Tetsuo: The Bullet Man is both co-written and directed by cult Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto, who started this with Tetsuo: The Iron Man then Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, and directed Bullet Ballet, ...

Twenty years after making his breakout cult hit, “Tetsuo,” and 17 years after its sequel, “Tetsuo II: Body Hammer,” multihyphenate filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto busts out the big guns again with “Tetsuo ...

Anthony Nield salutes Shinya Tsukamoto, whose cyberpunk landmarks are given a UK home entertainment release this week, alongside his new feature Watching Tetsuo back then (or, in my case, late one ...

Two long decades after the archetype flesh/metal mutation in Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), and seventeen years after Taniguchi Tomoo's equally majestic transformation in Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992), ...

TETSUO II: BODY HAMMER. Tomoroh Taguchi, Nobu Kanaoka. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. In Japanese with English subtitles. At the Cinema Village, 22 E. 12th Street, (212) 924-3363. Running time: 83 mins ...

Here’s one for the cyberpunks. Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto is so cyberpunked-out that even his computer-free material, such as Tokyo Fist (the most vicious and bloody/sweaty/teary boxing film ...

For the first time, in a one-night-only event, the entire ‘Tetsuo’ series of films will be screened. It will be possible to enjoy all three films in the series: 1989’s ‘Tetsuo,’ 1993’s ‘Tetsuo II: ...

I am not exactly sure who the audience is for “Tetsuo II: Body Hammer,” an overly stylized, brain-drain of a movie, but I don’t think I want to be at the theater when they show up. Shot in color but ...

Most casual moviegoers won't have heard of Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and even less people will be aware of Tetsuo II: Body Hammer. That first Tetsuo picture centres on a businessman who accidentally runs ...

Ever wake up and think: “Today I’d like to have my inner ears tied to a seven-story turbine as it vomits the inhabitants of an insane asylum, while my eyes are violated watching a conveyor belt ...

Twenty years after making his breakout cult hit, “Tetsuo,” and 17 years after its sequel, “Tetsuo II: Body Hammer,” multihyphenate filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto busts out the big guns again with “Tetsuo ...