The Invisible Man Appears (1949)

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The Invisible Man Appears
Japanese The Invisible Man Appears poster
Directed by Nobuo Adachi
Producer Hisashi Okuda
Written by Nobuo Adachi (screenwriter),
Akimitsu Takagi (story),
H. G. Wells (novel)
Distributor Daiei
Rating Unrated
Running time 82 minutes
(1 hour, 22 minutes)
Aspect ratio 1.37:1
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Do not confuse with Toho's Invisible Man (1954).
There is no good or evil in science, but it can be used for good or evil purposes. (科学に善悪はありません。たヾそれを使う人の心によって善ともなり、悪ともなるのです。)
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The Invisible Man Appears (透明人間現わる,   Tōmei Ningen Arawaru) is a 1949 Japanese tokusatsu science-fiction film produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company, and loosely based on the novel The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells. It was released to Japanese theaters on September 25, 1949.

Plot

To be added.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Nobuo Adachi
  • Written by   Nobuo Adachi
  • Story by   Akimitsu Takagi
  • Based on the novel The Invisible Man by   H. G. Wells
  • Produced by   Hisashi Okuda
  • Special effects by   Eiji Tsuburaya

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Ryūnosuke Tsukigata   as   Dr. Kenzô Nakazato
  • Chizuru Kitagawa   as   Machiko Nakazato
  • Takiko Mizunoe   as   Ryûko Mizuki
  • Daijirô Natsukawa   as   Kyôsuke Segi
  • Kanji Koshiba   as   Shunji Kurokawa
  • Teruko Ômi   as   Kimiko Chôsokabe
  • Kichijirô Ueda   as   Otoharu Sugimoto
  • Shôsaku Sugiyama   as   Ichirô Kawabe
  • Mitsusaburô Ramon   as   Matsubara lead investigator

Appearances

Monsters

Gallery

Main article: The Invisible Man Appears/Gallery.

Video releases

Kadokawa DVD (2014)

  • Region: 2
  • Audio: Japanese

Arrow Video Blu-ray (2021)[1]

  • Region: A and B
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (Mono)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special features: Booklet containing essays by Keith Allison, Hayley Scanlon, and Tom Vincent (first pressing), interview with critic and genre scholar Kim Newman, trailer for The Invisible Man Appears, and photo galleries
  • Notes: Packaged with The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly. To be released on March 15, 2021.

Sequel

The film received a sequel, titled The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (透明人間と蝿男,   Tōmei Ningen to Hae Otoko), which was released to Japanese theaters on August 25, 1957.

Videos

Japanese The Invisible Man Appears theatrical trailer (subtitled)

Trivia

  • The Invisible Man Appears was one of Eiji Tsuburaya's earliest special effects projects. Tsuburaya would become renowned for his work on Godzilla five years later.
  • Daiei would later produce a second Invisible Man film, The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly, in 1957.
  • Daiei's rival studio Toho would later produce its own adaptation of The Invisible Man, simply titled Invisible Man, in 1954. Eiji Tsuburaya would also work as a cinematographer and special effects director on that film.

References

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  1. "The Invisible Man Appears / The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly Blu-ray". Arrow Films. 18 December 2020.

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