The legend of Tetsuo continues when the latest film in the violent and surreal cyber-cinema series, 2009’s Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, comes to DVD from IFC on June 28 for a suggested retail price of $24.98.
A sci-fi action thriller of the nuttiest order, Tetsuo: The Bullet Man was written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto, the creator of the two Tetsuo cult movie favortites: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992).
Man merges with machine in Tetsuo The Bullet Man.
This latest film in the series revolves around office worker Anthony (Eric Bossick), who lives in Tokyo with his family and is pushed over the edge after he witnesses his young son Tom getting killed by a hit-and-run driver. Violent emotions begin to grow in Anthony, whose body starts to transform as his cells turn into iron. When the driver who killed Tom reappears and horrible truths...
A sci-fi action thriller of the nuttiest order, Tetsuo: The Bullet Man was written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto, the creator of the two Tetsuo cult movie favortites: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992).
Man merges with machine in Tetsuo The Bullet Man.
This latest film in the series revolves around office worker Anthony (Eric Bossick), who lives in Tokyo with his family and is pushed over the edge after he witnesses his young son Tom getting killed by a hit-and-run driver. Violent emotions begin to grow in Anthony, whose body starts to transform as his cells turn into iron. When the driver who killed Tom reappears and horrible truths...
- 5/18/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Shinya Tsukamoto's 'Tetsuo' sci-fi action film opens On Demand on Jan 19, Jan 21 in theaters. Check out the trailer for the film written by Tsukamoto (Nightmare Detective) alongside Hisakatsu Kuroki which stars Eric Bossick Akiko Monô, Yûko Nakamura, Stephen Sarrazin, Tiger Charlie Gerhardt, Prakhar Jain and Tsukamoto. The sci-fi action film follows calm office worker Anthony, son of an American father and a Japanese mother, lives in Tokyo with his wife Yuriko and their little son Tom. Since Anthony's mother died of cancer, his scientist father has been overly fearful for their health and rigidly subjects Anthony and Tom to monthly physicals...
- 1/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Shinya Tsukamoto's 'Tetsuo' sci-fi action film opens On Demand on Jan 19, Jan 21 in theaters. Check out the trailer for the film written by Tsukamoto (Nightmare Detective) alongside Hisakatsu Kuroki which stars Eric Bossick Akiko Monô, Yûko Nakamura, Stephen Sarrazin, Tiger Charlie Gerhardt, Prakhar Jain and Tsukamoto. The sci-fi action film follows calm office worker Anthony, son of an American father and a Japanese mother, lives in Tokyo with his wife Yuriko and their little son Tom. Since Anthony's mother died of cancer, his scientist father has been overly fearful for their health and rigidly subjects Anthony and Tom to monthly physicals...
- 1/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
IFC Films has debuted a domestic trailer for Japanese film "Tetsuo: The Bullet Man" from hero cult Shinya Tsukamoto. It opens with drama scenes following Eric Bossick's Anthony, a young man raising family in Tokyo. His wife, who is crippled by anxiety and unable to leave the house, has recurring nightmares about their young son which turn to be reality when Tom is cruelly run down in the street.
His son's death triggers violent emotions in Anthony. He flies into a terrible rage which transforms him into a strange, metallic monster while learning the truth about his father's past experiments on human guinea pigs and about his mother's death. This delights the mysterious man who ran down Anthony's son, a man who now continually taunts Anthony from a distance.
The first English-language film from Shinya Tsukamoto, "Tetsuo: The Bullet Man" was premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The action...
His son's death triggers violent emotions in Anthony. He flies into a terrible rage which transforms him into a strange, metallic monster while learning the truth about his father's past experiments on human guinea pigs and about his mother's death. This delights the mysterious man who ran down Anthony's son, a man who now continually taunts Anthony from a distance.
The first English-language film from Shinya Tsukamoto, "Tetsuo: The Bullet Man" was premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The action...
- 1/11/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
[1] IFC Midnight Films has released the movie trailer for Shinya Tsukamoto’s first English-language film Tetsuo: The Bullet Man. The movie stars Eric Bossick as a young man raising a family in Tokyo who "flies into a terrible rage" after suffering a major tragedy, and "soon discovers that the power of his emotion transforms him into a strange, metallic monster." This is the third film in Tsukamoto's cyberpunk film series. The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The closing credits song, an original track titled "Theme for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man" was composed by Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor, who co-wrote the soundtrack for The Social Network) for the movie. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Synopsis: The third installment in the series, Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man, and Tsukamoto’s first English-language film, stars Eric Bossick as Anthony,...
- 1/11/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Time to add a bit more international flavor to your Monday afternoon! The third chapter of the Tetsuo series is on its way courtesy of IFC Midnight and we've got everything you need to know to get yourself properly prepped!
Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man will be available on demand on January 19th and in select theatres on January 21st.
This, Tsukamoto’s first English-language film, stars Eric Bossick as Anthony, a young man raising a family in Tokyo. His wife is crippled by anxiety and has recurring nightmares about a horrible fate awaiting the pair’s young son, Tom. Those nightmares turn out to be prophetic when Tom is cruelly run down in the street. Anthony flies into a terrible rage, and soon discovers that the power of his emotion transforms him into a strange, metallic monster.
Dig on the goods below!
Tetsuo III: The Bullet...
Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man will be available on demand on January 19th and in select theatres on January 21st.
This, Tsukamoto’s first English-language film, stars Eric Bossick as Anthony, a young man raising a family in Tokyo. His wife is crippled by anxiety and has recurring nightmares about a horrible fate awaiting the pair’s young son, Tom. Those nightmares turn out to be prophetic when Tom is cruelly run down in the street. Anthony flies into a terrible rage, and soon discovers that the power of his emotion transforms him into a strange, metallic monster.
Dig on the goods below!
Tetsuo III: The Bullet...
- 1/10/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
IFC Midnight in a press release announces the new release from Director Shinya Tsukamoto’S acclaimed Tetsuo Trilogy: Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man, the third installment in the series, and the first new Tetsuo film in nearly 20 years.
Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man will be available on demand on January 19th and in select theaters January 21st.
Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man, Tsukamoto’s first English-language film, stars Eric Bossick as Anthony, a young man raising a family in Tokyo. His wife is crippled by anxiety and has recurring nightmares about a horrible fate awaiting the pair’s young son, Tom. Those nightmares turn out to be prophetic when Tom is cruelly run down in the street. Anthony flies into a terrible rage, and soon discovers that the power of his emotion transforms him into a strange, metallic monster.
And here’s another one from First Showing:
Source: IFC...
Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man will be available on demand on January 19th and in select theaters January 21st.
Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man, Tsukamoto’s first English-language film, stars Eric Bossick as Anthony, a young man raising a family in Tokyo. His wife is crippled by anxiety and has recurring nightmares about a horrible fate awaiting the pair’s young son, Tom. Those nightmares turn out to be prophetic when Tom is cruelly run down in the street. Anthony flies into a terrible rage, and soon discovers that the power of his emotion transforms him into a strange, metallic monster.
And here’s another one from First Showing:
Source: IFC...
- 1/10/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
IFC Midnight has announced that Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man> will be available on demand on January 19th and in select theaters January 21st. Inside you'll find the official trailer, poster and image gallery from Tsukamotos first English-language film, that stars Eric Bossick as Anthony, a young man raising a family in Tokyo. His wife is crippled by anxiety and has recurring nightmares about a horrible fate awaiting the pairs young son, Tom. Those nightmares turn out to be prophetic when Tom is cruelly run down in the street. Anthony flies into a terrible rage, and soon discovers that the power of his emotion transforms him into a strange, metallic monster.
- 1/10/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Rage mutated him... Revenge transformed him... He is... The Bullet Man! This obviously won't appeal to everyone, but it's worth watching because of how insane it looks. Chud debuted the Us trailer for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, but it was Quicktime so we embedded it below. The film features a soundtrack by Nin's Trent Reznor and I think you can hear some of it in this. It's the third film from Shinya Tsukamoto's cult sci-fi series that started with Tetsuo: The Iron Man in 1989, but it's the first English film in the series and boy does it look totally nuts. The Bullet Man in this one is played by Eric Bossick. Watch at your own risk! Watch the official Us trailer for Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo: The Bullet Man: The series has been described as a "cyberpunk nightmare" with hints of David Lynch and Cronenberg. After his...
- 1/10/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Tetsuo, the Iron Man is one of the most gleefully insane films I’ve seen. The director is back with his latest film and our own Raffi Asdourian quite liked Shinya Tsukamoto‘s new entry into his Tetsuo series when he saw at Tribeca. He even had a chance to sit down with the director himself and talk about the project. You can read his review and interview here. The film is now gearing up for a limited release via IFC this month and we have the first domestic trailer. Chud provides it below for the film that stars Eric Bossick, Akiko Monô, Yûko Nakamura, and Stephen Sarrazin. It also features new music from Trent Reznor, who gave us one of the best scores of the year.
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man hits the IFC Center in NYC on Friday, January 21st and on VOD on the 19th.
Are you a fan of the series?...
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man hits the IFC Center in NYC on Friday, January 21st and on VOD on the 19th.
Are you a fan of the series?...
- 1/7/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto’s delirious 2009 sci-fi actioner “Tetsuo: The Bullet Man” is, if nothing else, one hell of a ride. The film is a dizzying, disorienting, and frequently maddening experience, and it’s certainly not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. The sensation is akin to the sort of visceral response associated with the music of Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, or Autechre: the presentation is initially jarring and unpleasant, but you slowly begin to see a method to the madness, a beauty to the chaos. All of this may sound strange to those who aren’t familiar with the “Tetsuo” franchise or the aforementioned electronic musicians, but it’s the only way I know how to adequately describe the film to anyone who hasn’t properly consumed the insanity on their own. The film opens with the vehicular murder of a small boy, an event that’s witnessed...
- 11/27/2010
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
HollywoodNews.com: IFC Films, the leading American distributor of independent and foreign films, announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to two films from director Shinya Tsukamoto’s acclaimed Tetsuo trilogy: Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man, the third installment in the series and the first new Tetsuo film in nearly 20 years, and Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer (1992), the second film in the series. The series tells the story of a man who, upon getting angry, becomes a human weapon. The company plans an early 2011 release for both films.
Shinya Tsukamoto was among a group of directors responsible for a revival of innovative and daring Japanese cinema beginning in the early 1980’s. Tetsuo I: The Iron Man (1989), Tsukamoto’s first major feature and a now legendary cyberpunk classic, was one of the seminal films made during this period. The Tetsuo films have won worldwide acclaim for their inventive visual effects and industrial themes,...
Shinya Tsukamoto was among a group of directors responsible for a revival of innovative and daring Japanese cinema beginning in the early 1980’s. Tetsuo I: The Iron Man (1989), Tsukamoto’s first major feature and a now legendary cyberpunk classic, was one of the seminal films made during this period. The Tetsuo films have won worldwide acclaim for their inventive visual effects and industrial themes,...
- 7/15/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
It's been an insane year for horror already, and now that the summer convention season is approaching, news and event reports will continue heating up! Amid all the chaos, we did manage to take in an offering or two from the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. This year's lineup was fairly light on the creepy offerings, but we caught three films getting a fair amount of buzz. Here's the skinny…
Tetsuo, The Bullet Man - Fans of the original Tetsuo, The Iron Man probably still find it hard to forget. I, myself, have used the movie to warp the minds of punk friends on many a drinking night. Now, many moons later, Shinya Tsukamoto brings his tales of biomechanical transformation back to the big screen, and it seem so … familiar. Point of fact: If this were made by another filmmaker, we'd call it an homage. Bullet Man contains the shift in music from industrial to 50's,...
Tetsuo, The Bullet Man - Fans of the original Tetsuo, The Iron Man probably still find it hard to forget. I, myself, have used the movie to warp the minds of punk friends on many a drinking night. Now, many moons later, Shinya Tsukamoto brings his tales of biomechanical transformation back to the big screen, and it seem so … familiar. Point of fact: If this were made by another filmmaker, we'd call it an homage. Bullet Man contains the shift in music from industrial to 50's,...
- 5/26/2010
- by Nomad
- DreadCentral.com
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 Bossick himself who also happens to be a professional photographer.
Calm office worker Anthony, son of an American father and a Japanese mother, lives in Tokyo with his wife, Yuriko, and their little son Tom. Since Anthony's mother died of cancer, his scientist father has been overly fearful for his son's and grandson's health and rigidly subjects Anthony and Tom to monthly physicals.
Walking home one day, Tom is killed in a hit and run before Anthony's eyes. Losing their boy pushes Yuriko over the edge and triggers violent emotions in Anthony, whose body begins to transform. Little by little, his cells turn into iron. When the driver who...
Calm office worker Anthony, son of an American father and a Japanese mother, lives in Tokyo with his wife, Yuriko, and their little son Tom. Since Anthony's mother died of cancer, his scientist father has been overly fearful for his son's and grandson's health and rigidly subjects Anthony and Tom to monthly physicals.
Walking home one day, Tom is killed in a hit and run before Anthony's eyes. Losing their boy pushes Yuriko over the edge and triggers violent emotions in Anthony, whose body begins to transform. Little by little, his cells turn into iron. When the driver who...
- 5/20/2010
- Screen Anarchy
A shared Exclusive for Fangoria and Starlog...
In 1989, noted Japanese actor and director Shinya Tsukamoto unleashed a bizarre and wonderful work of surrealism called Tetsuo: The Iron Man. A blatant metaphor on the blurring of reality and fantasy, humanity and technology, it has gone on to become one of the most famed cult movies in the world. All those years ago, Tsukamoto was a one man crew, putting together his films with very little outside help and working as director, writer, producer, editor, cinematographer, and art director. Following one sequel and sixteen years of preparation, Tsukamoto has finally started work on the third film in the series: Tetsuo: The Bullet Man.
As is often the case with film of this nature, Tetsuo’s director is a respectable, restrained, and kindly human being, who has been very excited to show his new film to Comic-Con attendees. He was interviewed...
In 1989, noted Japanese actor and director Shinya Tsukamoto unleashed a bizarre and wonderful work of surrealism called Tetsuo: The Iron Man. A blatant metaphor on the blurring of reality and fantasy, humanity and technology, it has gone on to become one of the most famed cult movies in the world. All those years ago, Tsukamoto was a one man crew, putting together his films with very little outside help and working as director, writer, producer, editor, cinematographer, and art director. Following one sequel and sixteen years of preparation, Tsukamoto has finally started work on the third film in the series: Tetsuo: The Bullet Man.
As is often the case with film of this nature, Tetsuo’s director is a respectable, restrained, and kindly human being, who has been very excited to show his new film to Comic-Con attendees. He was interviewed...
- 7/28/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (By Cameron Koller, Interview Pamela Koller)
- Fangoria
A shared Exclusive for Starlog and Fangoria...
In 1989, noted Japanese actor and director Shinya Tsukamoto unleashed a bizarre and wonderful work of surrealism called Tetsuo: The Iron Man. A blatant metaphor on the blurring of reality and fantasy, humanity and technology, it has gone on to become one of the most famed cult movies in the world. All those years ago, Tsukamoto was a one man crew, putting together his films with very little outside help and working as director, writer, producer, editor, cinematographer, and art director. Following one sequel and sixteen years of preparation, Tsukamoto has finally started work on the third film in the series: Tetsuo The Bullet Man.
As is often the case with film of this nature, Tetsuo’s director is a respectable, restrained, and kindly human being, who has been very excited to show his new film to Comic-Con attendees. He was interviewed along...
In 1989, noted Japanese actor and director Shinya Tsukamoto unleashed a bizarre and wonderful work of surrealism called Tetsuo: The Iron Man. A blatant metaphor on the blurring of reality and fantasy, humanity and technology, it has gone on to become one of the most famed cult movies in the world. All those years ago, Tsukamoto was a one man crew, putting together his films with very little outside help and working as director, writer, producer, editor, cinematographer, and art director. Following one sequel and sixteen years of preparation, Tsukamoto has finally started work on the third film in the series: Tetsuo The Bullet Man.
As is often the case with film of this nature, Tetsuo’s director is a respectable, restrained, and kindly human being, who has been very excited to show his new film to Comic-Con attendees. He was interviewed along...
- 7/28/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (By Cameron Koller, Interview Pamela Koller)
- Starlog
Tucked into one of the smaller rooms at the convention, many fans of the great Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto (and some curious stragglers, as identified by their quick exit several minutes into the panel) huddled around a humble presentation of his new project, a second sequel to his first film Tetsuo: The Iron Man. The film marks Tsukamoto's first English-language work.
Having shot the film in Tokyo in secret over a period of 8 months, Tsukamoto and his producer chose the San Diego Comic-Con to debut the world premiere footage from the film. They also announced the film's final title for the first time here, even before the Japanese media. The third film in the Tetsuo series is officially called Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, which was the name of a project Tsukamoto was rumored to be doing last year.
The Bullet Man was chosen, Tsukamoto joked, because there was...
Having shot the film in Tokyo in secret over a period of 8 months, Tsukamoto and his producer chose the San Diego Comic-Con to debut the world premiere footage from the film. They also announced the film's final title for the first time here, even before the Japanese media. The third film in the Tetsuo series is officially called Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, which was the name of a project Tsukamoto was rumored to be doing last year.
The Bullet Man was chosen, Tsukamoto joked, because there was...
- 7/24/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
Excuse me while I jab a magnificent fist into the air and strike this breathtaking pose. Indulge me, because being away for the past two weeks covering Sfiff had prevented me from noticing awesome news a-happenin'. And yes, this is awesome news indeed.
On Wednesday, Screen Daily broke the news that a third installment of Tetsuo: The Iron Man is in the works, currently called Tetsuo Project. Not only that, but apparently it's already finished shooting, and a cut is being rushed to Cannes for buyers. Yeah, like the festival wasn't already mindblowing enough. Dammit.
The pic above is a promotional image for the film, which shows its star Eric Bossick in his half-machine make-up.
I began my love affair with Shinya Tsukamoto in high school, when I first discovered the original Tetsuo on video. It was a mesmerizing work of art for the younger and more reckless me: there it was,...
On Wednesday, Screen Daily broke the news that a third installment of Tetsuo: The Iron Man is in the works, currently called Tetsuo Project. Not only that, but apparently it's already finished shooting, and a cut is being rushed to Cannes for buyers. Yeah, like the festival wasn't already mindblowing enough. Dammit.
The pic above is a promotional image for the film, which shows its star Eric Bossick in his half-machine make-up.
I began my love affair with Shinya Tsukamoto in high school, when I first discovered the original Tetsuo on video. It was a mesmerizing work of art for the younger and more reckless me: there it was,...
- 5/8/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
Japanese production company Kaiju Theater, along with its production and distribution partner Asmik Ace Entertainment, today announced the launch of a new film, tentatively called Tetsuo Project, directed by Japan’s sci-fi master Shinya Tsukamoto, to be delivered later this year. Asmik Ace will introduce the project to the industry in Cannes. 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Tetsuo franchise.
After the international success of the 2 films of the franchise, Tsukamoto was offered by Quentin Tarantino to write a new version of Tetsuo set in the United States, to be produced by Tarantino. The project, then called Tetsuo America, was never produced due to Tsukamoto’s creative uncertainty of whether his concept and character of the franchise would be set and work in the vast continent of America.
Recently Tsukamoto revisited the plot he had wrote for Tarantino, and decided to write the script based on it,...
After the international success of the 2 films of the franchise, Tsukamoto was offered by Quentin Tarantino to write a new version of Tetsuo set in the United States, to be produced by Tarantino. The project, then called Tetsuo America, was never produced due to Tsukamoto’s creative uncertainty of whether his concept and character of the franchise would be set and work in the vast continent of America.
Recently Tsukamoto revisited the plot he had wrote for Tarantino, and decided to write the script based on it,...
- 5/6/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
News to make a fanboys day this! Japan’s Asmik Ace Entertainment has just spilled some details on their third instalment in the cult Tetsuo (aka Tetsuo: The Iron Man) series. Again set in Japan, the pic called “Tetsuo Project,” (working title) marks director Shinya Tsukamoto’s (‘Tetsuo,’ ‘Nightmare Detective’) English-language debut and more surprisingly, is already in post production!? As well as writing and directing Tetsuo Project, Tsukamoto is also art director, editor and even stars in the film opposite American Eric Bossick. When asked about the project, Tanishima said: “I’m extremely thrilled to bring this new cyber-punk project from Tokyo to the global audience. I call this project a ‘solid metal psychic battle action thriller’. This is a totally new Tetsuo for the 21st century.”...
- 5/5/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
News to make a fanboys day this! Japan’s Asmik Ace Entertainment has just spilled some details on their third instalment in the cult Tetsuo (aka Tetsuo: The Iron Man) series. Again set in Japan, the pic called “Tetsuo Project,” (working title) marks director Shinya Tsukamoto’s (‘Tetsuo,’ ‘Nightmare Detective’) English-language debut and more surprisingly, is already in post production!? As well as writing and directing Tetsuo Project, Tsukamoto is also art director, editor and even stars in the film opposite American Eric Bossick. When asked about the project, Tanishima said: “I’m extremely thrilled to bring this new cyber-punk project from Tokyo to the global audience. I call this project a ‘solid metal psychic battle action thriller’. This is a totally new Tetsuo for the 21st century.”...
- 5/5/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
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