Greece 23 november 2003 thessaloniki international film festival. As the above partial summary suggests, the storyline is more developed than it was in the first film and its characters more emotionally rounded, and there are even a couple of nicely handled. The disc is in great shape with no scratches or flaws. Body hammer monday, 15 october, 2012 andrew heskins, tetsuo. Body hammer 1997 psycho skinheads abduct the son of a man tomorowo taguchi who transforms himself into a hideous killing machine. Body hammer is my favorite movie in the tetsuo series because its expanded more. An odyssey is a 2011 british documentary film about the history of film, presented on television in 15 onehour chapters with a total length of over 900 minutes.
This first entry in his selftitled regular sized monster series is followed by a fullcolor sequel, tetsuo ii. Oct 15, 2012 rather as sam raimi did with the evil dead, tsukamoto returned to the world of tetsuo with testsuo ii. Coming to tokyo first time, one can get lost not only in translation, hehe, but mostly in all these technological gadgets that leave you with only three questions. Lettore potrebbe fruire immagine e giornale sul tuo aggeggio. Starring tomorowo taguchi, kei fujiwara, shinya tsukamoto. Body hammer r 1h 23min horror, scifi 15 august 1997 usa 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.
It is a biggerbudget reworking of the same directors 1989 movie tetsuo. Shot on a small budget in 16 millimeter blackandwhite, tsukamoto reprised many of the images and plot elements of tetsuo in a higherbudgeted sequel, tetsuo ii. The iron man streaming movies, hd movies, movies and tv shows. Iron man, tsukamoto updated the strange life and times of taniguchi from the first film with tetsuo ii.
Download tetsuo ii body hammer divxjap ac3multisubtnt village torrent or any other torrent from video movies direct download via magnet link. It has a more coherent plot, better special effects, and a better flow. Tomoroh taguchi still plays the title role, although the first film s single salary man has been replaced by family man taniguchi tomoo. 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. 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. Shinya tsukamoto, tsukamoto shinya, born january 1, 1960 is a japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, best known for his tetsuo trilogy of horror films, consisting of tetsuo.
When the skinheads capture him, they begin to experiment on him. Body hammer 1992 best regards horrorfilm archivist. Body hammer is tsukamotos evil dead ii, a sequel that reworks the original with more technical polish on a larger budget. Shinya tsukamotos cult horror movies tetsuo and tetsuo ii are out on bluray from 8 october 2012 priced.
Body hammer sequel to tetsuo this time has the iron man transforming into cyberkinetic gun when a gang of vicious skinheads kidnap his son. There is more speaking and the plot is easy to follow. He has an itty bit of metal growing out of his cheek and when he tries to pull it out it spits blood. The movie stars eric bossick as a young man raising a family in tokyo. When shinya tsukamoto was growing up in tokyo, there were still green and open spaces in the citybut now he sees it transformed into a. Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 are from tetsuo ii the body hammer. It is shot in the same lowbudget, undergroundproduction style as his first two films.
Home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us. Body hammer is a 1992 japanese science fictionhorror film directed by shinya tsukamoto. Lost highway 1997 david lynch, twin peaks, mulholland drive, david keith. The body hammer is also wierd but the story is give much more direct and the reasons why are there. Clear jewel case with 12page booklet with credits, photos. The corruptor 1999 film completo in italiano streaming ita. Body hammer, tomie who is not happy with his lot in life, and hams it up as much as humanly possible for the rest of the flick. Body hammer revisits director shinya tsukamotos vision of a postindustrial tokyo where man and machine have begun to merge. This one was in color, fullframe again, and attempted to have more of a plausible storyline. No longer an innocent bystander, taniguchi again played by tomoroh taguchi is forced into battle with a gang of thugs, who have a mysterious.
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. Body hammer japanese sciencefiction thriller directed, coproduced, and starring shinya tsukamoto. Body hammer is a rapidfire montage of images, drawn from a part of the human mind few can imagine. The iron man, utilizing similar themes and ideas as his first film a japanese salary man, played by cult actor tomorowo taguchi. The iron man that is less sequel than moreexpensive remake, tetsuo ii.
Ori no naka no hoshigaru onnatachi 1987 hisaya shibusawa. Tetsuo would work well as a silent film but for the fact that the soundtrack and audio effects are part of what makes the iron man so stunning. 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. He pulls his audience into a world where they are forced to think like the characters they are observing. Chu ishikawa tetsuo i ii original soundtrack 1998, cd. Body hammer ii body hammer is a 1992 japanese cyberpunk body horror film directed by shinya tsukamoto.
The iron man transforms into cyberkinetic gun when a gang of vicious skinheads kidnap his son. The bullet man is a 2009 japanese cyberpunk horror film. 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. The body hammer is an obsessive film that goes to prove that not everyones obsessions make for good viewing. Their workaholism is affecting western culture all the time. Ifc midnight films has released the movie trailer for shinya tsukamotos first englishlanguage film tetsuo. The ironman, but this film is really a hit or miss for science fiction fanatics.
Somewhere between nightmare and a technofetishists ultimate fantasy, this extraordinary film from shinya tsukamoto caused a sensation when it was first released, and spawned a companion piece, tetsuo ii. Tetsuo the bullet man ganzer film deutsch action science fiction duration. Del resto il finale del film, in modo apocalittico e molto piu prepotentemente di tetsuo. Condition is like new with a couple of very minor dings on the outer case plastic from being shelved. Usa 20 june 1997 chicago, illinois usa 15 august 1997.
Body hammer is the second entry in the tetsuo series and arguably an improvement over the first film. Anthony is a man with an american father and a deceased japanese mother living and working in tokyo. Body hammer more of a reworking of the themes and ideas than an actual sequel. With tomoro taguchi, shinya tsukamoto, nobu kanaoka, sujin kim. 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.
It was written, produced, edited, and directed by cultfilm director shinya tsukamoto, and produced by japan home video. While the film is free of sentiment and compromise, expanding what should have been a short film to an hour and a half makes tetsuo ii. The film is in colour with a blue wash to make it feel colder and darker. Body hammer follows the struggle of a seemingly meek man after his son is kidnapped by a ruthless gang cult. 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. Remaking, rather than continuing, the now already classic, cyberpunk essay tetsuo. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikinglyfilmed fantasy shot in the same lowbudget, undergroundproduction style as his first two films. Tetsuo ii body hammer divxjap ac3multisubtnt village. Tsukamoto pulls off what many other filmmakers have failed at before. An unlicensed genre of film i made up in my head after i noticed stylistic similarities between a handful of japanese filmmakers. The film plays like an extended heavy metal music video, and the soundtrack, insidious and hypnotic, is part of the effect. After a happily married tokyoites young son is kidnapped in a shopping mall by psycho, cyborg.
Awkward to evaluate in conventional sequel terms in light of the original, tetsuo ii. The iron man, tetsuo is a 1989 japanese cyberpunk horror film. A businessman accidentally kills the metal fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal. This was created in the relatively early days of industrial music e.
Spoilers of the range 1939 film completo in italia. When shinya tsukamoto was growing up in tokyo, there were still green and open spaces in the citybut now he sees it transformed into a towering, compacted mass of steel and concrete. Body hammer 1992, the next chapter in the shinya tsukamoto film series. The iron man was directed by shinya tsukamoto who also directed tetsuo ii. It was directed and narrated by mark cousins, a film critic from northern ireland, based on his 2004 book the story of film the series was broadcast in september 2011 on more4, the digital television service of uk. 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. A followup to the 1988 film tetsuo also known as tetsuo. Body hammer sees tsukamotos disturbing vision of a world populated by manmachines explode into a stunning color interpretation. The body hammer, which trades the muddy experimental atmosphere for a bigbudget sheen but cant top the cybershock to the system this movie packs. 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 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 to define. Aug 08, 2001 additionally, the relationships themselves evolve with each consecutive film.
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