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Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

1992 · 81 min

A grimy, frenzied descent into body horror and rage, shot with industrial intensity and surreal imagery that unsettles and provokes.

Tagline
Tokio is seized with rage... The monstrous rage that brings TETSUO to life.
Overview
A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • identity
  • obsession
  • trauma
  • technology
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror8
Humour2
Realism3
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
science fiction, horror, drama
Directed by
Shinya Tsukamoto
Written by
Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring
Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Nobu Kanaoka, Kim Soo-jin, Hideaki Tezuka, Tomoo Asada, Iwata, Keinosuke Tomioka
Music
Chu Ishikawa
Cinematography
Katsunori Yokoyama, Fumikazu Oda
Runtime
81 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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