
A buttoned-up Japanese commuter accidentally rams his car into a cyberpunky metal fetishist (Tsukamoto) whose jollies include transplating metal parts into his body. After this encounter, the businessman begins inexplicably transforming into a metal man-machine, and soon finds himself merging identities (and bodies) with the similarly mechanized fetishist. Followed by a sequel, Tetsuo II: Bodyhammer. Also features cult short Drum Struck.