Shinya Tsukamoto

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Biography

Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad.

Known For

Silence

Mokichi

Shin Godzilla

Kunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate professor

Ichi the Killer

Jijii

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Metal Fetishist

Shin Kamen Rider

Hiroshi Midorikawa

A Snake of June

Michiro Iguchi

Tokyo Fist

Tsuda Yoshiharu

Marebito

Masuoka

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	The Brightest Sun MOVIE	Self
2025	Hero's Island MOVIE	Self
2024	孤独のグルメ2024大晦日スペシャル太平洋から日本海五郎、北へあの人たちの所まで。 MOVIE	Self
2024	In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 MOVIE	Self
2024	Shin Kamen Rider: Episode Format Version TV	Hiroshi Midorikawa
2023	The J-Horror Virus MOVIE	Self
2023	Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds MOVIE	Self
2023	Special Broadcast Movie "Shin Kamen Rider" Premise/Act 1: Kumo-Aug MOVIE	Hiroshi Midorikawa
2023	Shin Kamen Rider MOVIE	Hiroshi Midorikawa
2023	Hana Sugisaki's Filming Break TV	restaurant owner
2022	Lost Man Found TV	Himself
2022	Showa Kayo Musical Mata Au Hi Made MOVIE	Self
2021	Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction MOVIE	Takano
2020	In Search of Darkness: Part II MOVIE	Self
2020	Japanese Cinema's Provocateur Extraordinaire: Shinya Tsukamoto MOVIE	Self
2018	Killing MOVIE	Jirozaemon Sawamura
2018	Shinya Tsukamoto Commentary "Fires on the Plain" 20 Year Journey MOVIE	Self
2018	dele TV	Self
2018	Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project MOVIE	Satoshi Takahashi (segment "Canaria")
2016	Silence MOVIE	Mokichi
2016	Scoop! MOVIE	Taka
2016	Over the Fence MOVIE	Satoshi's Father (voice)
2016	Shin Godzilla MOVIE	Kunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate professor
2015	Metal Gear Solid: Legacy MOVIE	Self
2015	Fires on the Plain MOVIE	Tamura
2015	Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague MOVIE	Self
2013	The Road Less Travelled MOVIE	Sousuke Akiyama
2011	Kotoko MOVIE	Seitaro Tanaka
2011	Kurosawa's Way MOVIE	Self
2010	Tetsuo: The Bullet Man MOVIE	The Guy
2009	Clouds Over the Hill TV	明石元二郎
2007	Welcome to the Quiet Room MOVIE	Asuka's Ex-husband
2007	Sexy Voice and Robo TV	Takeo Hayashi
2007	Nightmare Detective MOVIE	'0'
2006	Teruo Ishii Fan Club MOVIE	Self
2005	Haze MOVIE	Self
2004	Otakus in Love MOVIE	Noro
2004	Marebito MOVIE	Masuoka
2004	Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! MOVIE	Self
2004	Tracing Jake MOVIE	Self
2003	A Snake of June MOVIE	Michiro Iguchi
2003	Basic Tsukamoto MOVIE	Self
2002	The Private Detective Mike TV	Self
2002	Travail MOVIE	Kazuya Miyamae
2001	Ichi the Killer MOVIE	Jijii
2001	A Drowning Man MOVIE	Tokio
2001	Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf MOVIE	Self
2001	Chloe MOVIE	Eisuke
2001	Quartet for Two MOVIE	Yuuenchi no otoko
2000	Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons MOVIE	Wizard
2000	Dead or Alive 2: Birds MOVIE	Magician Higashino
2000	House of the Ghosts ~Kanako Inuki's World of Fear~ MOVIE	Self
2000	Making of Gemini MOVIE	Self
1999	Sunday's Dream MOVIE	Self
1999	The Perfect Education MOVIE	Moriyama
1999	Dogs MOVIE	Self
1998	Wait and See MOVIE	Doctor
1998	Bullet Ballet MOVIE	Goda
1998	Sunday Drive MOVIE	Self
1997	Tokyo Fair Weather MOVIE	Self
1996	Atlanta Boogie MOVIE	Self
1996	Some Kinda Love MOVIE	Kamisaki
1995	Tokyo Fist MOVIE	Tsuda Yoshiharu
1995	The Stairway to the Distant Past MOVIE	Yamaguchi
1994	119 MOVIE	Masaaki Tomita
1994	The Most Terrible Time in My Life MOVIE	Yamaguchi
1992	Tetsuo II: Body Hammer MOVIE	Yatsu - The Guy
1989	Tetsuo: The Iron Man MOVIE	Metal Fetishist
1987	The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo MOVIE	Kondo
1986	The Phantom of Regular Size MOVIE	MetalMan
1979	Lotus Flower, Fly! MOVIE	Self
1976	Cloudy MOVIE	Self
1975	Story of a Giant Cockroach MOVIE	Self
1975	Wings MOVIE	Self
1974	Genshi-san MOVIE	Self

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