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The Human Vapor (1960)
Directed by Ishirō Honda
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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)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/30/2019 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 7.5 stars |
| 12/25/2018 | Computer | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
DKU-TV is doing a marathon of science fiction films today (H-Man, Telegian, Human Vapor and Matango). I watched the US version of this 3 months ago and wanted to see the original Japanese film. Thanks to DKU I can watch it on their channel. Quality is much better over that version on the Internet Archive.
Holy smokes this version is so much better than the English dubbed American cut. Such a huge difference in many aspects including being the full length (US version trims *10* minutes!). My rating definitely went up. Really solid flick with good crime & romance drama weaved into this crazy sci-fi tale. I really like how parts of this are filmed like a horror movie. The finale sequence is dazzling.
I realize that Kaoru Yachigusa is meant to be the real beauty of the story in which the Human Vapor will do anything to see her dream of dancing in a theatre become a reality (very impressive that she had to learn the intricate Noh dance routines - or she already knew them). But it’s Keiko Sata that wins my heart as the spunky reporter. She only made a handful of films unfortunately. Curious what happened with her career bc she’s great.
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