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BIJO TO EKITAI NINGEN (1958)

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Film details

Featuring

Kenji Sahara Yumi Shirakawa Akihiko Hirata
Director

Ishiro Honda
Country

Japan
Year

1958
Genres

Horror Science Fiction
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

H-MAN Alternative
BEAUTY AND THE LIQUID HUMAN Alternative

Synopsis

Science-fiction horror film. Detectice Tominaga is investigating the the case of a drug dealer who appears to have diseappeared leaving on ly his clothes behind. Tominaga meets up with scientist Dr. Masada and together they discover that he has been attacked by a mysterious slime that has dissolved him into a pool of slime that has ended up in Tokyo's sewers. The resulting H-Man than emerges from the sewers seeking more human victims.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Dr. Masada
    
    Kenji Sahara
  - Chikako Arai
    
    Yumi Shirakawa
  - Detective Tominaga
    
    Akihiko Hirata
  - Dr. Maki
    
    Koreya Senda
  - Inspector Miyashita
    
    Eitarô Ozawa
  - Uchida
    
    Mitsuru Sato
  - Misaki
    
    Hisaya Ito
  - Detective Taguchi
    
    Yoshio Tsuchiya
  - Emi
    
    Ayumi Sonoda
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Ishiro Honda
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Toho Co. Ltd.
  - Producer
    
    Tomoyuki Tanaka
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    Takeshi Kimura
  - Original story
    
    Hideo Kaijo
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Hajime Koizumi
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects
    
    Eiji Tsuburaya
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Takeo Kita
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Masaru Sato
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Choshichiro Mikami
  - Sound
    
    Masanobu Migami

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