Death Powder (1986)
- Original title
- デスパウダー
- Directed by
- Shigeru Izumiya
- Genre
- cyberpunk, science fiction film, horror film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 02m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three scientists steal a cybernetic android and hide out in an abandoned warehouse. The film follows their interactions with the android and its strange powers.
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What happens
Death Powder (Japanese: デスパウダー, Hepburn: Desu Paudā) is a 1986 low-budget Japanese science fiction/horror film with body horror elements, written and directed by poet/folk singer Shigeru Izumiya. The experimental film is credited as being the first core of the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre that emerged during the 1980s, predating both Katsuhiro Otomo's anime film adaptation of Akira and Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Izumiya also stars in his own film, as one of the three scientists who have stolen a cybernetic android and taken it to an abandoned warehouse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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