Tokyo Fist
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Kinoteka 3
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Film description
A gem from the 1990s, a cult film from the master of cyberpunk and the author of the legendary "Tetsuo." Tsuda (played by Tsukamoto himself) is a typical salaryman – always in a suit, always in a hurry. His everyday life revolves around his professional duties, as he keeps putting off living life to the fullest. Even his partner, waiting for him at home, is not enough to light his spark. Meanwhile, Tsuda’s school buddy, Kojima – his very opposite, a strong, apathetic boxer, emanating masculinity at every step – becomes interested in the woman. Jealousy will drag both men into a whirlwind of obsession.
"Tokyo Fist" is a stylistic frenzy, a visionary attempt to convey the crisis of masculinity through a quivering image of the city which Tsukamoto shows as the eye of the storm. It is also a unique portrait of claustrophobic Tokyo – a city seething with rage and uncertainty in the face of the growing economic crisis of the 1990s. Tsukamoto's vision transforms the Tokyo behemoth into a peculiar monster whose bowels host a boxing dance of shocking physicality and violence.
text:
Łukasz Mańkowski
Shinya Tsukamoto
1989 Tetsuo: Człowiek z żelaza / Tetsuo / Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1991 Yôkai hantâ: Hiruko / Hiruko the Goblin
1992 Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
1995 Tokyo Fist
1998 Bullet Ballet
1999 Sôseiji / Gemini
2002 Wąż czerwcowy / Rokugatsu no hebi / A Snake of June
2004 Vitâru / Vital
2006 Detektyw nocnych koszmarów / Akumu tantei / Nightmare Detective
2008 Detektyw nocnych koszmarów 2 / Akumu tantei 2 / Nightmare Detective II
2009 Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
2011 Kotoko
2014 Ognie w polu / Nobi / Fires on the Plain
2018 Mord / Zan / Killing
2023 Hokage / Shadow of Fire