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The Human Vapor (1960)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Science Fiction | Crime

Overview

A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into ‘The Human Vapour’. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest for money and kills anyone who stands in his way, especially police. He soon becomes Tokyo’s most wanted criminal. Can he be stopped before he kills again?

Length 92 minutes

Actors

Yoshio Tsuchiya | Kaoru Yachigusa | Tatsuya Mihashi | Keiko Sata | Bokuzen Hidari | Yoshifumi Tajima | Hisaya Ito | Tatsuo Matsumura | Fuyuki Murakami | Yoshio Kosugi | Ko Mishima | Takamaru Sasaki | Kôzô Nomura | Someshô Matsumoto | Ren Yamamoto | Takuzô Kumagai | Kamayuki Tsubono | Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Shôichi Hirose | Tetsu Nakamura | Minosuke Yamada | Yutaka Oka | Yukihiko Gondô | Akio Kusama | Mitsuo Matsumoto | Hideo Shibuya | Junpei Natsuki | Haruo Nakajima | Yoyo Miyata | Akira Yamada | Rinsaku Ogata | Keiji Sakakida | Keisuke Yamada | Kôichi Satô | Hiroshi Akitsu | Masaaki Tachibana | Tadahiko Kuroda | Tamami Fujino | Minoru Itô | Wataru Ômae | Kô Hayami | Jirô Suzukawa | Shinjirô Hirota | Kichishirô Fujitaya | Shôtarô Kashiwa | Kojûrô Kineya | Kyûtarô Yoshimura | Katsushirô Kineya | Wakisuke Kineya | Washiyuki Kineya | Washisaburô Kineya | Wanosuke Kineya | Nobuhide Hôsei | Kishirô Katada | Kisaburô Katada | Kisaku Katada | Hiroshi Fukuhara | Yasuaki Shinkô | Toki Shiozawa | James Hong

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Via Internet Archive, which has the dubbed version that was released in the US. Mostly a crime drama where this librarian wants to protect this singer/dancer he loves. And oh by the way he also has the ability to transform into a complete gaseous form thanks to experiment. There’s some neat stuff here but I’d like to see the original version. The FX are decent (by Tsuburaya) and it’s cool to see Yoshio Tsuchiya in a lead role as the vapor man.

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