Nacido enTokioShibuyudía de Año Nuevode 1960,el entusiasmopor el cinede Tsukamotose inició con elformatoSuper-8a la tierna edadde catorce años.A finales de ladécada de 1970se construyóteatrosmóviles enTokiopara presentarsu trabajo.Se graduóde laFacultad de Bellas Artesdela Universidad de Nihonpasó cuatroaños trabajando paraun estudio de cinecomercial,antes de salir aperseguir susambicionesen el teatro, a partir desu propia compañía, el'Kaijyu"(fantasma).Pronto regresóa la producción cinematográfica, obteniendoéxito conTetsuoy teniendo una miradaintuitivasegundo enel mismo tema conTetsuoIICuerpode martilloen esta ocasiónen una escalamucho más grande encolor espectacular, que hizoun excelente usode sus ideasexperimentalesy provocativa.
Born in Shibuyu Tokyo on New Years Day 1960, Tsukamoto’s enthusiasm for film began with the Super-8 format at the tender age of fourteen. In the late 1970’s he built mobile theatres in Tokyo to showcase his work. Graduating from the fine arts department of Nihon University he spent four years working for a commercial film studio before leaving to pursue his ambitions in the theatre, beginning his own troupe, the ‘Kaijyu’ (phantom). He soon returned to film production, gaining success with Tetsuo and taking a second intuitive look at the same subject with Tetsuo II Body Hammer this time on a much larger scale in spectacular colour, which made excellent use of his experimental and provocative ideas.