A visually arresting and highly disturbing urban flight of fancy from Japanese auteur Shinya Tsukamoto, who also starred, wrote, shot, and edited. A buttoned-up Japanese commuter accidentally rams his car into a cyberpunky "metal fetishist" (Tsukamoto) whose jollies include transplating metal parts into his body. After this encounter, the businessman begins inexplicably transforming into a metal man-machine, and soon finds himself merging identities (and bodies) with the similarly mechanized fetishist. Followed by a sequel, "Tetsuo II: Bodyhammer." Also features cult short "Drum Struck."
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - Japanese
Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 Surround Sound - Japanese
Cinematographer
Shinya Tsukamoto: Japanese Director
Cinematographer
Kei Fujiwara: Japanese actor/director, TETSUO/ID
Review 1:
"...Moving at a constantly furious pace, the film is grisly yet fascinating and even darkly humorous from the get-go..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F6 07/09/1992
Review 2:
"...Hyperkinetic....Driven by a perverse sense of humor..."
Source: New York Times
p.C17 04/22/1992
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