Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957)
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.
Directors:
Kenneth G. Crane, Ishirō Honda.
Writer:
Takeo Murata
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John Carradine as Dr. John Rayburn |
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Momoko Kôchi as The Girl |
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Akira Takarada as The Boy (Her Brother) |
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Akemi Negishi as The Mountain Girl |
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Russell Thorson as Prof. Philip Osborne |
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Robert Karnes as Prof. Alan Templeton |
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Morris Ankrum as Dr. Carl Jordan |
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Sachio Sakai as Third Skier |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Prof. Tanaka |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Mountain Tribe Leader |
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Yoshio Kosugi as Circus Owner |
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Shōichi Hirose as |
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Haruo Nakajima as |
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Akira Tani as |
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Fuminori Ōhashi as Snowman (uncredited) |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Kenneth G. Crane | Editor |
| Camera | Lucien N. Andriot | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tadashi Iimura | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Shigeru Kayama | Original Story |
| Art | Nicolai Remisoff | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jack Wiler | Sound |
| Directing | Hal Klein | Assistant Director |
| Art | Sam Heiligman | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Morrie Friedman | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Writing | Takeo Murata | Screenplay |
| Directing | Frances Steens | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Crew | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masao Shirota | Special Effects |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Directing | Kenneth G. Crane | Director |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Production | Robert B. Homel | Associate Producer |
| Art | Tatsuo Kita | Art Direction |
| Art | Tatsuo Kita | Production Design |
| Editing | Shûichi Anbara | Editor |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Soichi Yokoi | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Yoshio Nishikawa | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teizô Toshimitsu | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fuminori Ōhashi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eizo Kaimai | Costume Design |
| Camera | Goichi Araki | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Eizo Kaimai | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Fuminori Ōhashi | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Teizô Toshimitsu | Modeling |
| Art | Teizô Toshimitsu | Sculptor |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Sadamasa Arikawa | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Shuzaburo Araki | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Shuzaburo Araki | Visual Effects Camera |
| Crew | Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Sadamasa Arikawa | Special Effects |
| Crew | Sadao Iizuka | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects Assistant |
| Production | Minoru Sakamoto | Associate Producer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Production | Tatsuo Kuroda | Production Manager |