Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1989 · 67 mins · Japanese

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Starring

Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Renji Ishibashi, Naomasa Musaka, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka

A man obsessed with fusing metal to his body creates a wound teeming with maggots, goes out at night, and is struck by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. They hide the body, hoping to resume normal lives, but the businessman becomes cursed, his flesh slowly turning to iron, unleashing a nightmarish transformation.