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Tetsuo: The Iron Man

★ 7.0 1989 67 min NR HorrorScience Fiction

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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Release
1989-07-01
Rating
NR
TMDB score
7.0/10
Original language
JA
Status
Released
Production
Japan
Studio
Kaijyu Theater
Topicsdystopiatransformationfetishismgorecyberpunkblack and whiteromantic

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