'Tetsuo' And 'Tetsuo II' On UK DVD And Blu-Ray

 

Third Window Films have announced the UK DVD and Blu-Ray releases of 'Tetsuo: The Iron Man' and 'Tetsuo II: Body Hammer' for the 8th October, 2012. The 2-disc set features new High Definition Transfers supervised by directed Shinya Tsukamoto and a handful of brand new exclusive extras.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist" (Shinya Tsukamoto), who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese "salaryman" (Tomorowo Taguchi), out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body into scrap metal, and that his nemesis is not in fact dead but is somehow masterminding and guiding his rage and frustration-fueled transformation.

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

When his child is kidnapped by a pair of skinheads, Taniguchi Tomoo's (Tomorowo Taguchi) stress and anger triggers his transformation into a fearsome cyborg, a hybrid between a human being and a piece of high-powered weaponry. His new body attracts the attention of the leader of the skinheads - who turn out to be cyborg mutants themselves. The leader (Shinya Tsukamoto) performs several experiments on Tomoo, which accelerates his metamorphosis into an even more powerful, horrifically deadly sort of industrial creature. This monster ends up warring against the leader and his gang, leading to a series of heavily violent and highly destructive battles.

Features

• New High Definition Transfer supervised by Shinya Tsukamoto
• Exclusive interview with Shinya Tsukamoto
• 'The Adventures of Electric Rod Boy' - Shinya Tsukamoto's early film
• New UK Trailer
• Japanese Theatrical Trailers for both Tetsuo I & II

 

Artwork and trailer are below, and you can preorder both versions now from Amazon.co.uk.

 

 

 

Posted August 29, 2012