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Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Cast

Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto View All

Crew

Shinya Tsukamoto (Director), Shinya Tsukamoto (Writer), Kei Fujiwara (Director) View All

Release: Jul. 1st, 1989

Runtime: 1 hour, 7 minutes

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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7 Tetsuo, The Iron Man (1989) Review

My Rating: 6/10 Compared to other movies I've seen which I've either strongly liked or strongly disliked, my experience with this one was pretty peculiar. I can't say that I wish I didn't see the f...

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Tetsuo: The Iron Man is not a character-driven film, so the director doesn't really give you a lot of time to know this man (he doesn't even get a name) or his girlfriend, or any other character.

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