Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto
The Midnight Eye folks are at it again:
Two years after the highly successful and critically acclaimed book Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike, author Tom Mes sheds his light on one of the most important and influential filmmakers to emerge from Japan in the past twenty years: Shinya Tsukamoto.
Unleashed with the now legendary black and white cyberpunk masterpiece Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto is truly one of Japan’s leading filmmakers. With visual assaults like Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer, Tokyo Fist and Bullet Ballet he has gained a worldwide following and paved the way for the international breakthrough of Japanese cinema. Despite his fame Tsukamoto remains fiercely independent, financing, writing, shooting, directing and often also starring in his own films. Shinya Tsukamoto is literally uncompromising.
Fully authorised by the director and featuring first-hand accounts from many of his close collaborators, the brand new book Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto is a fascinating and in-depth look at the life and work of an intense, groundbreaking filmmaker who counts Quentin Tarantino, Tsui Hark, cyberpunk novelist William Gibson and The Matrix directors The Wachowski Brothers among his most loyal fans.
I’ve been a fan of Shinya Tsukamoto ever since I first saw Tetsuo : The Iron Man - he really is one of the most incredible filmmakers of this, or any, generation. And given his influence, not only on Japanese cinema, but around the world, this is one book that has just shot to the top of my reading list.
Monday 27 Jun 2005 | Paul | Books
