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Blu-ray Review: Shinya Tsukamoto's KOTOKO

Third Window Films is releasing Shinya Tsukamoto's psychological thriller Kotoko on Blu-ray and DVD this week. I reviewed this title when it played at the International Film Festival Rotterdam earlier this year, so my opinion of the film itself has...

New Trailer For Shinya Tsukamoto's KOTOKO For Edinburgh Film Festival!

In advance of Shinya Tsukamoto's just announced appearance at the Edinburgh Film Festival with his recent critical hit, Kotoko, Third Window have cut a brand new trailer for the film and it looks fucking intense. The film screens in Edinburgh...

IFFR 2012 Interview: SHINYA TSUKAMOTO talks KOTOKO

(...and blood and sperm of course, because he is Shinya Tsukamoto after all.) Last year Tsukamoto Shinya visited the International Film Festival Rotterdam as part of a group of directors promoting the excellent "Kaidan: Horror Classics" and ScreenAnarchy put up...

IFFR 2012 Review: KOTOKO

(I see people loving the film and people hating the film, but thankfully they are not the same people...) Shinya Tsukamoto's newest movie "Kotoko" shows a woman whose life is destroyed by her madness-induced hallucinations. A bold view on insanity...

First Trailer For Tsukamoto's KOTOKO

After a successful run on the festival circuit - it was awarded in Venice - the first trailer has arrived for Shinya Tsukamoto's Kotoko, a film created by the cult icon specifically for it's star - pop singer Cocco. But...

EXCLUSIVE! Third Window Films Takes Tsukamoto's KOTOKO In The UK

Just when you thought Third Window Films couldn't get any better, they have told us exclusively that their most recent acquisition is Shinya Tsukamoto's festival hit (TIFF, Venice, Et al.) Kotoko.  The word on the street is that Kotoko is...

TIFF 2011: KOTOKO Review

As this years edition of TIFF winds down with only repeat screenings for the locals, in my particular film journey through the program, a small theme has emerged.  That would be parental anxieties manifesting as delusional horror; both the fear...

TIFF 2011: First Stills From Shinya Tsukamoto's KOTOKO

After a trip back to his roots with Tetsuo: The Bullet Man it would appear that Japan's Shinya Tsukamoto is returning to the sort of dark drama that has marked more recent works like Vital.The story of a single mother...

US Trailer And A Second Clip For Shinya Tsukamoto's TETSUO THE BULLET MAN

Now on screens in select cities and available on VOD as part of the IFC Midnight lineup we have a new clip and the US trailer for Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bullet Man. The third installment in the series,  TETSUO...

An Exclusive Clip From Tsukamoto's TETSUO THE BULLET MAN

The long awaited third installment of Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo trilogy has proven to be a divisive one. But with the film arriving on VOD via IFC Midnight on January 19th fans will soon be able to judge for themselves if...

TETSUO: THE BULLET MAN (positive!) Review

The last few years Tsukamoto has been experiencing a slight decline towards (relatively) more commercial cinema. His latest (Nightmare Detective 2) is the ultimate proof of this change of style. Some might have you believe this new Tetsuo film is...

A Clip From Tsukamoto's TETSUO: THE BULLET MAN

With the Japanese release of Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo: The Bullet Man just around the corner, the distributor has provided Gigazine an exclusive trailer containing an additional clip attached in the beginning and some behind-the-scenes pics taken by lead actor Eric...

Sitges 2009: TETSUO THE BULLET MAN Review

Brace yourself for disappointment.  As painful as it is to say, Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bulletman is far indeed from being the triumphant return to the iconic world that created a rabid cult around Tsukamoto.  Worse than that, not only...

International Trailer For Tsukamoto's TETSUO THE BULLET MAN

We ran the first teaser for Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bullet Man a couple days ago and today we've got a second, longer trailer for you.  This one is the international version and shows off much more of the film's...