Shinya TSUKAMOTO 塚本晋也
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Shadow Of Fire
Nippon Cinema ª
Shortly after World War II in Japan, a young widow, an orphaned boy, and a soldier struggle to survive in dire poverty. Shinya TSUKAMOTO (NIPPON HONOR AWARD 2019) addresses the trauma of Japan’s past in this stirring anti-war drama. We are presenting the award-winning SHADOW OF FIRE to commemorate the end of the Second World War 80 years ago.
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Shadow Of Fire (NC 2025)
Drama Social issues World War II
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Hokage
日本 2023
95 分
海外セールス
Nikkatsu
キャスト
Shuri, Mirai MORIYAMA, Oga TSUKAO, Hiroki KONO, Go RIJU
About Shinya TSUKAMOTO
塚本晋也
Born in Tokyo in 1960, Shinya TSUKAMOTO started making 8mm short films as a teenager. After studying oil painting he worked for an ad agency and founded his own theater company, from which he recruited cast and crew for his feature debut TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989 / see p. 33). Films like TOKYO FIST (1995 / see p. 33), A SNAKE OF JUNE (2002), VITAL (2004 / NC ‘05) or KOTOKO (2011 / NC ’12) were celebrated on the international festival circuit. TSUKAMOTO received the Mainichi Film Award as best director and best actor for his remake of FIRES ON THE PLAIN (2014 / NC ‘15). KILLING enjoyed its 2018 world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In 2019, he was awarded the Nippon Honor Award.