- Not to be confused with Tetsu no tsume (1935).
Tetsu no tsume | |
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Directed by | Nobuo Adachi |
Produced by | Yoshio Hirao[1] |
Written by | Nobuo Adachi |
Starring | Joji Oka Sumiko Odaka Ryosuke Kagawa |
Music by | Yoshinobu Shiraki |
Distributed by | Daiei |
Released | February 24, 1951 |
Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Tetsu no tsume (鉄の爪?, lit. Claws of Iron) is a 1951 Japanese Tetsu no tsumehorror film (J-Horror) directed by Nobuo Adachi (as Shinsei Adachi) for Daiei Films. It was shot in Black and White, Academy ratio full-screen, and was never dubbed in English. The film was never shown in the United States, and was only available on laserdisc in Japan.
Plot[]
A meek church worker who was once bitten by an ape on a jungle island in World War II begins to transform into a beast-man whenever he drinks alcohol. He develops a split personality like Jekyll & Hyde, one half adoring a virginal church organist, the other lusting after an immoral showgirl. A friend puts him into his nightclub act, showcasing his weird ability to transform from man to beast so effectively. At the climax, the man reverts entirely to bestial and wrecks a nightclub, taking a pretty showgirl hostage.
Cast[]
- Sumiko Odaka
- Kanji Koshiba
- Shozo Nanbu
- Joji Oka
- Tatsuo Saitō
- Chieko Seki
- Kazue Tamaki
- Ryosuke Kagawa
- Shiro Kanemitsu
- Toshiaki Konoe
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