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Bijo to Ekitainingen (1958)
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Release Date:
28 May 1959 (USA) moreTagline:
ALL H- BREAKS LOOSE! (original ad - all caps) morePlot:
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Motion Picture Purgatory: The H-Man (From Dread Central. 22 September 2009, 10:32 AM, PDT)
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(From Fangoria. 15 August 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
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Creepy and Crawly Sci-Fi more (24 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Yumi Shirakawa | ... | Chikako Arai, singer in the nightclub | |
| Kenji Sahara | ... | Dr. Masada | |
| Akihiko Hirata | ... | Inspector Tominaga | |
| Koreya Senda | ... | Dr. Maki | |
| Makoto Satô | ... | Uchida, gangstar | |
| Yoshifumi Tajima | ... | Detective Sakata | |
| Eitarô Ozawa | ... | police seargent Miyashita | |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Detective Taguchi | |
| Kamayuki Tsubono | ... | Detective Ogawa | |
| Tadao Nakamaru | ... | Detective Seki | |
| Nadao Kirino | ... | Shimazaki, the waiter-thug | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Hiroshi Akitsu | ... | Fisherman | |
| Ryutaro Amami | ... | Detective | |
| Ichirô Chiba | ... | GSDF Officer | |
| Kenzo Echigo | ... | Taxi driver - Traffic accident | |
| Paul Frees | ... | Various Voices (voice) | |
| Jun Fujio | ... | Nishiyama, the dissolved gangstar | |
| Yukihiko Gondo | ... | Policeman | |
| Miki Hayashi | ... | executive Police Officer | |
| Kazuo Higata | ... | A drinker in the nightclub | |
| Shoichi Hirose | ... | Fire department officer | |
| Yoshiko Ieda | ... | Woman - Witness on rainy day | |
| Toku Ihara | ... | Fisherman | |
| Kazuo Imai | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Hisaya Ito | ... | Misaki, the dissolved gangster | |
| Minoru Ito | ... | Detective | |
| Koji Iwamoto | ... | Waiter in nightclub | |
| Haruya Kato | ... | Mattchan - Fisherman | |
| Shigeo Kato | ... | Matsu-chan - Fisherman | |
| Yoshio Katsube | ... | Detective | |
| Keiichiro Katsumoto | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Masayoshi Kawabe | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Ikuo Kawamura | ... | Policeman - Investigation room | |
| Akira Kichoji | ... | A drinker in the nightclub | |
| Kawamata Kiichi | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Machiko Kitagawa | ... | Hanae, the neighbor of Chikako | |
| Hayami Ko | ... | Bartender of nightclub | |
| Takuzo Kumagaya | ... | GSDF Officer (as Jirô Kumagai) | |
| Akio Kusama | ... | executive Police Officer | |
| Mitsuo Matsumoto | ... | Neighbor in Chikako's apartment house | |
| Hiromi Mineoka | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Ko Mishima | ... | Kishi, gangster in nightclub | |
| Jiro Mitsuaki | ... | GDSF officer | |
| Martha Miyake | ... | Chikako Arai (singing voice) | |
| Haruo Nakajima | ... | Second dissolved sailor | |
| Tetsu Nakamura | ... | Mr. Chin, gangster | |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | ... | Policeman of detective room | |
| Toshiko Nakano | ... | Mrs. Okami, apartment manager | |
| Yutaka Nakayama | ... | An-chan - gangster | |
| Takashi Narita | ... | Member of countermeasure meeting for Liquid Man | |
| Yosuke Natsuki | ... | Man, witness on rainy day | |
| Rinsaku Ogata | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Yasuzo Ogawa | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Yutaka Oka | ... | Search party leader (GSDF) | |
| Senkichi Ômura | ... | First Dissolved Sailor (Let me try on the pants!) | |
| Yasuo Onishi | ... | Member of countermeasure meeting for Liquid Man (as Onishi Yasumasa) | |
| Matsue Ono | ... | Madam - neighbor of Nishiyama's house | |
| Shin Otomo | ... | Hamano, nightclub gangster | |
| Yutaka Sada | ... | Taxi driver who runs over Misaki | |
| Keiji Sakakida | ... | Old policeman - Investigation room | |
| Haruya Sakamoto | ... | Policeman | |
| Hiroyuki Satake | ... | Waiter of nightclub | |
| Kôichi Satô | ... | Gangstar in nightclub | |
| Akira Sera | ... | Horita - Fisherman | |
| Hideo Shibuya | ... | Reporter of news paper | |
| Sunagawa Shigemi | ... | Reporter of newspaper | |
| Yasuhiro Shigenobu | ... | Yasukichi - Fisherman | |
| Ryôji Shimizu | ... | Reporter of newspaper | |
| Masaki Shinohara | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Naomi Shiraishi | ... | Mineko, Dr.Maki's assistant | |
| Ayumi Sonoda | ... | Emi, the dissolved dancer | |
| Jiro Suzukawa | ... | Visitor of nightclub | |
| Haruo Suzuki | ... | Policeman | |
| Masaaki Tachibana | ... | Nightclub manager | |
| Katsumi Tezuka | ... | Captain of fishing boat | |
| Shirô Tsuchiya | ... | executive Police Officer | |
| Mitzuo Tsuda | ... | executive Police Officer | |
| Soji Ubukata | ... | executive Police Officer | |
| Yoshiyuki Uemura | ... | Reporter of newspaper | |
| Kôji Uruki | ... | Detective | |
| Akira Yamada | ... | Policeman Wakasugi - Witness on rainy day | |
| Keisuke Yamada | ... | Member of countermeasure meeting for Liquid Man | |
| Minosuke Yamada | ... | Chief of Inspectors Kusuda | |
| Ren Yamamoto | ... | Saeki, gangstar | |
| Shin Yoshida | ... | A drinker in the nightclub | |
| Moori Yukiko | ... | Nurse of The Joto University Hospital | |
| Takuya Yuki | ... | Reporter of newspaper | |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Beauty and the Liquidman (International: English title) (literal title)The H-Man (USA)
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
87 min | USA:79 minCountry:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Filming Locations:
Tokyo, JapanFun Stuff
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Haruo Nakajima had two roles. One was "second dissolved sailor", another was "Liquid Human Being". moreGoofs:
Miscellaneous: In the English subtitled version prepared for the 2009 U.S. DVD release, the subtitles give Kenji Sahara's character's name as "Asada" through most of the film. In the final fourth of the film, the subtitles properly give his name as "Masada." moreQuotes:
Dr. Maki: [voice-over] If man perishes from the face of the Earth, due to the effects of hydrogen bombing, it is possible that the next ruler of our planet may be The H-Man. moreSoundtrack:
So Deep is my Love moreFAQ
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One of my favorite films from Toho, a story about the city of Tokyo being terrorized by a transparent, liquid, radiated being called the H-Man. One-by-one, people starts to disappear and it's up to the policeman and scientists to crack down the case. This movie combines pure sci-fi and film-noir, giving us a tense and non-stop fun thriller. Just the plot of policeman investigating some drug dealers and scientists investigating the H-Man, with a beautiful nightclub singer mixed in is pure excitement. Good dramatic but hopeful story from Takeshi Kimura and good directing from Ishiro Honda. A strong message of the consequences of misusing the hydrogen bomb is delivered in this film. I've only seen the English-dubbed version so far, but the dubbing was very good. Even the nightclub song sung by Yumi Shirakawa fits the English dubbing. The nightclub scenes are a real treat. This movie ranges as one of the best non-Godzilla films from Toho.
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