Bijo to ekitai ningen (1958)

BIJO TO EKITAI NINGEN (1958)

A drug dealer named Misaki disappears leaving only his clothes. The next day the police go to question his girlfriend, singer Chikako Arai, and she informs them that she doesn't have any information on where he is. Later that evening one of his associates comes by to try to beat the truth out her. After he leaves he disappears in the same way that Misaki did. A short time later, a young scientist named Masada informs the police that there was a similar case of people disappearing and leaving just their clothes on a seemingly abandoned ship that was found by a group of fishermen who say that three members of their crew were dissolved by a living liquid that was created when a the crew of the ghost ship went through a radioactive cloud. The police are skeptical at first but when they witness the liquid creature, now called the H-man, kill three people, including a policeman at a the nightclub where Chikako worked they now believe him. Now the police must not only find the criminal gang, but figure out a way to destroy the H-men before they kill all the citizenry of Tokyo.

Original Title : BIJO TO EKITAI NINGEN

Director(s) : Ishirô Honda

Writer(s) : Takeshi Kimura (written by), , Hideo Unagami (story)

Genre(s) : Crime,Horror,Sci-Fi

Length : 1 h 26 minYear : 1958Country : JapanLangage : JapaneseRatio : 2.35 : 1French Release : 1959-06-05US Release : 1959-05-28

Aka(s) :
(original title) - Bijo to ekitai ningen
Argentina - El hombre H
Australia - The H-Man
Belgium - L'homme H(French, dubbed version)
Brazil - O Monstro da Bomba H
Canada - The H-Man

Canada - L'homme H
Denmark - H-Manden, det flydende uhyre
Finland - Vetyihminen
France - L'Homme H
Greece - Panikos eisvallei sto Tokio
Italy - Uomini H
Japan - 美女と液体人間
Mexico - El hombre H
Portugal - O Homem H
Soviet Union - Водородный человек
Spain - El Hombre H
Sweden - Fasans monster
United Kingdom - The H-man
United States - The H-Man
West Germany - Das Grauen schleicht durch Tokio
World-wide - Beauty and the Liquidman

Actors :
Yumi Shirakawa Chikako Arai, singer in the nightclub
Kenji Sahara Dr Masada
Akihiko Hirata Inspector Tominaga
Eitarô Ozawa Police Sgt Miyashita (as Eitaro Ozawa)
Koreya Senda Dr Maki
Makoto Satô Uchida, gangster
Yoshifumi Tajima Detective Sakata
Yoshio Tsuchiya Detective Taguchi
Ayumi Sonoda Emi, lead exotic dancer
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 Detective Seki
Minosuke Yamada Chief of Inspectors Kusuda
Akira Sera Horita - Fisherman
Haruya Katô Sochan - Fisherman
Yasuhiro Shigenobu Yasukichi - Fisherman
Senkichi Ômura Daichan, first dissolved fisherman (Let me try on the pants!)
Haruo Nakajima Chosuke, second dissolved fisherman
Shigeo Katô Matchan, third dissolved fisherman
Toshiko Nakano Mrs Okami, apartment manager of Chikako
Kamayuki Tsubono Detective Ogawa
Kô Mishima Kishi, gangster in nightclub
Jun Fujio Nishiyama, the dissolved gangster
Ren Yamamoto Saeki, gangster
Shin Ôtomo Hamano, nightclub gangster
Yutaka Oka Search party leader (GSDF)
Machiko Kitagawa Hanae, the hostess of nightclub
Sôji Ubukata Executive Police Officer
Mitsuo Tsuda Metropolitan Police Department Executive B
Akio Kusama Executive Police Officer
Shirô Tsuchiya Metropolitan Police Department Executive Officer
Kan Hayashi Executive Police Officer
Katsumi Tezuka Captain of fishing boat
Hiroshi Akitsu Second Ryujinmaru Sailor
Toku Ihara Fisherman
Shôichi Hirose Fire department officer
Takuzô Kumagai GSDF Officer (as Jirô Kumagai)
Ichirô Chiba GSDF Officer
Ryûtarô Amami Detective
Minoru Itô Detective
Yoshio Katsube Detective
Kôji Uruki Detective
Eisuke Nakanishi Policeman of detective room
Takashi Narita Member of countermeasure meeting for Liquid Man
Keiji Sakakida Old policeman - Investigation room
Ikuo Kawamura Policeman - Investigation room
Jirô Mitsuaki GDSF officer
Kôichi Satô Sato
Masaaki Tachibana Nightclub manager
Yutaka Nakayama An-chan - gangster
Yasumasa Ônishi Member of countermeasure meeting for Liquid Man
Moori Yukiko Nurse of the Joto University Hospital
Matsue Ono Madam - neighbor of Nishiyama's house
Saburô Iketani Announcer at nightclub
Akira Yamada Policeman Wakasugi - Witness on rainy day
Yutaka Sada Taxi driver who runs over Misaki
Yôsuke Natsuki Man, witness on rainy day
Yoshiko Ieda Woman - Witness on rainy day
Hideo Shibuya Reporter of newspaper
Ryôji Shimizu Reporter of newspaper
Shigemi Sunagawa Reporter of newspaper
Yoshiyuki Uemura Reporter of newspaper
Takuya Yuki Reporter of newspaper
Kô Hayami Bartender of nightclub
Kazuo Hinata Homura drunkard /Countermeasure Meeting Attendee
Kôji Iwamoto Waiter in nightclub
Kazuo Imai Visitor of nightclub
Keiichirô Katsumoto Guest of Homura /Countermeasures Council Attendee
Masayoshi Kawabe Visitor of nightclub
Kawamata Kiichi Visitor of nightclub
Hiromi Mineoka Visitor of nightclub
Rinsaku Ogata Visitor of nightclub
Yasuzô Ogawa Visitor of nightclub
Masaki Shinohara Visitor of nightclub
Jirô Suzukawa Visitor of nightclub
Mitsuo Matsumoto Neighbor in Chikako's apartment house
Kenzô Echigo Taxi driver - Traffic accident
Keisuke Yamada Member of countermeasure meeting for Liquid Man
Yukihiko Gondô Policeman
Haruya Sakamoto Policeman
Haruo Suzuki Policeman
Hiroyuki Satake Waiter of nightclub
Akira Kitchôji A drinker in the nightclub
Shin Yoshida A drinker in the nightclub
Martha Miyake Chikako Arai (singing voice)
Paul Frees Various Voices (voice)

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