The Human Vapor
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| The Human Vapor | |
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 Human Vapor (1960) |
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| Directed by | Ishirô Honda |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Written by | Takeshi Kimura |
| Starring | Tatsuya Mihashi Kaoru Yachigusa Yoshio Tsuchiya Keiko Sata Hisaya Ito Yoshifumi Tajima |
| Music by | Kunio Miyauchi (Japanese version) |
| Cinematography | Hajime Koizumi |
| Editing by | Kazuji Taira |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) | December 11, 1960 May 20, 1964 (USA) |
| Running time | 92 min. 81 min. (USA) |
| Language | Japanese English |
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The Human Vapor, known in Japan as "The First Gas Human" (ガス人間第一号 - Gasu ningen dai ichigo), is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1960. The film was made by Toho's legendary Godzilla directing/special effects/producing team of Ishirô Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Tomoyuki Tanaka.
[edit] Plot
The film tells the story of Mizuno, (Yoshio Tsuchiya) a librarian at a sanatorium who has been given the ability to become vapor after a scientist does an experiment on him. Mizuno uses this power to engage in criminal activities, robbing banks to give the money to his dancer girlfriend (Kaoru Yachigusa). Tatsuya Mihashi is the police inspector after them. The film was recut by Brenco Pictures in 1964, changing the premise from mystery to being told from Mizuno's point of view. Even though this version is dubbed, Tsuchiya has stated that he prefers this cut of the film, which he considers to feature his finest performance. [1]
