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2.2/10   179 votes
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Writer:
Takeo Murata (writer)
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Release Date:
December 1958 (USA) more
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From the wild frozen wastes of the world comes the MURDERING MONSTER that moves like a man! more
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Japanese villagers worship a monster and his son who live in an island cave. Some circus people hear about them... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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John Carradine ... Dr. John Rayburn
Momoko Kôchi ... The Girl
Akira Takarada ... The Boy
Akemi Negishi ... The Mountain Girl
Russell Thorson ... Prof. Philip Osborne
Robert Karnes ... Prof. Alan Templeton
Sachio Sakai ... Third Member of Ski Party
Nobuo Nakamura ... Prof. Tanaka
Kokuten Kôdô ... Old Tribe Leader
Morris Ankrum ... Dr. Carl Jordan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Abominable Snowman
Half Human (USA)
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Runtime:
63 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording) | Mono
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This is a highly edited version of Jû jin yuki otoko (1955) with American footage added. more
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Edited from Jû jin yuki otoko (1955) more

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Decent, 8 March 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Half Human (1957)

** (out of 4)

Scientist John Carradine tells the story of how an abominable snowman was killed in Japan. As was the case with Godzilla, the producer's of this film bought the rights to the Japanese film Ju jin Yuki Otoko (1955), cut out around an hour and then added some twenty minutes worth of footage dealing with Carradine. This is certainly a cut and paste hack job but sadly Toho pulled the original film so it's nearly impossible to see outside of this movie. The American footage is all rather silly but it's always fun seeing Carradine and he has a good voice for narration. The Japanese segment of the film makes me really want to see the original movie because there's some nice, intense moments including the first encounter with the Yeti. I've seen countless films on the Yeti but the costumes here are the greatest I've ever seen. The monster actually looks real, which makes this entertaining enough.

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