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Tetsuo: The Iron Man
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You can watch Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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 is a film that explores themes of dystopia, transformation, fetishism. It also touches on gore and cyberpunk and black and white.
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Shinya Tsukamoto
Cast
Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Naomasa Musaka, Renji Ishibashi
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man
You can watch Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
IMDb
7.0/10
RT Critics
78%
Director
Shinya Tsukamoto
Cast
Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Naomasa Musaka, Renji Ishibashi
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