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Tetsu no tsume (1951)

Tetsu no tsume poster
Original title
鉄の爪
Directed by
Nobuo Adachi
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious figure with claw-like hands terrorizes people in a small Japanese community. The police investigate the strange attacks as fear spreads among the residents.

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What happens

Tetsu no tsume (鉄の爪, Tetsu no tsume) (also known as Claws of Steel or Claws of Iron) is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese horror film (J-Horror) directed by Nobuo Adachi for Daiei Films. It was shot in Black and White, Academy ratio full-screen, and was never dubbed in English. The film was never shown in the United States, and was only available on laserdisc in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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