FILM DIRECTOR

Shinya Tsukamoto

1960 - Today

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Shinya Tsukamoto (塚本 晋也, Tsukamoto Shin'ya, born January 1, 1960) is a Japanese filmmaker and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, Tsukamoto is best known for his body horror/cyberpunk film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), which is considered the defining film of the Japanese Cyberpunk movement, as well as for its companion pieces Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) and Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shinya Tsukamoto has received more than 673,028 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shinya Tsukamoto is the 1,006th most popular film director (up from 1,041st in 2019), the 1,222nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,182nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shinya Tsukamoto ranks 1,006 out of 2,041. Before him are Michaël Dudok de Wit, Roy Ward Baker, Jean-Marie Poiré, Mike Figgis, Randal Kleiser, and Barry Ackroyd. After him are Chris Wedge, Preston Sturges, Ruth Orkin, Janusz Kamiński, Randall Wallace, and Med Hondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Shinya Tsukamoto ranks 245. Before him are Johnny Briceño, Ana Botín, Moshe Kahlon, Yoko Tawada, Mohamed Timoumi, and Reza Hosseini Nassab. After him are Ivan Gudelj, Alexandre Czerniatynski, Carol Alt, Serhiy Tihipko, Moreno Argentin, and Micheál Martin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinya Tsukamoto ranks 1,222 out of 6,245. Before him are Hashimoto Gahō (1835), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Yoko Tawada (1960), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), and Kansai Yamamoto (1944). After him are Akina Nakamori (1965), Yuto Nagatomo (1986), Takako Doi (1928), Takefusa Kubo (2001), Toshio Takabayashi (1953), and Yasushi Akashi (1931).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Shinya Tsukamoto ranks 45. Before him are Tadashi Imai (1912), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Masato Harada (1949), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Hideo Nakata (1961), and Masaaki Yuasa (1965). After him are Kei Kumai (1930), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Naomi Kawase (1969), Shunji Iwai (1963), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), and Yōjirō Takita (1955).

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