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.
It world premieres in the Asian Future competition of the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival 2024.