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Vetyihminen

Original title: Bijo to ekitai ningen
  • 19581958
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 26m
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Vetyihminen (1958)
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
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When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works. His disappearance stumps the p... Read allWhen a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works. His disappearance stumps the police - until a young scientist appears who claims that H-Bomb tests in the Pacific, evide... Read allWhen a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works. His disappearance stumps the police - until a young scientist appears who claims that H-Bomb tests in the Pacific, evidenced by a "ghost ship" that has turned up in the harbor, have created radioactive creature... Read all

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  • Director
    • Ishirô Honda
  • Writers
    • Takeshi Kimura
    • Hideo Unagami(story)
  • Stars
    • Yumi Shirakawa
    • Kenji Sahara
    • Akihiko Hirata
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  • Director
    • Ishirô Honda
  • Writers
    • Takeshi Kimura
    • Hideo Unagami(story)
  • Stars
    • Yumi Shirakawa
    • Kenji Sahara
    • Akihiko Hirata
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 45User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Yumi Shirakawa
    • Chikako Arai, singer in the nightclub
    Kenji Sahara
    Kenji Sahara
    • Dr. Masada
    Akihiko Hirata
    Akihiko Hirata
    • Inspector Tominaga
    Eitarô Ozawa
    Eitarô Ozawa
    • Police Sgt. Miyashita
    • (as Eitaro Ozawa)
    Koreya Senda
    Koreya Senda
    • Dr. Maki
    Makoto Satô
    Makoto Satô
    • Uchida, gangster
    Yoshifumi Tajima
    Yoshifumi Tajima
    • Detective Sakata
    Yoshio Tsuchiya
    Yoshio Tsuchiya
    • Detective Taguchi
    Ayumi Sonoda
    • Emi, lead exotic dancer
    Hisaya Itô
    Hisaya Itô
    • Misaki, the dissolved gangster
    Nadao Kirino
    • Shimazaki, the waiter-thug
    Naomi Shiraishi
    • Mineko, Dr. Maki's assistant
    Tetsu Nakamura
    • Mr. Chin, gangster
    Tadao Nakamaru
    Tadao Nakamaru
    • Detective Seki
    Minosuke Yamada
    • Chief of Inspectors Kusuda
    Akira Sera
    • Horita - Fisherman
    Haruya Katô
    • Sochan - Fisherman
    Yasuhiro Shigenobu
    • Yasukichi - Fisherman
    • Director
      • Ishirô Honda
    • Writers
      • Takeshi Kimura
      • Hideo Unagami(story)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Yumi Shirakawa's singing voice (for the two songs in the film) is provided by noted Japanese jazz starlet Martha Miyake.
    • Goofs
      In the nightclub sequences, there seems to be more performers in their floor show than there are customers.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Maki: [last line, delivered as voice-over] If man perishes from the face of the Earth, due to the effects of hydrogen bombing, it is possible that the next ruler of our planet may be The H-Man.

    • Crazy credits
      In an unusual move, Columbia Pictures did not matte the English "The End" over the final shot. It appears in Japanese as it did in the original Japanese version.
    • Alternate versions
      For the original U.S. theatrical and television syndication prints, "The End" appears in its original Japanese. When Columbia finally released this film on DVD as part of a three film Toho Collection, the final seconds were replaced with a title card that read "The End" in English. When it was re-released on DVD by Mill Creek Entertainment as part of the "Vintage Sci-Fi" six film set, the final seconds were restored to the original Japanese footage.
    • Connections
      Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The H-Man (1972)

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    My first horror film the H Man left lasting impression
    As a first grader at age 6, I felt underpriveledged. All my class mates would come to school on Mondays bragging about whatever Saturday movie experience they had. Most of the time it was a Hercules, or Sinbad or other epic tale and their comments were vivid. But when the conversation revolved around a horror movie their version turned out to be a tease. I could tell that the real deal with horror pictures was to experience it personally. Here was the conumdrum, I wasn't allowed to go the the show without an adult and I didn't want to be seen by my friends with a parent. Well finally an aunt stepped up and volunteered to take me. In that darkened theater, finally seeing a horror movie for the first time, my anticipation was peaking: that is until the H Bomb went off and the tale of this insidious monster began. Needless to say my horror fascination came full circle by the end of the first reel, and the experience left me anxious for many, many, months! Thinking back to that screenining I feel that the H man was a landmark movie and probably generated the same type emotional response as the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds had a generation earlier. A remake would be awesome with todays technology, looking forward to it, and even a peak back to the past with the original version would be nice.
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    • Release date
      • December 11, 1959 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The H-Man
    • Filming locations
      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production company
      • Toho Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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