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1989

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto

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.

Duration

1h 7m

Released

July 1, 1989

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Cast6

  • Tomorowo Taguchi
  • Shinya Tsukamoto
  • Kei Fujiwara
  • Nobu Kanaoka
  • Naomasa Musaka
  • Renji Ishibashi

Part ofThe Tetsuo Collection

Includes Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992), and Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2010).

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