Death Powder

Death Powder
Directed by	Shigeru Izumiya
Starring	Shigeru Izumiya Rikako Murakami Takichi Inukai
Running time	62 minutes
Country	Japan

Death Powder (Desu Powuda) is a 1986 surrealist science fiction/horror film written and directed by Japanese poet/folk singer Shigeru Izumiya. It is credited as being the first core film of the Japanese Cyberpunk sub-genre that emerged during the 1980s, predating both Katsuhiro Otomo's anime film adaptation of Akira and Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo: The Iron Man.^[1] Izumiya also stars in the film, alongside Rikako Murakami and Takichi Inukai, as a group of scientists that have stolen a cybernetic android.

References

1. ^ Player, Mark. "Post-Human Nightmares: The World of Japanese Cyberpunk Cinema". Midnight Eye. http://www.midnighteye.com/features/post-human-nightmares-the-world-of-japanese-cyberpunk-cinema.shtml. 

External Links

• Death Powder at the Internet Movie Database