Born 1979
in Toyonaka City, Osaka
Impelled by the works of TSUKAMOTO Shinya, he wrote at 18 years of age Lost By Dead which he shot at 20 and completed at 22. Depicting the self-destructive recklessness of teenagers, he made his directorial debut at the uncommon age of 23 through There’s Enterprise Inc. Combining numerous news coverage with media exposure, the Tokyo release set new attendance records. The response spread throughout the country, particularly among young people resulting in a rare nationwide release for an independent film.
In DIVIDE, his second directorial feature which he completed at 25, he depicted the conflicts of street children. The film won him the Best Director Award out of among 500 works from 40 countries at Canada’s Toronto Reel Heart International Film Festival. Afterward, the film screened at international film festivals in 25 countries around the world, and he was endorsed abroad as an “explosive director to astonish”. Many film directors including those in Japan, America, Canada, England, France, Germany, Brazil have also declared their respect for TSUJIOKA. With the planning by enthusiastic youth, “A Masato Tsujioka World” was specially featured at the Hamburg International Film Festival in Germany. TSUJIOKA Masato’s works, produced under “Tsujioka Productions”, are also sold on DVD in America,Canada and Europe. Additionally, he has appeared as a regular actor in the main cast of TSUKAMOTO Shinya’s films, BULLET BALLET, A SNAKE OF JUNE, Vital, HAZE, TETSUO THE BULLET MAN(66th VENEZIA 2009 Competition), etc.
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邦画男優主演ランキング
01位_香川照之
02位_浅野忠信
02位_中村優一
04位_桜田通
04位_西田敏行
06位_松山ケンイチ
07位_佐藤浩市
08位_堺雅人
08位_妻夫木聡
10位_市原隼人
10位_大東俊介
12位_オダギリジョー
13位_田口トモロヲ
14位_阿部寛
14位_西島秀俊
14位_役所広司
17位_哀川翔
17位_金城武
17位_松田龍平
20位_相葉弘樹
20位_柏原収史
20位_要潤
20位_小林薫
20位_永瀬正敏
25位_八神蓮
26位_江口洋介
27位_玉木宏
28位_岡田准一
29位_小栗旬
29位_唐沢寿明
29位_草薙剛
29位_小池徹平
29位_佐藤隆太
29位_辻岡正人
29位_成宮寛貴
29位_水橋研二
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