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Horrors of Malformed Men

Original title: Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû
  • 19691969
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 39m
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6.5/10
1.7K
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Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
Horror
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad... Read allAfter escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.7K
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  • Director
    • Teruo Ishii
  • Writers
    • Teruo Ishii(screenplay)
    • Masahiro Kakefuda(screenplay)
    • Rampo Edogawa(novel "Panorama-tô kitan")
  • Stars
    • Teruo Yoshida
    • Yukie Kagawa
    • Teruko Yumi
  • Director
    • Teruo Ishii
  • Writers
    • Teruo Ishii(screenplay)
    • Masahiro Kakefuda(screenplay)
    • Rampo Edogawa(novel "Panorama-tô kitan")
  • Stars
    • Teruo Yoshida
    • Yukie Kagawa
    • Teruko Yumi
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    • 29User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
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    Teruo Yoshida
    Teruo Yoshida
    • Hirosuke Hitomi…
    Yukie Kagawa
    • Shizuko
    Teruko Yumi
    • Hideko…
    Mitsuko Aoi
    • Toki Komoda
    Michiko Kobata
    • Chiyoko Komoda
    Yumiko Katayama
    • Female Patient A
    Kei Kiyama
    • Kei
    Reiko Mikasa
    • Mad Woman
    Miki Obana
    • Slashed Woman
    Michi Tanaka
    • Kin
    Yoshiko Katô
    • Masseur
    Asano Kanamori
    • Female Patient B
    Yôko Koyama
    • Miki
    Chiyo Okada
    • Clerk
    Mie Hanabusa
    Mie Hanabusa
    • Mie
    Sumie Ozawa
    Masaomi Kondô
    • Takeshi
    Misao Kawasaki
    • Hunchback B
    • Director
      • Teruo Ishii
    • Writers
      • Teruo Ishii(screenplay)
      • Masahiro Kakefuda(screenplay)
      • Rampo Edogawa(novel "Panorama-tô kitan")
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    • Trivia
      Although this film had built a reputation, it was not available for viewing in the United States for 40-50 years. It finally was released on DVD in the U.S. but some, if not all, did not contained English dubbing or subtitles. Lack of theatrical showings was possibly due to the extensive topless nudity throughout the film. It was reportedly banned outright in many areas.
    • Connections
      Featured in Malformed Memories (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Utsukushiki Tennen (aka: Beautiful Nature)
      Composed by Hozumi Tanaka

      Circus music

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    7/10
    The Island of the Freaks
    The medical student Hirosuke Hitomi (Teruo Yoshida) is mysteriously interned in a mental institution without any explanation. When a stranger tries to kill him in his cell, he flees from the asylum and sees the young woman from the circus Hideko (Teruko Yumi) singing a lullaby that stays in his memory. She tells to him that she is from a coastal town, but out of the blue, Hideko is murdered. Hirosuke travels to the coast and learns in the newspaper that the wealthy Genzaburô Komoda, who is his doppelganger, has just died. He decides to assume his identity as if he had had only a sudden illness and revived. He lures his wife Chiyoko Komoda (Michiko Kobata), his mistress, the butler and the servants. When mysterious letters are delivered to his wife, who dies, and his mistress, he decides to travel to the island where Genzaburô's father Jôgorô Komoda (Tatsumi Hijikata) lives to find his origins. Soon he meets Jôgorô, who is a mad man that built an island of freaks, turning normal persons into malformed persons. Further, Hirosuke learns who he is.

    "Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû", a.k.a. "Horrors of Malformed Men", is a film certainly based on "The Island of Dr. Moreau" by the English author H. G. Wells (1866-1946). Japanese author Edogawa Rampo rewrote this tale and Teruo Ishii made this sick and transgressor film. The plot shows perversions, incest, the most freak creatures and a dreadful revenge, but is laughable many times. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "O Horror dos Homens Deformados" ("The Horror of the Malformed Men")
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    • Release date
      • October 31, 1969 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Horror of the Malformed Men
    • Filming locations
      • Noto, Ishikawa, Japan
    • Production company
      • Toei Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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