Nobu Kanaoka’s Typical Vibe
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Nobu Kanaoka has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
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A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto · With Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara
A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Kojima might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.
Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto · With Shinya Tsukamoto, Kaori Fujii, Kôji Tsukamoto

A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.
Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto · With Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Nobu Kanaoka
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