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Director:
Ishirô Honda
Writers:
Takeshi Kimura (writer)
Hideo Unagami (story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
28 May 1959 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Horror more
Tagline:
ALL H- BREAKS LOOSE! (original ad - all caps) more
Plot:
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
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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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beauty and the Liquidman (International: English title) (literal title)
The H-Man (USA)
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Runtime:
87 min | USA:79 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #19231)
Filming Locations:
Tokyo, Japan
Company:
Toho Company more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Haruo Nakajima had two roles. One was "second dissolved sailor", another was "Liquid Human Being". more
Goofs:
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." more
Quotes:
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. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in East Side Story (1997) more
Soundtrack:
So Deep is my Love more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Creepy and Crawly Sci-Fi, 11 January 2004
Author: OllieSuave-007 from Sacramento, California USA

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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