Firebird Award in the Young Cinema Competition - Hong Kong International Film Festival 2025 | Netpac Award, Jeonju International Film Festival 2025
Black Ox is the story of a former hunter-gatherer who loses connection to his spirituality in the process of becoming a farmer and becoming "Japanese"during the nation's period of westernization in the 19th century. The film which depicts the path to enlightenment using ten poems and drawings of cows.
Born in 1984 in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. His grandfather, TSUTA Fumiya, was a nationally-renowned coach of the Ikeda High School baseball team and local legend of Tokushima. Tetsuichiro moved to Tokyo and studied film at Tokyo Institute of Technology. In 2013, he debuted with his first feature, TALE OF IYA, which he shot on 35mm color film in the Iya region of Tokushima Prefecture. The film premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival and has won awards at festivals around the world. In 2020, BFI listed TALE OF IYA as the Best Japanese Film of 2013 in their list, “The Best Japanese Film Every Year—from 1925 to Now.” BLACK OX is TSUTA Tetsuichiro’s second feature length film.
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