Tetsu no tsume

Tetsu no tsume
鉄の爪 (Claws of Steel)
Japanese movie poster
Directed by Shinsei Adachi
Produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company
Written by Shinsei Adachi
Starring Joji Oka
Sumiko Odaka
Ryosuke Kagawa[1]
Music by Yoshinobu Shiraki
Distributed by Daiei Motion Picture Company
Release date
  • February 24, 1951 (1951-02-24)[2]
Running time
 82 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tetsu no tsume (鉄の爪, Tetsu no tsume) (Claws of Steel) is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese horror film (J-Horror) directed by Shinsei Adachi for Daiei Films. It was shot in Black and White, Academy ratio full-screen, and was never dubbed in English.[3] The film was never shown in the US, and was only available on laserdisc in Japan. The writer/director Shinsei Adachi is referred to on imdb as "Nobuo" Adachi.

Synopsis

A meek church worker who was once bitten by an ape on a jungle island in WW2 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

  • Joji Oka
  • Sumiko Odaka
  • Ryosuke Kagawa
  • Shiro Kanemitsu
  • Toshiaki Konoe
  • Kanji Koshiba
  • Shozo Nanbu
  • Tatsuo Saitō
  • Chieko Seki
  • Kazue Tamaki

References

  1. ↑ Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.
  2. ↑ (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1951/ca000310.htm accessed 25 May 2009
  3. ↑ Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.


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