Tetsuo: The Iron Man

1989 · directed by Shinya Tsukamoto

Rating

73/100

Hit

no

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.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, rates 73/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

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

Crew

• Kei Fujiwara — Director of Photography
• Shinya Tsukamoto — Director of Photography
• Shinya Tsukamoto — Editor
• Chu Ishikawa — Original Music Composer
• Shinya Tsukamoto — Writer

More from Shinya Tsukamoto

1. Killing (2018) — 81/100 · hit
2. Gemini (1999) — 80/100 · hit
3. Vital (2004) — 75/100
4. Bullet Ballet (1998) — 71/100
5. Kotoko (2011) — 70/100
6. Tokyo Fist (1995) — 69/100

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