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Tetsuo: The Iron Man
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man

1989

Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto

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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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Produced by
Shinya Tsukamoto
Composer
Chu Ishikawa
Origin country
Japan
Runtime
1h 7m
Language
ja
Rating
NR
Also known as
Tetsuo: The Ironman
TMDB
7.0/10 (702 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
78% Fresh
IMDb
6.9/10 (28,476 votes)
Released July 1, 1989·鉄男·$55,500 budget

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Tetsuo Collection

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