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Writer:
Takeo Murata (writer)
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Release Date:
December 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
From the wild frozen wastes of the world comes the MURDERING MONSTER that moves like a man! more
Plot:
Japanese villagers worship a monster and his son who live in an island cave. Some circus people hear about them... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
How to make a good film boring more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
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 Kodo ... 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
Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording) | Mono
Certification:
Sweden:15 | Japan:(Banned)
Company:
Toho Company more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is a highly edited version of Jû jin yuki otoko (1955) with American footage added. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ed Wood (1994) more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
How to make a good film boring, 18 January 2000
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Author: Scott Andrew Hutchins (scottandrewh@yahoo.com) from Staten Island, New York

It is a very unfortunate thing that Toho has decided to pull _Jû jin yuki otoko_ from its catalog based on Ainu lobbyists. Had Akira Ifukube scored the film, rather than Masaru Sato, he might have said something against it because he lived among the Ainu and knew the culture presented in this film bears little resemblance to the Ainu.

Instead, we are left with this badly edited mess because an American producer got his hands on it, and inserted scenes with American actors that give away the story before we can actually be shown it. Ostensibly this footage was shot to increase Americans' interest in the Japanese production. Instead it brings the action screeching to a halt and we are given glimpses of what is obviously a much better film, with one of the most convincing yet-teh costumes of all time. The older one has a very lifelike face that is showing signs of balding.

Because of Toho's quarantine on the original film, one has to sit through a lot of drek to have any film at all, since the 98 minute film runs 63 minutes in this version, even after all the boring footage was added. The sound quality is poor as well, and all (or most) of Masaru Sato's score as been replaced with library music. It's too short to fast-forward through all the nonsense and too dull to sit through it.

The only redeeming element of the film are the exquisite Japanese scenes that we hear John Carradine talking over. This film is utterly ruined, thereby demonstrating Gresham's law. The good version is unavailable, and only the bad version can be seen.

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