- Actors: Kei Fujiwara, Tomorowo Taguchi, Nobu Kanaoka, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka
- Directors: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
- Writers: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
- Producers: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
- Format: PAL
- Language Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Tartan
- DVD Release Date: 22 April 2002
- Run Time: 67 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000634CZ
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In Tetsuo: The Iron Man Shinya Tsukamoto draws on the marriage of flesh and technology that inspires so much of David Cronenberg's work and then twists it into a Manga-influenced cyberpunk vision. A man (Tomoroh Taguchi) awakens from a nightmare in which his body is helplessly fusing with the metal objects around him, only to find it happening to him in real life... or is it? Haunted by memories of a hit and run (eerily prophetic of Cronenberg's Crash), the man knows this ordeal could be a dream, a fantastic form of divine retribution, or perhaps technological mutation born of guilt and rage.
Shot in bracing black and white on a small budget, Tsukamoto puts a demented conceptual twist on good old-fashioned stop-motion effects and simple wire work, giving his film the surreal quality of a waking dream with a psychosexual edge (resulting in the film's most disturbing scene). The story ultimately takes on an abstract quality enhanced by the grungy look and increasingly wild images as they take to the streets in a mad chase of technological speed demons. This first entry in his self-titled "Regular Sized Monster Series" was followed by a full-colour sequel, Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer, which trades the muddy experimental atmosphere for a big-budget sheen but can't top the cybershock to the system this movie packs.--Sean Axmaker
DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Star and Director filmographies.
Scene Selection.
Original trailers.
Promotional gallery.
Justin Bowyer film notes.
Asia Extreme trailer reel.
Star and Director filmographies.
Scene Selection.
Original trailers.
Promotional gallery.
Justin Bowyer film notes.
Asia Extreme trailer reel.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting low budget weirdness,
This review is from: Tetsuo - The Iron Man [DVD] [1989] (DVD)
Tetsuo is around one hour long, in black and white, in Japanese (hardly any dialogue though) and made on a very small budget. It tells a bizarre story about a metal fetishist who inserts a metal rod into his leg only to find maggots in there too. He runs into the street, but is knocked down by a businessman. As a result, the businessman starts to change into something strange. It starts with a little bit of metal poking out of face, but soon gets worse.
The Evil Dead, Gozdzilla, Cronenberg, art films, all get stirred in, and the fast pace of the film is thrilling as it rushes you along. If this was a song, it'd be something post-punk or industrial, it's not for mainstream fans, but it's not boring art either. Personally, I rate it up there with Lynch's Eraserhead, or Aronovsky's Pi, both black and white debut films that mix genre with out and out oddness. If you are open minded enough to like those, check this out. If you prefer American blockbusters - well, bye!!
34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Japan's answer to Cronnenberg,
This review is from: Tetsuo - The Iron Man [DVD] [1989] (DVD)
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, often described as a Japanese version of David Crenneberg, Testuo is a highly inventive, visceral and shocking film. It tells the story of a man obssesed with turning himself to metal by inserting into his muscle. A good example of 'body horror', it uses images of mutated and mutilated flesh to provide the shocks. Shot in black and white and using mostly handheld cameras it should look amateurish, but instead the black and white gives the feeling of a stark, apocalyptic world. While the shakey motions of the camera mirror the protagonists increasingly manic state of mind. Not for the faint hearted, this film is a must for any fans of Lynch or Cronnenberg.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bizarre, But Truly Great,
By M. Dowden (London, UK) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Tetsuo - The Iron Man [DVD] [1989] (DVD)
However many times I see this film it always manages to grab my attention. Shot in black and white with some very jerky filming at times, there is just something wonderful about this. After being released in Japan and then the rest of the world this was and still remains an international hit, that has become a cult classic. If you don't like something that will challenge your perceptions then stay well clear of this.
A man starts doing some homemade body modification on himself, obviously trying to turn himself into a machine. He gets run over and the couple driving the car try to dump his body in some woodland. The man involved in this starts to become obsesed over his guilt, driving him into paranoia and feeling that he is being persecuted. When he approaches his girlfriend with a massive dril emerging from his trousers, you can also see that there is a lot of very black humour running through this film. Shot with a small budget and with very little dialogue this is a film that once seen will never be forgotten. Ultimately an allegory of man's destruction of nature there is so much else in this film, showing how we can all become alienated and feel alone, even when we are surrounded by others.
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