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Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Name: Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Released: 1989
Duration: 67 min

1989 / Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto / 67 minutes

The film / Synopsis

A Tokyo salaryman begins transforming into a living machine, metal erupting from his flesh, his body merging with industrial detritus, in a fever-dream of body horror and urban anxiety.

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