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Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Name: Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1989
Rating: 7
Cast: Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Naomasa Musaka

A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.

1989 · Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto · 67 min · Horror · Science Fiction · 9 frames

Tagline

SOLID METAL NIGHTMARES

Crew

Written by: Shinya Tsukamoto
Cinematography: Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara
Edited by: Shinya Tsukamoto
Music: Chu Ishikawa
Produced by: Shinya Tsukamoto

Cast

Tomorowo Taguchi as Salaryman
Shinya Tsukamoto as Metal Fetishist
Kei Fujiwara as Girlfriend
Nobu Kanaoka as Woman in Glasses
Naomasa Musaka as Doctor
Renji Ishibashi as Tramp

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Kaijyu Theater
Budget: $55,500
Themes: dystopia, transformation, fetishism, gore, cyberpunk, black and white, romantic

More by Shinya Tsukamoto

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer — 1992
Bullet Ballet — 1998
Gemini — 1999
Tokyo Fist — 1995
Kotoko — 2011

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