iron man to the creeping deliberation of gemini, tsukamotos intriguing body of work has isolated critics and audiences while building a strong fan base who share his technophobe paranoia and cyberpunk sensibility. Shot on 16mm, tsukamotos 1989 cult fave is a frenetic nightmare allegory of a roboticized society in which people consume, inject and otherwise merge with scrap metal and other household appliances. In a number of ways, shinya tsukamotos a snake of june rokugatsu no hebi, 2002 sees the japanese auteur going back to basics. The bullet man who lives in a nest of twisted metal, purposefully drives a long iron screw into his leg. Tetsuo the iron man 1989 versione integrale jap sub ita youtube. Shinya tsukamotos tetsuo has been one of my favourite ultra underground japanese films for some time now. The iron man tells a horrific, cyberpunkinfluenced science fiction tale about the intersection of man and postindustrial technology. For the first time on bluray and remastered dvd, shinya tsukamotos cult classics have been digitally restored from their original negatives to be presented in high definition in this doubledisc set featuring brand new exclusive extras as well as shinya tsukamotos tetsuo prototype shortfilm the adventures of electric rod boy.
He was the one who wrote, directed, edited and even added his own special effects to the film. It tells the story of a salary man, who, upon hitting a metal. Although his professional debut featurethe independently produced sensory assault tetsuo the iron man 89turned 25 years old last year, tsukamotos career has been defined ever since by its minimalist, cyberpunk aesthetic. The presentation is as good if not better than 99% of legit releases. Shinya tsukamotos tetsuo the iron man is the perfect allegory for the industrial world we inhabit. The iron man was a relentlessly energetic film made at a time when the energy had all but disappeared from japanese film. The iron man, tetsuo is a 1989 japanese cyberpunk horror film. His camerawork, masterful close angles, engaging cinematography and hardcore choice of music were one of the finest i. The bullet man, and tsukamotos first englishlanguage film, stars. Its frankly terrifying that writer and director shinya tsukamoto spent 18 months of his life creating this.
Born in shibuya, tokyo, in 1960, tsukamoto found inspiration. Tomorowo taguchikei fujiwaranobu kanaokoshinya tsukamotonaomasa. A buttondown wage earner and his girlfriend are driving in the city when they hit. The iron man is a 1988 japanese film by cultfilm director shinya tsukamoto. However, tsukamoto shinya was undeniably the main performer of this picture. Directed by shinya tsukamoto, 2002, 77 minutes, starring asuka kurosawa, yuji kohtari and shinya tsukamoto. Taking imagery from surrealism and cyberpunk images, tetsuo. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikinglyfilmed fantasy shot in the same lowbudget, undergroundproduction style as his first two films.
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