![]() Tetsuo: The Ironman (1. Rotten Tomatoes. An hour- long feature from Japanese director Shinyu Tsukamoto, Tetsuo (also known as Tetsuo: The Iron Man) tells a horrific, cyberpunk- influenced science fiction tale about the intersection of man and post- industrial technology. The central character is a Japanese salary man, an average office worker who is transformed by a brief encounter with a metals fetishist, a man who has purposefully implanted pieces of scrap metal in his body. The salary man soon begins sprouting pieces of metal from various parts of his body, a change which is accompanied by increasingly nightmarish visions and bizarre, metal- filled sexual fantasies. As the man evolves into a strange hybrid of man and machine, he also develops a telepathic connection with another of his kind: the metal fetishist, who has been undergoing a similar conversion, and may indeed be the cause of the salary man's transformation. The two engage in a violent, destructive battle throughout the streets of Tokyo, accompanied by an appropriately industrial soundtrack. Shot on a small budget in 1. Tsukamoto reprised many of the images and plot elements of Tetsuo in a higher- budgeted sequel, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Film)Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1. Japanese cyberpunk. Body Horror film by cult film director Shinya Tsukamoto. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikingly- filmed fantasy shot in the same low- budget, underground- production style as his first two films. Tetsuo established Tsukamoto's fame and created his worldwide cult following. It was followed by two sequels, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer and Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man. It follows the tale of a man who, after hitting a metal fetishist with his car, attempts to hide the mess by dumping the body into a ravine. To his dismay, he finds that the dead man is getting his revenge - by forcing the driver to transform into a walking heap of scrap metal. Not to be confused withthat. Tetsuo or that. Iron. Man. Actionized Sequel: Both 2 and The Bullet Man, according to Word of God. And I Must Scream. Animesque: The first film. To quote a You. Tube commentator: All Just a Dream: The main character has a dream that his girlfriend turns into a machine- woman with a metallic probe that seems to be made from a vaccum cleaner. ![]() She then proceeds to rape him with it.. Ride in The Bullet Man. Bald of Evil: 2 features a whole gang of 'em, working for both Yatsu/The Guy/The Metal Fetishist and a Mad Scientist. Black and Grey Morality: The Salaryman and his girlfriend do not seem to act like good people, considering that their reaction to hitting a wounded man with their car is to dump the corpse (or not) in a ravine and have sex over where they dumped him, most likely with the body facing them, considering the angle we see it from. So that means that the Metal Fetishist should be better, right? Well.. Body Horror We have several shots of metal protruding through the protagonist's flesh, gradually mutating him into a man made of metal over the course of the film. Cultural Translation: The third movie has an American protagonist, but it is still set in Japan. Cyber Punk. Death by Sex: See below. Deliberately Monochrome. Downer Ending: The first film. The protagonist and antagonist merge together to form one organism and they will use their combined power to destroy the world, due to the last lines of the film. Also, for the Salaryman, he seems to have become fully submissive and under the control of the Metal Fetishist (although he may just be pretending to act like that just to avoid more pain). Driven to Suicide: In The Bullet Man, Anthony attempts this. It doesn't work. Double Meaning Title: Tetsuo is a very generic name in Japan, similar to John, representing the protagonist's salaryman life, and the word for iron is . Both rarely show any sort of emotion throughout the movie. Extra- ore- dinary: The Fetishist seems to have power over metal, not just an ability to produce it from his own body. ![]()
The Salaryman seems to discover this power too, and even briefly turn the tables on the Fetishist (it's hard to say for sure). Finger Firearms: Yatsu possesses one in Body Hammer. ![]() Tetsuo - The Iron Man (1989), Xem Phim Nguoi Sat Tetsuo - Tetsuo, The Iron Man (FULL HD) (1989) - Tetsuo, nh Tetsuo: The Iron Man ( Gainax Ending: 2 ends with Tomoo (the Salaryman) walking with his family through a ruined city. Game Over: The first film ends with this as an after- credits message in lieu of . Complete with Laughing Mad and all. Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) - Shinya Tsukamoto on AllMovie - An hour-long feature from Japanese. Tetsuo: The Ironman (1989). Gratuitous English: This. While the movie is in English, Yatsu shouts out some very Engrish- y terms like . Ride (his father) created a Tetsuo replica of his dying wife. Then, he inseminates it, resulting with Anthony. I Have Your Wife: The bad guys kidnap the salaryman's son (and later his wife) in Body Hammer. Jitter Cam: A common criticism against The Bullet Man. Le Film Artistique: The movies are black and white (except the sequels), has a small budget, uses unusual film techniques and the plot is full of Mind Screw and very open to interpretation, if we add that the movies are Japanese (foreign for most of us, English speakers) the series fit the trope perfectly. Lipstick and Load Montage: The antagonist is shown changing his hairstyle, painting his lips, and putting on eye makeup before his confrontation with the protagonist. Mad Scientist: A character simply named . Yatsu himself is apparently one in The Bullet Man. Mind Screw: There's a reason why it is often compared to Eraserhead. Nightmare Fetishist: The antagonist is called . When he was alive, he enjoyed shoving bits of metal into his body. After the main characters run over him, the protagonist's girlfriend gets aroused. She later gets aroused when she shoves a knife into the main character's neck in hopes of killing him. Omnicidal Maniac: The Metal Fetishist. How about turning the whole world into metal? And we can rust the whole world and scatter it into the dust of the universe. Our love can put an end to this fucking world! LET'S GO!!! I don't want money. Destruction is all I need. No, I'm not going to end it with a cheap shot like this. What I want, Anthony, is for you to show the stupid people of this world what life is really like. Brains and blood splattering. Come on, destroy all of our lazy peaceful dreams. Awaken to your destiny! Our Zombies Are Different: His dead girlfriend is briefly brought back due to the antagonist's manipulation. The woman who chases the protagonist on the subway seemed like one as well. In fact, since the antagonist dies, comes back, and infects the protagonist, one could almost see this as some crazy zombie flick. Primal Fear: The final battle of Bullet Man takes place in a crevice barely wide enough to turn around in, not to mention the other instances of claustrophobia in it. Remake: Of Tsukamoto's first film, The Phantom of Regular Size. The Right Hand of Doom: Almost every character in the movies end up sporting a big, clunky metal hand (or an Arm Cannon) at one point or another. Rule of Scary: Watching this movie can bring up many questions, such as . Somehow, the jilted movements make everything creepier. Straw Nihilist: The salaryman and the Fetishist turn into this by the end, deciding to team up to turn the entire world into metal. Probably a result of Sanity Slippage induced by their brains turning to metal. Surprisingly Good English: The Bullet Man's dialogue certainly counts. It helped that the script is translated from Japanese, not to mention this being (so far) the only film to feature Americans. Surreal Horror. Take a Third Option: In The Bullet Man, Yatsu/The Metal Fetishist plants a bomb on Yuriko's necklace. He gives Anthony two choices: kill him or let her die. Anthony, realizing that either choices will drive him into destroying the world, forcefully absorbs Yatsu into his body, reverting him back to human form. Tank Goodness: Towards the end of Body Hammer, Tomoo, Yatsu, and the skinheads join together to form a giant tank- like thing. This Is a Drill: The driver's penis transforms into one of these. During sex with his girlfriend. Thematic Series: The movies all tell their own stories, but share several elements, including a saleryman turning into metal after encountering Yatsu, the metal fetishist; people turning into weapons and all end with the saleryman fusing with Yatsu, for better or for worse. Transhuman: Arguably, the protagonists. Sure, they become grotesque walking lumps of scrap metal, but as the films go on, they can sprout guns from their bodies, become giant tank things and crawl on walls. Two- Faced: Temporarily, one side of Anthony's face is completely transformed and inhuman in The Bullet Man. Unreadably Fast Text: Yatsu's slideshow in The Bullet Man. Unstable Genetic Code: Anthony's transformation is due to him having . Ride. Widget Series: And apparently it's weird even by Japanese standards. World of Symbolism: Some say the movie is about modern humanity's overdependance on machines. Others think it is a metaphor for homosexual awakening. There are probably many more theories out there.
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