Tetsuo: The Iron Man
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A man lacerates his thigh deeply, sticking a threaded rod into the wound. The wound becomes infected, he flees and is hit by a car. The next day, the driver notices a piece of metal coming out of his cheek. At the frontier of body horror and cyberpunk, the film explores the morbid implantation of technology on the body.
Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Shin'ya Tsukamoto is a Japanese filmmaker, considered a leading figure in the cyberpunk movement in Japan akin to the American cyberpunk wave (William Gibson, David Cronenberg). He began his directing career at the age of 14, with a Super 8 camera gifted to him by his father. In 1989, his first feature film, Tetsuo, had a groundbreaking impact, launching the cyberpunk genre in Japan. Renowned for his style, the director is also celebrated for his independence as he writes, directs, and edits his films himself. He even acted in several of his films, including Tetsuo, Tokyo Fist (1995), Bullet Ballet (1998), and Haze (2005), while also appearing in films by Martin Scorsese, Takashi Miike, and Hideaki Anno. Killing, his first samurai film, was selected at the Venice Film Festival 2018.
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