Shinya Tsukamoto, the iconoclastic Japanese filmmaker best known for the body-horror landmark Tetsuo: The Iron Man, has set a Japan release for his latest feature, Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?, an English-language drama based on the true story of an African American Vietnam War veteran who became a peace activist with deep ties to Japan. The film is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters in September, setting up a potential Venice Film Festival launch. The project marks a significant departure for Tsukamoto, who wrote, directed, shot and edited the film — his first primarily English-language feature — across locations in the United States, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. Broadway veteran Rodney Hicks, an original and closing cast member of Rent, takes his first major screen lead as Allen