Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto set himself apart in contemporary Japanese cinema as the unique creator of nightmarish visions set in futuristic worlds. In bluish black and white, this erotic tale evocatively conveys the tensions of sexual repression and obsession, winning a Special Jury Prize in Venice.

Inspired by medical sketches of dissections, Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo) transforms the excesses of body horror into an imaginative story of the relationship between identity and the human body. Giving life to a sober subject, actor Tadanobu Asano tenderly embodies the disorientation of an amnesiac.