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

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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