A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Japanese study overview
Tetsuo is a Japanese movie of 1,781 characters, with 199 unique words and 86 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 199 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 大概generally×4
- 驚くto be surprised×4
- 痛いpainful×3
- 僕I×3
- 開けるto open (a door, etc.)×3
- 体body×3
- 生きるto live×3
- 世界中around the world×3
- 私I×2
- 気分feeling×2
- 何でもないeasy×2
- 絶対absolutely×2
- 姿figure×2
- 嫌うto hate×2
- 何what×2
- お前you×2
- 脳brain×2
- 金属metal×2
- 鋼鉄steel×2
- 面白いinteresting×2