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Tokyo Fist

dir. Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Japan 1995, 87’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Theatrical Screenings
We 13 Nov, 16:30
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Fr 15 Nov, 21:45
Kinoteka 3
Kinoteka 3
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13 Nov, 10:00 – 1 Dec
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Credits
Japan 1995
Duration: 87’
director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
screenplay: Hisashi Saito, Shin’ya Tsukamoto
cinematography: Shin’ya Tsukamoto
editing: Shin’ya Tsukamoto
music: Chu Ishikawa
sound: Shibasaki Kenji
cast: Kaori Fujii, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Koji, Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka, Naoto Takenaka, Koichi Wajima
producer: Kiyo Joo, Shin’ya Tsukamoto
production: Kaijyu Theater
language: Japanese, English
colouration: colour
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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

Filmography:

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

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