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Half Human (1958)
"Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman" (original title)

 -  Horror | Sci-Fi  -  August 1955 (Japan)
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Japanese villagers worship a monster and his son who live in an island cave. Some circus people hear about them, go to the island to capture the monster and wind up shooting its son. Then ... See full summary »

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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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Japanese villagers worship a monster and his son who live in an island cave. Some circus people hear about them, go to the island to capture the monster and wind up shooting its son. Then the trouble starts. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com

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1400 pounds of frozen fury that moves like man! Half-man, half-beast but all monster! See more »

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This is a highly edited version of Jû jin yuki otoko with American footage added. See more »

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Prof. Alan Templeton: Were these people you refer to savages?
Dr. John Rayburn: Not to the point of eating their own dead. They were a strange, ignorant, superstitious, uncivilized tribe. They decorated the camp with the skulls of their ancestors.
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8 March 2008 | by (Louisville, KY) – See all my reviews

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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