Tetsu no tsume explained

Tetsu no tsume
鉄の爪 (Claws of Steel)
Director:Nobuo Adachi
Producer:Daiei Motion Picture Company
Starring:Joji Oka
Sumiko Odaka
Ryosuke Kagawa[1]
Music:Yoshinobu Shiraki
Distributor:Daiei Motion Picture Company
Runtime:82 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

(Claws of Steel) is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese horror film (J-Horror) directed by Nobuo Adachi for Daiei Films. It was shot in Black and White, Academy ratio full-screen, and was never dubbed in English.[2] The film was never shown in the United States, and was only available on laserdisc in Japan.

Synopsis

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.
  2. Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.