is a Japanese actor and filmmaker.

Biography

Tsujioka was a model and an actor in Osaka when he was cast in Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

is a Japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad.-Biography:Tsukamoto started making movies at the age of 14, when his father gave him a Super 8 camera. He made a number of films, ranging...

's 1998 movie Bullet Ballet

Bullet Ballet

Bullet Ballet is a Japanese film directed by and starring Shinya Tsukamoto, and co-starring Hisashi Igawa, Sujin Kim, Kirina Mano, Takahiro Murase, Tatsuya Nakamura and Kyoka Suzuki....

at 17 years of age. He moved to Tokyo, and decided to stay there after filming ended to make his own films. Being a first time director with a very limited budget, he did most of work in front of and behind the camera on Lost By Dead (2002), including acting in the lead role, Akira. The film reflects some of his own teenage experiences with excessive violence, and it took over three years to complete. The film was distributed by There's Enterprise Inc., who distributed Tsukamo's movie Bullet Ballet.

By 2006, he directed his second feature, Divide, which was shown at many
international film festivals around the world, including the Toronto ReelHeART International Film Festival, where it won a best director award.

Actor

• Bullet Ballet
  Bullet Ballet
  Bullet Ballet is a Japanese film directed by and starring Shinya Tsukamoto, and co-starring Hisashi Igawa, Sujin Kim, Kirina Mano, Takahiro Murase, Tatsuya Nakamura and Kyoka Suzuki....
  
  (1999)
• Japanese Hell (1999)
• Rest@rt (2000)
• Suicide Club
  Suicide Club (film)
  Suicide Club, known in Japan as is a 2002 Japanese independent horror film that gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its controversial subject matter and gory presentation, and has since developed a significant cult following. It won the Jury Prize for...
  
  (2002)
• Igyo no Koi (2002)
• A Snake of June
  A Snake of June
  A Snake of June is a Japanese movie directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. His seventh film, it is notable for its striking monochrome blue cinematography tinted in post production...
  
  (2002)
• Tearing Picture (2002)
• Lost By Dead (2003)
• Cracker Life (2004)
• Kiokunoniwa (2004)
• Jyuzouchitai (2004)
• Hellevator: The Bottled Fools (2004)
• Vital
  Vital (film)
  Vital is a Japanese film made in 2004. It was directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and stars Tadanobu Asano as Hiroshi Takagi, a man whose girlfriend dies and who loses his memory in a car accident....
  
  (2005)
• Black Kiss (2005)
• Hibi (2005)
• Haze (2005)
• Divide (2005)
• Woman Can't Swim (2007)
• Crows Zero
  Crows ZERO
  is a film based on the manga Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi. The film was directed by Takashi Miike, written by Shogo Muto and stars Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada...
  
  (2007)
• Undertaker Tsukiko (2007)
• Endless Love (2007)
• Watch the Dream (2007)
• Drastic (2008)
• Honky Tonk (2008)

Filmography as Director

Year	English title	Japanese title	Romaji	Notes
2003	Lost By Dead	ロスト・バイ・デッド	Lost By Dead	(84 min.) Montreal International New Cinema Festival (Canada)
2005	Divide	ディバイド	Divide	(60 min.) Toronto ReelHeART International Film Festival (Canada) Best Director
2008	Drastic	ドラスティック	Drastic	(25 min.) London International Fantastic Film Festival (Uk), Japan Movie Fest (Japan)

Award

• Divide - Toronto ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF), Best Director (2006)

External links

• Masato Tsujioka at Official site