Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Tetsuo, 1989) presents a filmic universe haunted by visions of flesh and metal in which the protagonist is transformed into a hybrid of man and machine. Along with Shozin Fukui and Sogo Ishii, Tsukamoto is considered one of the main representatives of Japanese cyberpunk, and Tetsuo: The Iron Man […]
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After serving eight years in prison for the murder of his wife, Takuro Yamashita (Koji Yakusho) is released on probation and opens a barber shop in the home town of his parole officer, an elderly Buddhist priest (Fujio Tokita). Shohei Imamura’s The Eel (Unagi, 1997) depicts the slow return to normality of the former salaryman […]