Shynia Tsukamoto

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Japanese filmmaker, actor and writer known for visceral, experimental films blending body horror and psychological drama.

Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese director known for films such as Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Snake of June and Vital; he frequently acts in and does cinematography for his own films and is associated with experimental, body-focused cinema.

DeBaser reviews praise Vital as a touching, incisive work about memory, love and illness. The Riccardo III piece applauds a deconstructive, cinematic approach to Shakespeare. Overall the coverage is admiring of visceral, experimental filmmaking.