The Human Vapor (1960)
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him?
Director:
Ishirō Honda
Writer:
Takeshi Kimura
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as Mr. Mizuno |
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Kaoru Yachigusa as Fujichiyo Kasuga |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as Detective Okamoto |
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Keiko Sata as Reporter Kyoko |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Jiya |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Detective Inspector |
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Hisaya Ito as Police Scientist |
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Tatsuo Matsumura as Editor Ikeda |
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Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Sano |
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Yoshio Kosugi as Mean Detective |
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Kō Mishima as Detective Fujita |
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Takamaru Sasaki as Police Chief |
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Kōzō Nomura as Kyoko's Fellow Reporter |
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Someshō Matsumoto as Fujichiyo's Teacher |
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Ren Yamamoto as Nomura the Robber |
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Takuzō Kumagai as Kajimoto |
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Kamayuki Tsubono as Policeman Ozaki |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Bank Manager (uncredited) |
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Shōichi Hirose as Burly Guard (uncredited) |
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Tetsu Nakamura as Journalist (uncredited) |
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Minosuke Yamada as Official (uncredited) |
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Yutaka Oka as Cop (uncredited) |
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Yukihiko Gondō as Shooting Guard (uncredited) |
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Akio Kusama as Cop (uncredited) |
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Mitsuo Matsumoto as Member of crime laboratory (uncredited) |
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Hideo Shibuya as Audience member (uncredited) |
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Junpei Natsuki as Bystander (uncredited) |
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Haruo Nakajima as Transitional Vapor Man (uncredited) |
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Yoyo Miyata as (uncredited) |
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Akira Yamada as (uncredited) |
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Rinsaku Ogata as (uncredited) |
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Keiji Sakakida as (uncredited) |
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Keisuke Yamada as (uncredited) |
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Kôichi Satô as (uncredited) |
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Hiroshi Akitsu as (uncredited) |
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Masaaki Tachibana as (uncredited) |
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Tadahiko Kuroda as (uncredited) |
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Tamami Fujino as (uncredited) |
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Minoru Itō as (uncredited) |
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Wataru Ōmae as Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Kô Hayami as (uncredited) |
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Jirô Suzukawa as (uncredited) |
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Shinjirô Hirota as (uncredited) |
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Kichishirô Fujitaya as (uncredited) |
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Shôtarô Kashiwa as (uncredited) |
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Kojûrô Kineya as (uncredited) |
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Kyûtarô Yoshimura as (uncredited) |
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Katsushirô Kineya as (uncredited) |
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Wakisuke Kineya as (uncredited) |
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Washiyuki Kineya as (uncredited) |
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Washisaburô Kineya as (uncredited) |
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Wanosuke Kineya as (uncredited) |
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Nobuhide Hôsei as (uncredited) |
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Kishirô Katada as (uncredited) |
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Kisaburô Katada as (uncredited) |
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Kisaku Katada as (uncredited) |
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Hiroshi Fukuhara as (uncredited) |
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Yasuaki Shinkô as (uncredited) |
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Toki Shiozawa as Wife (uncredited) |
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James Hong as Narrator / Mizuno |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Art | Kiyoshi Shimizu | Production Design |
| Editing | Kazuji Taira | Editor |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Camera | Hajime Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Kunio Miyauchi | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Koji Kajita | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Teruyoshi Nakano | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Director |
| Writing | John Meredyth Lucas | Story |
| Writing | Takeshi Kimura | Screenplay |
| Crew | Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects Assistant |