Shinya Tsukamoto

Okay, Shinya Tsukamoto genuinely fascinates me, because the guy basically does everything himself. Director, writer, editor, and then he steps in front of the camera and acts too. Tetsuo: The Iron Man is the film that put him on my radar, and honestly that scrappy, clattering, metal-and-flesh nightmare energy is exactly why I love him. He builds whole worlds with his own hands instead of farming it out to a big crew, and that gives his stuff a raw, handmade intensity you just cannot fake. There is something stubborn and obsessive about it, in the best way. And when he acts, that quiet face hiding a slow-burning fire is unforgettable. A craftsman more than a celebrity, and that is exactly the kind of artist I find myself rooting for.

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Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese filmmaker born on January 1, 1960, in Tokyo. He is known for working across multiple creative roles on his films, serving as director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and actor simultaneously. He studied at Nihon University and has received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Director. He is best known for Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), considered the defining film of Japanese cyberpunk.

Name (English)

Shinya Tsukamoto

Name (Japanese)

塚本晋也

Reading

つかもと しんや

Born

January 1, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Actor / Film Editor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Agency

Office Osawa

University

Nihon University

Awards & achievements

• Mainichi Film Award for Best Director (year unknown)

Works summary

Appearances

87 (1988–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1988: 1, 1989: 1, 1991: 1, 1992: 1, 1994: 2, 1995: 2, 1997: 3, 1998: 1, 1999: 4, 2000: 4, 2001: 4, 2002: 2, 2003: 3, 2004: 5, 2005: 3, 2006: 3, 2007: 3, 2008: 2, 2010: 4, 2012: 2, 2013: 2, 2016: 5, 2017: 3, 2018: 6, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 2, year unknown: 2

Debut work

電柱小僧の冒険

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://tsukamotoshinya.net/
• Xhttps://x.com/tsukamoto_shiny
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A1%9A%E6%9C%AC%E6%99%8B%E4%B9%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738544

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Film Director
• Film Producer
• Screenwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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