

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1989 Directed by Shinya TsukamotoA "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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Tomorowo Taguchi
....................................................Salaryman

Shinya Tsukamoto
....................................................Metal Fetishist
Kei Fujiwara
....................................................Girlfriend

Nobu Kanaoka
....................................................Woman in Glasses

Naomasa Musaka
....................................................Doctor

Renji Ishibashi
....................................................Tramp
Director
...........................................................Shinya Tsukamoto
Producer
...........................................................Shinya Tsukamoto
Writer
...........................................................Shinya Tsukamoto
Assistant Director
...........................................................Hiroyuki Kojima
Nobu Kanaoka
Shozin Fukui
Tomoko Ishigami
Production Companies
...................................................Kaijyu Theater
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Horror
Science Fiction
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