Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Movie·1989·1h 7m

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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// overview

The Story

Original title: 鉄男

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.

Producer

Shinya Tsukamoto

Cinematography

Shinya Tsukamoto

Music

Chu Ishikawa

Editor

Shinya Tsukamoto

Themes

dystopiatransformationfetishismgorecyberpunkblack and whiteangryfranticabsurdromanticwhimsicalaudacious

Production House

Kaijyu Theater

Audience Score

70%

701 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

Cast

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Salaryman

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Metal Fetishist

Kei Fujiwara

Girlfriend

Nobu Kanaoka

Nobu Kanaoka

Woman in Glasses

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Doctor

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Tramp

// crew

Crew

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Editor, Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography

Chu Ishikawa

Chu Ishikawa

Original Music Composer

Kei Fujiwara

Director of Photography

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