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|jp-title =''The First Gas Man'' (1960) | |jp-title =''The First Gas Man'' (1960) | ||
|intl-title =''The Human Vapour'' (1960) | |||
|director =[[Ishiro Honda]] | |director =[[Ishiro Honda]] | ||
|producer =[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | |producer =[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | ||
|writer =[[Takeshi Kimura]] | |writer =John Meredyth Lucas (story),<br>[[Kaoru Mabuchi|Takeshi Kimura]] (screenplay) | ||
|composer =[[Kunio Miyauchi]] | |composer =[[Kunio Miyauchi]] | ||
|distributor =[[Toho]]{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}} | |distributor =[[Toho]]{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}, Brenco Pictures Corporation{{sup|[[United States|US]]}} | ||
|rating =Unrated | |rating =Unrated | ||
|runtime =92 minutes{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 32 minutes)}}<br>81 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 21 minutes)}} | |runtime =92 minutes{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 32 minutes)}}<br>81 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 21 minutes)}} | ||
|aspectratio =2.35:1 | |aspectratio =2.35:1 | ||
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{{Quote|Half man... | {{Quote|Half man...half beast! Born of woman Re-created by outer space! - Yet, loves like a man!<br>Half human! Half beast! It destroys! It kills!<br>Is he man or astro-man?|[[United States|American]] tagline}} | ||
'''''The Human Vapor''''' {{Nihongo| | '''''The Human Vapor''''' {{Nihongo|ガス人間㐧1号|Gasu Ningen Daiichigō|lit. "''The First Gas Man''"}}<ref group="note">While ''The Human Vapor''<nowiki/>'s Japanese title was originally written using the irregular kanji 㐧 (''dai''), it is sometimes substituted with the more common rendering 第 in modern media, such as in the title of its 2010 [[The Human Vapor#Stage adaptation|stage adaptation]] or on its Japanese streaming listings. Furthermore, the film's posters and screenplay write its title with the kanji 一 (''ichi''; "one"). On virtually all other media, including the film's title card and promotional materials, this is replaced by the numeral 1.</ref> is a [[1960]] [[tokusatsu]] science fiction [[:Category:Films|film]] directed by [[Ishiro Honda]] and written by [[Kaoru Mabuchi|Takeshi Kimura]] based on a story by John Meredyth Lucas, with special effects by [[Eiji Tsuburaya]]. Produced by [[Toho]], it is considered to be the third film in the studio's ''[[Transforming Human Series]]'', after ''[[The H-Man]]'' and ''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]''. It stars Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Keiko Sada, [[Hisaya Ito]], [[Yoshibumi Tajima]], Yoshio Kosugi, and [[Fuyuki Murakami]]. The film was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters by Toho on December 11, [[1960]]. Brenco Pictures Corporation released an edited English-dubbed version of the film to [[United States|America]]n theaters on May 20, [[1964]]. | ||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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{{Staffs | {{Staffs | ||
|Directed by|[[Ishiro Honda]] | |Directed by|[[Ishiro Honda]] | ||
|Written by|[[Takeshi Kimura]] | |Written by|[[Kaoru Mabuchi|Takeshi Kimura]] | ||
|Executive | |Based on a story by|John Meredyth Lucas | ||
|Executive producer|[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | |||
|Music by|[[Kunio Miyauchi]] | |Music by|[[Kunio Miyauchi]] | ||
|Cinematography by|Hajime Koizumi | |Cinematography by|[[Hajime Koizumi]] | ||
|Edited by|Kazuji Taira | |Edited by|Kazuji Taira | ||
|Production | |Production design by|Kiyoshi Shimizu | ||
| | |First assistant director|[[Koji Kajita]] | ||
|Director of | |Director of special effects|[[Eiji Tsuburaya]] | ||
|1st director of special effects|[[Masakatsu Asai]] (uncredited) | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
{{Cast | {{Cast | ||
|Tatsuya Mihashi|Detective Okamoto | |Tatsuya Mihashi|Detective Okamoto | ||
|Kaoru Yachigusa|Fujichiyo Kasuga | |[[Kaoru Yachigusa]]|Fujichiyo Kasuga | ||
|[[Yoshio Tsuchiya]]|Mizuno, the [[Human Vapor]] | |[[Yoshio Tsuchiya]]|Mizuno, the [[Human Vapor]] | ||
|Keiko Sada|Kyoko Kono | |Keiko Sada|Kyoko Kono | ||
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|Fuyuki Murakami|Dr. Sano | |Fuyuki Murakami|Dr. Sano | ||
|Bokuzen Hidari|Jiya | |Bokuzen Hidari|Jiya | ||
|Takamaru Sasaki| | |Takamaru Sasaki|police chief | ||
|Minosuke Yamada|Official Hayama | |Minosuke Yamada|Official Hayama | ||
|Tatsuo Matsumura|Editor Ikeda | |[[Tatsuo Matsumura]]|Editor Ikeda | ||
|Yoyo Miyata| | |Yoyo Miyata|bank manager | ||
|Ko Mishima|Detective Fujita | |Ko Mishima|Detective Fujita | ||
|Kozo Nomura|Kawasaki | |Kozo Nomura|Kawasaki | ||
|Ren Yamamoto|Nomura, robber | |Ren Yamamoto|Nomura, robber | ||
|Somesho Matsumoto|Fujichiyo's teacher | |Somesho Matsumoto|Fujichiyo's teacher | ||
|Yasuhisa Tsutsumi| | |Yasuhisa Tsutsumi|police officer | ||
|Akira Yamada|man in the library | |||
|[[Shoichi Hirose]]| | |[[Shoichi Hirose]]|guard | ||
|Tetsu Nakamura|Tobe, journalist | |Tetsu Nakamura|Tobe, journalist | ||
|Toki Shiozawa|Satoyo, wife | |Toki Shiozawa|Satoyo, wife | ||
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|Kamayuki Tsubono|Policeman Ozaki | |Kamayuki Tsubono|Policeman Ozaki | ||
|Rinsaku Ogata|Policeman Nakatani | |Rinsaku Ogata|Policeman Nakatani | ||
|Keiji Sakakida| | |Keiji Sakakida|guard | ||
|Yutaka Oka| | |Yutaka Oka|audience member | ||
|Keisuke Yamada| | |Keisuke Yamada|police chief | ||
|Yukihiko Gondo| | |Yukihiko Gondo|detective | ||
|Akio Kusama| | |Akio Kusama|police chief | ||
|Mitsuo Matsumoto|Kamata | |Mitsuo Matsumoto|Kamata | ||
|Koichi Sato| | |Koichi Sato|audience member | ||
|Hiroshi Akitsu|librarian | |||
|Hideo Shibuya|bank clerk | |||
|Masaaki Tachibana|reporter | |||
|Tadahiko Kuroda| | |Tadahiko Kuroda|audience member | ||
|Minoru Ito|reporter | |||
|Wataru Omae|reporter | |||
|Ko Hayami|Fujichiyo's driver | |||
|Jiro Suzukawa|deceased bank clerk | |||
|Shinjiro Hirota|man in jail | |||
|[[Haruo Nakajima]]| | |Kazuo Imai|reporter (uncredited) | ||
|Takashi Narita|audience member (uncredited) | |||
|Akijiro Mitsu|detective (uncredited) | |||
|[[Haruo Nakajima]]|bank patron with black glasses (uncredited) | |||
*Hiroko Terasawa | |||
*Yoshishiro Fujita | |||
*Shotaro Kashiwa | |||
*Kojuro Kineya | |||
*Kyutaro Yoshimura | |||
*Katsushiro Kineya | |||
*Wakisuke Kineya | |||
*Kazushi Kineya | |||
*Kazusaburo Kineya | |||
*Kazunosuke Kineya | |||
*Nobuhide Hosei | |||
*Kishiro Katata | |||
*Kisaburo Katata | |||
*Kisaku Katata | |||
*Hiroshi Fukuhara | |||
}} | }} | ||
===English | ===English dub=== | ||
{{Cast|notice=no | {{Cast|notice=no | ||
|James Hong|Mizuno, the [[Human Vapor]] | |[[wikipedia:James Hong|James Hong]]|Mizuno, the [[Human Vapor]]<ref name="Dub">{{cite book|title=The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994|author=Galbraith IV, Stuart|date=1996|publisher=McFarland|page=223|isbn=0-7864-0032-3}}</ref> | ||
*[[wikipedia:Paul Frees|Paul Frees]]{{R|Dub}} | |||
*Bill Idelson{{R|Dub}} | |||
*Virginia Gregg{{R|Dub}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
===Monsters=== | ===Monsters=== | ||
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{{Main|The Human Vapor/Gallery}} | {{Main|The Human Vapor/Gallery}} | ||
==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
{{Main|The Human Vapor | {{Main|The Human Vapor/Soundtrack}} | ||
==Alternate | ==Alternate titles== | ||
*'''''The First Gas Man''''' (literal [[Japan]]ese title) | *'''''The First Gas Man''''' (literal [[Japan]]ese title) | ||
*'''''The Human Vapour''''' ( | *'''''The Human Vapour''''' (international title) | ||
*'''''A Cloud of Terror''''' (''Una nube di terrore''; Italy) | *'''''A Cloud of Terror''''' (''Una nube di terrore''; Italy) | ||
==Theatrical | *'''''The Secret of the Gas Man''''' (''O Segredo do Homem Gasoso''; Brazil) | ||
==Theatrical releases== | |||
*[[Japan]] - December 11, [[1960]]{{Popup-poster|file=Human Vapour.jpg|caption=Japanese poster}} | *[[Japan]] - December 11, [[1960]]{{Popup-poster|file=Human Vapour.jpg|caption=Japanese poster}} | ||
*[[United States]] - May 20, [[1964]]{{Popup-poster|file=Humanvaporposter01.jpg|caption=American poster}} | *[[United States]] - November 27, [[1963]] (exclusive showing) / May 20, [[1964]]{{Popup-poster|file=Humanvaporposter01.jpg|caption=American poster}} | ||
==[[United States|U.S.]] | *Thailand - 1962 | ||
[[File:Humanvaporposter01.jpg|thumb|right|200px| | |||
''The Human Vapor'' was released theatrically | ==Foreign releases== | ||
===[[United States|U.S.]] release=== | |||
[[File:Humanvaporposter01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|U.S. ''The Human Vapor'' poster]] | |||
''The Human Vapor'' was released theatrically on the West Coast of the [[United States]] in [[1964]] by Brenco Pictures Corporation as a package with ''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]''. The two films were later released more widely in the U.S. starting in the late 1960s. The American version re-structured the film from a police procedural to a narrative focused around and narrated by Mizuno. It contains innumerable edits, music and effects alterations, and stock footage and outtakes from ''[[wikipedia:House of Bamboo|House of Bamboo]]'' (1955), a Samuel Fuller CinemaScope film noir shot entirely in [[Japan]].<!------ A portion of [[Kunio Miyauchi]]'s score was replaced with stock music, primarily from Paul Sawtell's score for ''[[wikipedia:The Fly (1958 film)|The Fly]]'' (1958).{{Citation needed}}----> ''The Human Vapor'', along with ''[[The Last War]]'' and ''Gorath'', is part of the Samuel Goldwyn film library owned by MGM. None of these films have ever been officially made available on DVD or Blu-ray in the United States. | |||
{{Clear}} | {{Clear}} | ||
==Stage | |||
==Stage adaptation== | |||
[[File:gashumanno1.jpg|thumb|right|200px]] | [[File:gashumanno1.jpg|thumb|right|200px]] | ||
[[Toho]] produced a stage adaptation of ''The Human Vapor'' in October 2009, with a cast that included [[Kumi Mizuno]].<ref name="Toho">[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20090905165222/http://gas.toho-stageblog.com:80/ ガス人間第1号公式ブログ シアタークリエにて10月3日~10月31日 製作:東宝]</ref> No recording of the show has surfaced, although it was broadcast on NHK on February 26, 2010.<ref name="Yahoo">[https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/hirano282828/60909940.html TV放映!舞台版ガス人間第1号今週金曜]</ref> | [[Toho]] produced a stage adaptation of ''The Human Vapor'' in October 2009, with a cast that included [[Kumi Mizuno]].<ref name="Toho">[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20090905165222/http://gas.toho-stageblog.com:80/ ガス人間第1号公式ブログ シアタークリエにて10月3日~10月31日 製作:東宝]</ref> No recording of the show has surfaced, although it was broadcast on NHK on February 26, 2010.<ref name="Yahoo">[https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/hirano282828/60909940.html TV放映!舞台版ガス人間第1号今週金曜]</ref> | ||
{{Clear}} | {{Clear}} | ||
==Unmade | ==Unmade sequel== | ||
{{Main|Frankenstein vs. The Human Vapor}} | {{Main|Frankenstein vs. The Human Vapor}} | ||
After ''The Human Vapor'' proved a box office success in both Japan and the United States, producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] began to plan for a sequel entitled ''[[Frankenstein vs. The Human Vapor]]''. The sequel's premise would revolve around Mizuno, having actually survived the film's climax, seeking out [[Frankenstein|Frankenstein's monster]] in order to find the secret of his immortality and use it to revive his love interest, who perished in the climax. However the film never came to pass, although Frankenstein's monster would later appear in Toho's ''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' in [[1965]]. | After ''The Human Vapor'' proved a box office success in both Japan and the United States, producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] began to plan for a sequel entitled ''[[Frankenstein vs. The Human Vapor]]''. The sequel's premise would revolve around Mizuno, having actually survived the film's climax, seeking out [[Frankenstein|Frankenstein's monster]] in order to find the secret of his immortality and use it to revive his love interest, who perished in the climax. However, the film never came to pass, although Frankenstein's monster would later appear in Toho's ''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' in [[1965]]. | ||
==Video | ==Video releases== | ||
'''[[Toho]]''' DVD (2002) | '''[[Toho]]''' DVD (2002) | ||
*Region: 2 | *'''Region:''' 2 | ||
*Discs: 1 | *'''Discs:''' 1 | ||
*Audio: Japanese ( | *'''Audio:''' Japanese (Mono, 5.1) | ||
*Subtitles: Japanese | *'''Subtitles:''' Japanese | ||
*Special | *'''Special features:''' Isolated score, audio commentary by actress Kaoru Yachigusa, Japanese theatrical trailer, still galleries of publicity materials, Toho sci-fi props, and actors | ||
'''[[Toho]]''' Blu-ray (2021) [''Transforming Human Series'']<ref name="THS Blu-ray">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B09CTR6YH4|title=Transforming Human Series Blu-ray 2 Disc Set|work=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=25 August 2021}}</ref> | |||
*'''Region''': A | |||
*'''Discs''': 2 | |||
*'''Audio''': Japanese (Mono, 5.1, isolated score) | |||
*'''Subtitles''': Japanese | |||
*'''Special features''': Audio commentaries for ''[[The H-Man]]'' ([[Kenji Sahara]]), ''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' (Tadao Nakamaru), and ''The Human Vapor'' (Kaoru Yachigusa) | |||
*'''Notes''': Packaged with ''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]'', ''The H-Man'', and ''The Secret of the Telegian''. | |||
==Videos== | ==Videos== | ||
===Trailers=== | ===Trailers=== | ||
{{Videos| | {{Videos| | ||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://www.youtube.com/watch? | {{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://www.youtube.com/watch?3Z9lRC50PyM</youtube>|Japanese ''The Human Vapor'' trailer}} | ||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169"> | {{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">B7WSfJP77dE</youtube>|U.S. ''The Human Vapor'' trailer}} | ||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">U0qTgeyJG70</youtube>|U.S. ''The Human Vapor'' trailer}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Miscellaneous=== | ===Miscellaneous=== | ||
{{Videos| | {{Videos| | ||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">aCJMuUJxXCo</youtube>|Ending of the Italian version, combining the editing of the | {{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">aCJMuUJxXCo</youtube>|Ending of the Italian version, combining the editing of the U.S. version with the music and newspaper insert of the Japanese version}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The surf rock band Man or Astro-man? is named after one of Brenco Pictures' taglines for ''The Human Vapor''. | *The surf rock band [[wikipedia:Man or Astro-man?|Man or Astro-man?]] is named after one of Brenco Pictures' taglines for ''The Human Vapor''.{{Citation needed}} | ||
==External | *In 2009, the film ranked 65th in ''Kinema Junpo''{{'}}s list of the 200 best Japanese films of all time.<ref name="Junpo">{{cite book|title=Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |page=171|isbn=9780819570871}}</ref> | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1c54z1_the-human-vapor-1960-american-version-credits_shortfilms Brenco Pictures credits] | *[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1c54z1_the-human-vapor-1960-american-version-credits_shortfilms Brenco Pictures credits] | ||
*[http://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2012/08/the-human-vapor-pressbook.html Brenco Pictures pressbook] | *[http://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2012/08/the-human-vapor-pressbook.html Brenco Pictures pressbook] | ||
==Notes== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{Kaiju Movies}} | {{Kaiju Movies|tab=Toho}} | ||
{{Comments}} | |||
{{Era|TOH|SHO|THS|FIL}} | {{Era|TOH|SHO|THS|FIL}} | ||
[[Category:Toho]] | [[Category:Toho]] |
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Half man...half beast! Born of woman Re-created by outer space! - Yet, loves like a man!
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The Human Vapor (ガス人間㐧1号 Gasu Ningen Daiichigō, lit. "The First Gas Man")[note 1] is a 1960 tokusatsu science fiction film directed by Ishiro Honda and written by Takeshi Kimura based on a story by John Meredyth Lucas, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced by Toho, it is considered to be the third film in the studio's Transforming Human Series, after The H-Man and The Secret of the Telegian. It stars Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Keiko Sada, Hisaya Ito, Yoshibumi Tajima, Yoshio Kosugi, and Fuyuki Murakami. The film was released to Japanese theaters by Toho on December 11, 1960. Brenco Pictures Corporation released an edited English-dubbed version of the film to American theaters on May 20, 1964.
Plot
The film tells the story of Mizuno, a librarian who has been given the ability to become vapor after a scientist performs an experiment on him. Mizuno uses this power to engage in criminal activities, robbing banks to give the money to his love interest, the dancer Fujichiyo. Police Lieutenant Kenji Okamoto and his reporter girlfriend Kyoko (Keiko Sata) work together to solve the criminal case and attempt to bring things to a peaceful conclusion.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Ishiro Honda
- Written by Takeshi Kimura
- Based on a story by John Meredyth Lucas
- Executive producer Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Music by Kunio Miyauchi
- Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi
- Edited by Kazuji Taira
- Production design by Kiyoshi Shimizu
- First assistant director Koji Kajita
- Director of special effects Eiji Tsuburaya
- 1st director of special effects Masakatsu Asai (uncredited)
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Detective Okamoto
- Kaoru Yachigusa as Fujichiyo Kasuga
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Mizuno, the Human Vapor
- Keiko Sada as Kyoko Kono
- Hisaya Ito as Doctor Tamiya
- Yoshibumi Tajima as Sergeant Tabata
- Yoshio Kosugi as Detective Inao
- Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Sano
- Bokuzen Hidari as Jiya
- Takamaru Sasaki as police chief
- Minosuke Yamada as Official Hayama
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Editor Ikeda
- Yoyo Miyata as bank manager
- Ko Mishima as Detective Fujita
- Kozo Nomura as Kawasaki
- Ren Yamamoto as Nomura, robber
- Somesho Matsumoto as Fujichiyo's teacher
- Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as police officer
- Akira Yamada as man in the library
- Shoichi Hirose as guard
- Tetsu Nakamura as Tobe, journalist
- Toki Shiozawa as Satoyo, wife
- Jiro Kumagai as Kajimoto
- Kamayuki Tsubono as Policeman Ozaki
- Rinsaku Ogata as Policeman Nakatani
- Keiji Sakakida as guard
- Yutaka Oka as audience member
- Keisuke Yamada as police chief
- Yukihiko Gondo as detective
- Akio Kusama as police chief
- Mitsuo Matsumoto as Kamata
- Koichi Sato as audience member
- Hiroshi Akitsu as librarian
- Hideo Shibuya as bank clerk
- Masaaki Tachibana as reporter
- Tadahiko Kuroda as audience member
- Minoru Ito as reporter
- Wataru Omae as reporter
- Ko Hayami as Fujichiyo's driver
- Jiro Suzukawa as deceased bank clerk
- Shinjiro Hirota as man in jail
- Kazuo Imai as reporter (uncredited)
- Takashi Narita as audience member (uncredited)
- Akijiro Mitsu as detective (uncredited)
- Haruo Nakajima as bank patron with black glasses (uncredited)
- Hiroko Terasawa
- Yoshishiro Fujita
- Shotaro Kashiwa
- Kojuro Kineya
- Kyutaro Yoshimura
- Katsushiro Kineya
- Wakisuke Kineya
- Kazushi Kineya
- Kazusaburo Kineya
- Kazunosuke Kineya
- Nobuhide Hosei
- Kishiro Katata
- Kisaburo Katata
- Kisaku Katata
- Hiroshi Fukuhara
English dub
- James Hong as Mizuno, the Human Vapor[1]
- Paul Frees[1]
- Bill Idelson[1]
- Virginia Gregg[1]
Appearances
Monsters
Gallery
- Main article: The Human Vapor/Gallery.
Soundtrack
- Main article: The Human Vapor/Soundtrack.
Alternate titles
- The First Gas Man (literal Japanese title)
- The Human Vapour (international title)
- A Cloud of Terror (Una nube di terrore; Italy)
- The Secret of the Gas Man (O Segredo do Homem Gasoso; Brazil)
Theatrical releases
- Japan - December 11, 1960 [view poster]
- United States - November 27, 1963 (exclusive showing) / May 20, 1964 [view poster]
- Thailand - 1962
Foreign releases
U.S. release
The Human Vapor was released theatrically on the West Coast of the United States in 1964 by Brenco Pictures Corporation as a package with Gorath. The two films were later released more widely in the U.S. starting in the late 1960s. The American version re-structured the film from a police procedural to a narrative focused around and narrated by Mizuno. It contains innumerable edits, music and effects alterations, and stock footage and outtakes from House of Bamboo (1955), a Samuel Fuller CinemaScope film noir shot entirely in Japan. The Human Vapor, along with The Last War and Gorath, is part of the Samuel Goldwyn film library owned by MGM. None of these films have ever been officially made available on DVD or Blu-ray in the United States.
Stage adaptation
Toho produced a stage adaptation of The Human Vapor in October 2009, with a cast that included Kumi Mizuno.[2] No recording of the show has surfaced, although it was broadcast on NHK on February 26, 2010.[3]
Unmade sequel
- Main article: Frankenstein vs. The Human Vapor.
After The Human Vapor proved a box office success in both Japan and the United States, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka began to plan for a sequel entitled Frankenstein vs. The Human Vapor. The sequel's premise would revolve around Mizuno, having actually survived the film's climax, seeking out Frankenstein's monster in order to find the secret of his immortality and use it to revive his love interest, who perished in the climax. However, the film never came to pass, although Frankenstein's monster would later appear in Toho's Frankenstein vs. Baragon in 1965.
Video releases
Toho DVD (2002)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (Mono, 5.1)
- Subtitles: Japanese
- Special features: Isolated score, audio commentary by actress Kaoru Yachigusa, Japanese theatrical trailer, still galleries of publicity materials, Toho sci-fi props, and actors
Toho Blu-ray (2021) [Transforming Human Series][4]
- Region: A
- Discs: 2
- Audio: Japanese (Mono, 5.1, isolated score)
- Subtitles: Japanese
- Special features: Audio commentaries for The H-Man (Kenji Sahara), The Secret of the Telegian (Tadao Nakamaru), and The Human Vapor (Kaoru Yachigusa)
- Notes: Packaged with Invisible Man, The H-Man, and The Secret of the Telegian.
Videos
Trailers
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Miscellaneous
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Trivia
- The surf rock band Man or Astro-man? is named after one of Brenco Pictures' taglines for The Human Vapor.[citation needed]
- In 2009, the film ranked 65th in Kinema Junpo's list of the 200 best Japanese films of all time.[5]
External links
Notes
- ↑ While The Human Vapor's Japanese title was originally written using the irregular kanji 㐧 (dai), it is sometimes substituted with the more common rendering 第 in modern media, such as in the title of its 2010 stage adaptation or on its Japanese streaming listings. Furthermore, the film's posters and screenplay write its title with the kanji 一 (ichi; "one"). On virtually all other media, including the film's title card and promotional materials, this is replaced by the numeral 1.
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