Masato Tsujioka

Masato Tsujioka 辻岡正人
Born	September 3, 1979 (1979-09-03) (age 32) Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Director, Producer, Writer, and Actor
Years active	2003-present
Influenced by	Shinya Tsukamoto
Website
http://www.geocities.jp/tsujiokamasato/

Masato Tsujioka (辻岡正人, Masato Tsujioka^?) (born September 3, 1979 in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a Japanese actor and filmmaker.^[1]

Biography

Tsujioka was a model and an actor in Osaka when he was cast in Shinya Tsukamoto's 1998 movie Bullet Ballet 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.

Filmography

Actor

• Bullet Ballet (1999)
• Japanese Hell (1999)
• Rest@rt (2000)
• Suicide Club (2002)
• Igyo no Koi (2002)
• A Snake of June (2002)
• Tearing Picture (2002)
• Lost By Dead (2003)
• Cracker Life (2004)
• Kiokunoniwa (2004)
• Jyuzouchitai (2004)
• Hellevator: The Bottled Fools (2004)
• Vital (2005)^[2]
• Black Kiss (2005)
• Hibi (2005)
• Haze (2005)
• Divide (2005)
• Woman Can't Swim (2007)
• Crows Zero (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)

References

1. ^ "www.amazon.com". http://www.amazon.com/Masato-Tsujioka-Mistuko-Sakatani-Kazutaka/dp/B000Q7ZO9E. Retrieved 2011-03-31. Masato as a film director
2. ^ "Vital (18) - RTÉ Ten". RTÉ.ie. 10 November 2005. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2005/1110/vital.html. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 

External links

• Masato Tsujioka at Official site

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Name	Tsujioka, Masato
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Date of birth	September 3, 1979
Place of birth	Osaka, Japan
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