The Phantom of Regular Size

Back alley. Cicada summer. A discarded doll's head. Body dysmorphia meets stop-motion as one man's apartment becomes a mechanized hell. Wires and metal contort his flesh. Tsukamoto's early DIY horrors prefigure cyberpunk anxieties.

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Shinya Tsukamoto directed The Phantom of Regular Size in 1986. See Shinya Tsukamoto's full filmography, where to start with Shinya Tsukamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shinya Tsukamoto.

The Phantom of Regular Size was released in 1986 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 18 minutes.