TMDb Rating
7.0/10
681 verified votes
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
HorrorScience Fiction
67 min
Plot Summary
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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HorrorScience FictionShinya TsukamotoTomorowo TaguchiShinya Tsukamoto1989
Director
Shinya Tsukamoto
Top Cast
Tomorowo TaguchiShinya TsukamotoKei FujiwaraNobu KanaokaNaomasa Musaka
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