Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

67 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | July 1, 1989

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

67 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | July 1, 1989

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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Kaijyu Theater, Japan Home Video, K2 Spirit
Original title 鉄男
Directors Tomoko Kodaka, Hiroyuki Kojima, Tomoko Ishigami, Shozin Fukui, Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto
Writers Shinya Tsukamoto

Cast

Tomorowo Taguchi

as Salaryman

Shinya Tsukamoto

as Metal Fetishist

Kei Fujiwara

as Girlfriend

Nobu Kanaoka

as Woman in Glasses

Naomasa Musaka

as Doctor

Renji Ishibashi

as Tramp