Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
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What critics compared Tetsuo: The Iron Man to
The two faiths, church and cinema, are intertwined; in an unusual bit of casting, Mokichi, the devout leader of an isolated Kirishtan community, is played by Shinya Tsukamoto, the cult filmmaker behind the likes of Tetsuo, The Iron Man and A Snake Of June.
…a politically minded body horror film reflecting shades of Tetsuo: The Iron Man and David Lynch’s interest in the morbid ugliness beneath the glossier things…