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Directed by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
Written by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
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Edited by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
Music by | Chu Ishikawa |
Production company | Kaijyu Theatres |
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Running time | 82 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $2,550 |
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (鉄男II Body Hammer) is a 1992 Japanese tokusatsu cyberpunk body horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.[2] It is a bigger-budget sequel to Tsukamoto's 1989 film Tetsuo: The Iron Man, utilizing similar themes and ideas as his first film, and largely the same cast, though the story is not a direct continuation of that of its predecessor. In Body Hammer, 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 a gang of violent thugs.
Although not as well received as its predecessor, Body Hammer won the Critic's Award at the 3rd Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1992.[3]
A third installment, entitled The Bullet Man, was released in May 2010.