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Shozin Fukui

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Shozin Fukui

Died April 2, 2026

Shozin Fukui was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has produced two experimental shorts (Gerorisuto, and Caterpillar) and two full-length films (964 Pinocchio, and Rubber's Lover). These four movies were widely available, having been issued on DVD by Unearthed Films. However, these releases have since gone out of print. He has released four more films since then. These are almost comp…

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Tetsuo: The Iron ManTetsuo: The Iron Man · 1989
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
★ 7.01989
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
964 Pinocchio964 Pinocchio · 1991
964 Pinocchio
★ 6.01991
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A memory-wiped and defective cyborg sex slave is tossed onto the streets and taken in by a homeless woman while his corporate creators hunt him down.
Rubber's LoverRubber's Lover · 1996
Rubber's Lover
★ 6.51996
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
After the explosive demise of their last subject, scientists must look for a replacement on whom to continue their bizarre experiments with brain-altering drugs.
OnneOnne · 2006
Onne
2006
MovieHorror
A recluse meets another recluse online when he's victim to a gas attack.
Suicide DVDSuicide DVD · 2005
Suicide DVD
★ 5.02005
MovieHorrorThriller
A trio of journalists receive a mysterious DVD from an unknown source. The young woman journalist decides to watch the DVD and disappears. Her two friends begin an investigation into her disappearance that turns up a video she shot while watching the DVD they received in the mail. Upon viewing it appears she was not alone in her apartment. Who is the mystery woman seen only in a reflection and what caused the young lady to commit suicide?
The Art Idol Koe-chan's Challenge! Transformation LandThe Art Idol Koe-chan's Challenge! Transformation Land · 2004
The Art Idol Koe-chan's Challenge! Transformation Land
★ 2.52004
MovieDocumentary
The Chosen One of the 21st Century, Cosplay Talent: Koe-chan. She takes on the challenge of body painting, using her own body as a canvas! Legendary artists such as Shirow Kasuma, Kei Koneto, Henmaru Machino, and Makoto Aida, who represent contemporary art, express themselves through her body. This is an aesthetics of chaos and serenity.
GeroristGerorist · 1990
Gerorist
★ 6.21990
MovieMysteryThriller
A young woman on the Tokyo subway who may be possessed.
CaterpillarCaterpillar · 1988
Caterpillar
★ 5.01988
MovieScience FictionMystery
A half-hour experimental film that shows Fukui moving towards cyberpunk imagery in a manner similar to Tsukamoto, featuring industrial locations, a malfunctioning cyborg/android and a hulking metallic ‘caterpillar’ that stalks characters.

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