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Director Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest film, “Mr. Nelson, Have You Ever Killed a Man?,” had its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Italy on September 4 (local time), receiving roughly eight minutes of standing ovation after the screening. Tsukamoto reportedly said afterward, “Maybe this could actually help stop a war.” On 5channel’s Geisports Sokuho+ thread, some praised Tsukamoto’s body of work, citing his acclaimed “Fires on the Plain,” while others voiced skepticism about whether a single film could realistically stop a war, and still others dismissed the standing ovation itself as mere festival theater — producing a mixed thread of praise and doubt.
Director Shinya Tsukamoto receives roughly 8-minute ovation in Venice: “Maybe this could stop a war” | Oricon News
2026-09-05 12:22 Oricon News
Director Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest film, “Mr. Nelson, Have You Ever Killed a Man?,” had its world premiere at the “83rd Venice International Film Festival” in Italy on the 4th (local time), receiving a standing ovation lasting roughly eight minutes.
Source: oricon.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
I've seen a few of Tsukamoto's movies, and every single one was great
Not exactly mainstream crowd-pleasers, though
That's the one with the guy from Blankey Jet City (the rock band), right?
The maggots looked so real, loved that
Oh, that one — isn't he also the guy who goes on about how "Takeshi doesn't even make movies anymore"?
Take that kind of talk to the politics board (5ch's "+" board for that stuff)
So why not just cut that off?
South Korea managed to wipe out pachinko, didn't it?
so this is pointless
isn't that basically the ideal filmmaker?
Talk's cheap, show me results
people love to talk big about all the supposed benefits, but why can't anyone ever show actual results?
Same goes for all that "stop the war, for the children" sloganeering — spare me the sermons.
Either show proof you've actually stopped a war, or stay quiet
who need to be stopped
ends up glorifying war no matter what it does
Iran is run by the IRGC's military regime,
so no matter who wins the election, the cold war continues
Did he always look like that?
It's obviously padded out with extras
— looks just like the cheering squad at a Communist Party street rally
Come on, it's just a film festival, a big party.
Are you really getting worked up over something this trivial? lol
That's staged by the production side! Apparently it's great bang for the buck as advertising
Background and talking points
The standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival is a customary bit of theater in which the house lights stay up after a screening so the audience can applaud the cast and crew, and it tends to run longer for high-profile films with famous actors — so it isn’t necessarily a direct measure of how the work itself was received. Shinya Tsukamoto first gained international recognition with his self-produced “Tetsuo” series, and later earned high praise for “Fires on the Plain” (2014), set during the Pacific War. This new film, also dealing with war and humanity, fits squarely within that lineage. In the thread, discussion focused less on the film’s actual content and more on skepticism about whether a single movie could really stop a war, along with a cool-eyed take on the standing-ovation ritual itself — few posts engaged in detail with the work on its merits.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geisports Sokuho+) thread “[Movie] Director Shinya Tsukamoto receives roughly 8-minute ovation in Venice: “Maybe this could stop a war”.”
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