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Gasu ningen dai ichigo (1960)
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20 May 1964 (USA) moreTagline:
Something Evil Has Drifted Into the City. morePlot:
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A Somber one from Toho moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tatsuya Mihashi | ... | Detective Okamoto | |
| Kaoru Yachigusa | ... | Fujichiyo Kasuga | |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Mizuno, the Librarian / The 'Vapor Man' | |
| Keiko Sata | ... | Reporter Kyoko | |
| Hisaya Ito | ... | Police Scientist | |
| Yoshifumi Tajima | ... | Sergeant | |
| Yoshio Kosugi | ... | Mean Detective | |
| Fuyuki Murakami | ... | Dr. Sano | |
| Bokuzen Hidari | ... | Jiya (Fujichiyo's Attendant) | |
| Takamaru Sasaki | ... | Police Chief | |
| Minosuke Yamada | ... | Official | |
| Tatsuo Matsumura | ... | Editor Ikeda | |
| Ko Mishima | ... | Detective Fujita | |
| Kôzô Nomura | ... | Kyoko's Fellow Reporter | |
| Ren Yamamoto | ... | Nomura the Robber |
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Somber screenplay writer Takeshi Kimura at his best. Probably the most sad and dramatic of all Toho sci-fi epics. Here, we have the title character, who is a librarian in his "real" life willing to go through all depths to please his lover, the Kabuki dancer, even if it means causing casualties and wreaking havoc. Caught in the mix is a policeman and a reporter, out to catch the rampaging "Vapor Man" before he causes any more harm. I usually prefer more light-heated pieces, like the works of writer Shinichi Sekizawa. Though this is a really dark film, which could use more lighter themes, it is good story-telling, and the end would astound you. A good thriller even by today's standards, and a suitable addition to any Toho movie fans.
Grade B