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Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

19897.01h 7m

Overview

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.

Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
Written by Shinya Tsukamoto
Produced by Shinya Tsukamoto
Box OfficeBudget: $56K0

Top Cast

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Salaryman

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Metal Fetishist

K

Kei Fujiwara

Girlfriend

Nobu Kanaoka

Nobu Kanaoka

Woman in Glasses

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Doctor

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Tramp

Themes & Keywords

dystopiatransformationfetishismgorecyberpunkblack and whiteangryfranticabsurdromanticwhimsicalaudaciousbriskenthusiasticexcitedexhilarated

About Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a horror, science fiction film released in 1989 exploring themes of dystopia, transformation, fetishism, gore, cyberpunk, black and white. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, it stars Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara. 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.

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