While attending university, Fukui worked for a video company shooting live performances. During his time as a student, he produced three short films:
Chaser of the Ranger,
Scourge of Blood and
Metal Days. Fukui produced six experimental shorts—
Scourge of Blood,
Metal Days, Gerorisuto,
Caterpillar, S-94 and
The Hiding—along with two full-length films,
964 Pinocchio (1991) and ''
Rubber's Lover (1996). 964 Pinocchio
is often compared to the cyberpunk classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man'' (1989) directed by
Shinya Tsukamoto. Excluding
Metal Days, Fukui's films were widely available, having been issued on DVD by
Unearthed Films. However, these releases have since gone
out of print. Fukui has released four films since then,
Onne,
Den-Sen,
The Hiding, and
S-94. Fukui worked as an
assistant director during Tsukamoto's
Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Many fans and critics consider Fukui's aesthetic to be different enough from Tsukamoto's for Fukui's films to stand on their own, even considering the similarities. Fukui died on 2 April 2026. This came shortly after his production company, Honekoubou, resumed their activity in 2025 to organize a retrospective of the director's filmography. The retrospective included two screenings of
Metal Days, a film that has long been sought after by fans due to its unavailability. ==Filmography==