Tetsuo: The Iron Man
7/10
Rating
67 min
Runtime
1989
Release Year
Shinya Tsukamoto
Director
Cast
Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Naomasa Musaka
Quick Synopsis
In Japan, a man obsessed with metal implants injures himself to embed metal into his body, but the resulting infection drives him insane. He runs into the night and is accidentally hit by a businessman and his girlfriend. Trying to avoid trouble, they dispose of the man's body and attempt to continue their lives. However, the businessman soon begins to experience a strange and harmful condition where his flesh gradually turns into iron, as if he is cursed.
Detailed Synopsis of Tetsuo: The Iron Man
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.
