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Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)

Tetsuo: The Bullet Man poster
Original title
鉄男 THE BULLET MAN
Directed by
Shinya Tsukamoto
Genre
action film, horror film, science fiction film, cyberpunk, biopunk
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man turns into a monster made of metal after his son is killed in a car accident. He goes on a violent rampage to get revenge.

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What happens

Tetsuo: The Bullet Man is a 2009 English-language Japanese cyberpunk body horror thriller film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. The film is a standalone sequel to Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992), and follows a man who transforms into a rageful metallic being after his son is killed in a car crash. It stars Eric Bossick, Akiko Monō, Yuko Nakamura, Stephen Sarrazin, and Tsukamoto. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 5 September 2009, and released in Japan on 22 May 2010, by Asmik Ace Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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