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Tetsuo - The Iron Man Details

1989 Certificate 18
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A visually arresting and highly disturbing urban flight of fancy from Japanese auteur Tsukamoto, who also starred, wrote, shot, and edited. A buttoned-up Japanese commuter accidentally rams his car into a cyberpunky 'metal fetishist' (Tsukamoto) whose jollies include transplating metal parts into his body. After this encounter, .. Read more

Starring Anthony Bevilacqua, Kei Fujiwara, Markus Greiner
Director Shinya Tsukamoto
Genres Horror, World Cinema

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Tetsuo - The Iron Man

A visually arresting and highly disturbing urban flight of fancy from Japanese auteur Tsukamoto, who also starred, wrote, shot, and edited. A buttoned-up Japanese commuter accidentally rams his car into a cyberpunky 'metal fetishist' (Tsukamoto) whose jollies include transplating metal parts into his body. After this encounter, the businessman begins inexplicably transforming into a metal man-machine, and soon finds himself merging identities (and bodies) with the similarly mechanized fetishist.

Starring Anthony Bevilacqua, Kei Fujiwara, Markus Greiner
Director Shinya Tsukamoto
Studio PALISADES TARTAN
Run time DVD: 1 hr 7 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Horror, World Cinema
Language DVD: Japanese
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 22 Apr 2002
Production year: 1989
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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Between his classic Dracula and his masterpiece Freaks, Tod Browning made this conventional boxing drama about a lightweight on his way to the title. Playing the boxer is Lew Ayres, then famous for his role in All Quiet on the Western Front, who must somehow cope with the demands of his manager as well as the duplicity of his wife, played by Jean Harlow. Critics weren't entirely enthusiastic about Harlow's performance, but her move to MGM a year later saw her brief but spectacular career really take off.

    • Radio Times
  • 1 stars out of 4

    Weird science-fiction fantasy, by turns surreal and nasty, but displaying an unusual visual flair by its writer-director.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 18 out of 18 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Absolutely Mental

    'Tetsuo - The Iron Man' takes my record for being the most mental film I ever seen (and I've seen a lot of bizarre stuff)!

    It's in ... more

      • Phil from Saffron Walden, England
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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    not recommended

    Complete garbage. This film was highly recommended to me by a friend but i'll be having words with him after seeing this incomprehensible piece of film! The... more

      • Detritus from Inverness
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    • A visually arresting and highly disturbing urban flight of fancy from Japanese auteur Tsukamoto, who also starred, wrote, shot, and edited. A buttoned-up Japanese commuter accidentally rams his car ...