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Tetsuo: The Iron Man( 1989)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tomorowo Taguchi

      Salaryman

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      Shinya Tsukamoto

      Metal Fetishist

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      Kei Fujiwara

      Girlfriend

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      Nobu Kanaoka

      Woman in Glasses

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      Naomasa Musaka

      Doctor

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      Renji Ishibashi

      Tramp

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    A review by Jeff Larsen

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    Written by Jeff Larsen on Wed Feb 08 2017
    “The penis is evil.” - Zardoz When was the last time your city was torn apart by a towering metal penis? A button-down wage earner and his girlfriend are driving in the city when they hit a man. They then cart him to a field and dump him. Seems the two were having sex while driving, and their hit-&-run arouses them still further until they are having sex at the scene in the full knowledge that their (presumably dying) victim is watching them. The next morning, salaryman finds his cheek has sprouted a shiny metal zit. Soon he'll be having scary encounters with transformed strangers and ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    55500.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • dystopia
    • transformation
    • fetishism
    • gore
    • cyberpunk