Some very say news just in, but Shozin Fukui, director of Pinocchio 964 and Rubbers Lover, passed away on 2 April. As some might know, in the midst of a resurgence of interest in his work that culminated with a 2025 retrospective at K's Cinema in Shinjuku, he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.

April 07, 2026 - 14:05 UTC

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I met him several times over the years, with trip to the Kemuri TV Bar that he ran with his wife a regular fixture in my trips to Tokyo, and @sarahappleton.bsky.social and I filmed him there back in 2024 for the UK release of Pinocchio 964 for @88films.bsky.social
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He was always charming, friendly and interested what we were up to, and I feel genuinely sad our paths will never cross again. My heart goes out to everyone who know him, but especially his wife, who has put such a brave face on the situation since the diagnosis. She truly is a remarkable person.
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I just don't know what to say at the moment, truly a massive loss.

I hope he knew how much we appreciated his works.
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How terrible 😢RIPperino. Hope someone will so the right thing and pick up that new edit of metaldays? Or that fukui manage to sort it before passing away to the person to release that film
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Yeah, I don't know what happened to that film, beyond the fact its original elements no longer exist beyond its vhs transfer, but I don't know for sure what is stopping any official kind of release of the film, beyond the fact it screened at the K's retro.
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