Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

Tetsuo II:
Body Hammer
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 (Yubari); 15 August 1997 (United States);
Running time	82 minutes
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. 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 salary man, 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.

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

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