Death Powder is a 1986 sci-fi body horror, written and directed by Japanese poet/folk singer Shigeru Izumiya. Three conspirators steal a secret android. In their warehouse hideout, the android secretes a reality-altering substance, which casts them into a frightening nether-world of interconnected subjectivity. The film has been credited as one of the core elements of the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre that emerged during the 1980s, predating both Katsuhiro Otomo's anime film adaptation of Akira an