Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

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Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
Japanese release poster
Directed by	Shinya Tsukamoto
Written by	Shinya Tsukamoto
Produced by	Hiromi Aihara Hiroshi Koizumi Fumio Kurokawa Fuminori Shishido Nobuo Takeuchi Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring	Tomorowo Taguchi Shinya Tsukamoto
Cinematography	Fumikazu Oda Shinya Tsukamoto Katsunori Yokoyama
Edited by	Shinya Tsukamoto
Music by	Chu Ishikawa
Production company	Kaijyu Theatres
Distributed by	Toshiba EMI (Japan) Manga Entertainment (US)
Release dates	February 1992 (1992-02) (Yubari) 15 August 1997 (1997-08-15) (United States)
Running time	82 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$2,550

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (鉄男II Body Hammer) is a 1992 Japanese tokusatsu cyberpunk body horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.^[2] It is a bigger-budget sequel to Tsukamoto's 1989 film Tetsuo: The Iron Man, utilizing similar themes and ideas as his first film, and largely the same cast, though the story is not a direct continuation of that of its predecessor. In Body Hammer, a Japanese salaryman, played by cult actor Tomorowo Taguchi, finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.

Although not as well received as its predecessor, Body Hammer won the Critic's Award at the 3rd Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1992.^[3]

A third installment, entitled The Bullet Man, was released in May 2010.