Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Yumi Shirakawa | ... | Chikako Arai, singer in the nightclub |
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Kenji Sahara | ... | Dr. Masada |
Akihiko Hirata | ... | Inspector Tominaga | |
Eitarô Ozawa | ... | Police Sgt. Miyashita (as Eitaro Ozawa) | |
Koreya Senda | ... | Dr. Maki | |
Makoto Satô | ... | Uchida, gangstar | |
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Hisaya Itô | ... | Misaki, the dissolved gangster |
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Machiko Kitagawa | ... | Hanae, the hostess of nightclub |
Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Detective Taguchi | |
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Naomi Shiraishi | ... | Mineko, Dr.Maki's assistant |
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Kô Mishima | ... | Kishi, gangster in nightclub |
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Yoshifumi Tajima | ... | Detective Sakata |
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Tetsu Nakamura | ... | Mr. Chin, gangster |
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Haruya Katô | ... | Mattchan - Fisherman |
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Ayumi Sonoda | ... | Emi, lead exotic dancer |
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 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 creatures - "H-Men" - who ooze like slime and dissolve anyone they touch. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
I saw this when it was first released in 1958 in Sydney. The theatre was a very large and cold cinema. The atmosphere of the environs only added to the atmosphere of the film. I was six at the time but I can still remember it fairly vividly today - nearly forty years later. It gave me nightmares for weeks.
I always thought this was the movie that the Blob was based on although the release dates seem to be fairly close. This by far was the better movie of the two. I have seen this once again in my older years and it still resurrects memories of those childhood nightmares.
I would love to be able to obtain a copy of the film but it seems these days no-one seems to know of it.