Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1989 · 67 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 27,332 VOTES · DIR. Shinya Tsukamoto
Overview
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Dialogue Timeline — 136 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 KAIJYU THEATER Presents
00:08:18 - Hello... - Hello.
00:08:54 Hello... Hello...
00:09:13 ...I get a strange feeling...
00:17:06 Ow...
00:24:40 Promise...
00:26:16 C'mon... Let me in...
00:26:40 No! You're gonna hate me!
00:27:07 That's what it is.
00:29:46 Nooo!
00:36:03 I can't believe you're still alive.
00:39:37 You've done it again.
00:41:28 Hey! He's watching us! Watching!
00:47:11 Let me show you something really swift.
00:52:47 Don't!..
00:53:41 Don't!!!
00:58:58 The metal shaver you used...
00:59:51 ...the rest of your life!
01:04:27 Sure...
01:06:05 Man...............Tomorowo Taguchi
01:06:20 * * *
01:06:28 Original Music...........Chu Ishikawa
01:06:46 Cinematography: Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed136
Dialogue density2.0 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:06:46
Production Record
DirectorShinya Tsukamoto
LanguageJapanese
Budget$55,500
IMDb votes27,332