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964 Pinocchio
Why this pick
A similarly ferocious Japanese cyberpunk descent, filmed with abrasive monochrome energy, bodily metamorphosis, and a deliberately overwhelming industrial-nightmare rhythm.
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MOVIE1989 1h 7m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Renji Ishibashi
Tramp
Kei Fujiwara
Girlfriend