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Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1989
· Movie
· 67 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2437
- IMDb #2523
- Rotten Tomatoes #1901
- Letterboxd #922
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2054
- Criticker #917
Every rating
59–77
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Letterboxd on 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A man known as the "Metal Fetishist" is accidentally run over by a Japanese salaryman. The victim curses the businessman, causing his body to gradually and grotesquely transform into a grotesque fusion of flesh and scrap metal. This surreal and body-horror nightmare depicts a violent, industrial metamorphosis as the two men become entangled in a chaotic battle of metallic mutation.
Details
- Director
- Shinya Tsukamoto
- Writer
- Shinya Tsukamoto
- Studio
- Kaijyu Theater
- Released
- 1 July 1989
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 67 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $55.5K
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Cast
Awards
2 wins total
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