The top 100 sex horror movies of all time flickchart. For this release, the films were resampled from the original. A followup to the 1988 film tetsuo also known as tetsuo. So many that another sequel entitled the bullet man was made more than 15 years later on october 8th, 2012, third window films will release both movies on bluray for the first time ever.
Body hammer 1993, through tokyo fists stifled marriage torn apart by jealousy 1995, culminating in the final destruction of the family unit through suicide right at the start of bullet ballet 1998. The ironman, but this film is really a hit or miss for science fiction fanatics. A strange man known only as the metal fetishist, who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a japanese salaryman, out for a drive with his girlfriend. Body hammer 1992 april 3, 2016 by corin in extreme cinema when it comes to sequels, making one for shinya tsukamotos original cyberpunk masterpiece tetsuo must rank up there as one of the most difficult to pull off. When metalworshipping fanatics abduct his son, a father unleashes his dormant destructive power, as his naked rage transforms the oncefeeble flesh into a grisly symbiosis of metal and tissue. April 10, 2020 page 1 see mvd page 19 see monkeys page 19 mvds rolling stonemod replication title activity. Over the last two decades, japanese filmmakers have produced some of the most important and innovative works of cinematic horror. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Body hammer ii body hammer is a 1992 japanese cyberpunk body horror film directed by shinya tsukamoto. It is shot in the same lowbudget, undergroundproduction style as his first two films. Awkward to evaluate in conventional sequel terms in light of the original, tetsuo ii. I have long wished for this double release and now i have it in all its body shockmetal mutation horror.
Locus solus literally, solitary place, a reference to the 1914 french novel of the same name by. Body hammer revisits director shinya tsukamotos vision of a postindustrial tokyo where man and machine have begun to merge. The iron man transforms into cyberkinetic gun when a gang of vicious skinheads kidnap his son. Body hammer 1992, which revisited many of the same themes as. Body hammer is a 1992 japanese science fictionhorror film directed by shinya tsukamoto. Body hammer 1992, sato hisayasu muscle 1988 and naked blood 1995 kurosawa kiyoshi cure 1997, seance 2000, and kairo 2001, nakata hideo ringu 1998, ringu ii 1999. This seems to be really obvious when you consider that the central character of the movie, a bizarrely fetishistic businessman played with just the right amount of unhinged horror by tomorowo taguchi ends up growing a giant metallic killer penis and later on, in tsukamotos sequel tetsuo ii. A followup to the 1988 film also known as that is less sequel than moreexpensive remake, tetsuo ii. Iron man, tsukamoto updated the strange life and times of taniguchi from the first film with tetsuo ii.
The iron man, tetsuo is a 1989 japanese cyberpunk horror film. But the inhabitants of the new tokyo must adapt in order to survivehave to become steel and concrete themselvesand that is what happens in the gruesomely fascinating images of tetsuo ii. See more ideas about cyberpunk, cyberpunk aesthetic and cyberpunk movies. The iron man that is less sequel than moreexpensive remake, tetsuo ii. Body hammer 1997 psycho skinheads abduct the son of a man tomorowo taguchi who transforms himself into a hideous killing machine. It was written, produced, edited, and directed by cultfilm director shinya tsukamoto, and produced by japan home video. Yes, tetsuo 2 is almost a remake of the first movie, but his visual inventiveness is unparalleled as the posters said, it is david lynch meets david cronenburg and encompasses the best of both. Body hammer surely arent everybodys cup of tea but still have many fans.
Chu ishikawa tetsuo i ii original soundtrack discogs. When the skinheads capture him, they begin to experiment on. Meet the feebles 1989 crimes of passion 1984 ken russell. Tetsuo established tsukamoto internationally and created his worldwide cult following. With tomoro taguchi, shinya tsukamoto, nobu kanaoka, sujin kim. Adisckai 0001 country japan format cd release date 1992 upn 4938115120015. The iron man, utilizing similar themes and ideas to the earlier film a japanese salaryman, played by cult actor tomorowo taguchi, finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is. Be sure to visit our website at to check out more rare and hardtofi. We 041020 doc dvd, june 12 july 12, mill creeks the 12 monkeys release activity. A strange man known only as the metal fetishist, who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by. It bears some semblance to the hightech and scientific cyberpunk as understood in the west, however differs in its representation of industrial and metallic imagery and an. Body hammer is available a 2disc bluray and dvd from third window films. It is a biggerbudget reworking of the same directors 1989 movie tetsuo. After a happily married tokyoites young son is kidnapped in a shopping mall by psycho, cyborg skinheads, he begins to mutate into a metallic cybergun when.
Tomoroh taguchi still plays the title role, although the first films single salary man has been replaced by family man taniguchi tomoo. Pdf cinematic terror ebooks includes pdf, epub and. I always wondered why body hammer never had that special, hyphenated slogan printed across the top of its dvd case like the others. The movie has many points in common with the original tetsuo 1989, a blackandwhite cult classic that became a fetish for some fans. It is a biggerbudget sequel to tsukamotos 1989 film tetsuo. Body hammer remaking, rather than continuing, the now already classic, cyberpunk essay tetsuo. Body hammer adheres to many of the same stylistic conventions, though its notably diminished in ferocity by its attempts to bring coherence to the ambiguous story and characters, which viewers were previously left. Body hammer by slarek japanese cyberpunk is a genre of underground film produced in japan starting in the 1980s. Body hammer blu ray 1992 the sequel to tetsou this time has the iron man transforming into cyberkinetic gun when a gang of vicious skinheads kidnap his son. Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 are from tetsuo iithe body hammer. Les deux orphelines vampires 1997 valerie and her week of wonders 1970 litan 1982 french tetsuo the iron man 1989 tetsuo ii. Sequel to tetsuo this time has the iron man transforming into cyberkinetic gun when a gang of vicious skinheads kidnap his son.
I figured by the time tetsuo 2 had come out there were just too many cyberpunk titles out for this to be in the same group as the classics. It is possible that the scenes are only included in the japanese version, but this has not been checked due to. The iron man, utilizing similar themes and ideas to the earlier film a japanese salaryman, played by cult actor tomorowo taguchi, finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by. The iron man, utilizing similar themes and ideas as his first film a japanese salary man, played by cult actor tomorowo taguchi, finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is. Tomorowo taguchi, shinya tsukamoto, nobu kanaoka body horror cyberpunk tech noir cyborg android robot. At once visually arresting, philosophically complex, and politically charged, films by directors like tsukamoto shinya tetsuo. I always wondered why body hammer never had that special, hyphenated slogan, cyberpunk collection printed across the top of its dvd case like the others.
Body hammer sees tsukamotos disturbing vision of a world populated by manmachines explode into a stunning color interpretation. Body hammer 1992, the next chapter in the shinya tsukamoto film series. Cody, robert, and nat return after a busy october to our usual podcast topics with 1997s japanese body horror film tetsuo ii. This is the trailer for shinya tsukamotos tetsuo ii. No longer an innocent bystander, taniguchi again played by tomoroh taguchi is forced into battle with a gang of thugs. This one was in color, fullframe again, and attempted to have more of a plausible storyline. Tomorowo taguchi, shinya tsukamoto, nobu kanaoka, kim. In body hammer, the son of a salaryman taguchi is kidnapped by a group of thugs, who then force the. Clear jewel case with 12page booklet with credits, photos. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Body hammer is a 1992 japanese science fiction horror film directed by shinya. From the cohabitation of tetsuo, to the happy young family with child of tetsuo ii.
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