The Invisible Man Appears (1949)

Original title

透明人間現わる

Directed by

Nobuo Adachi

Genre

mystery film

Country

Japan

Runtime

83h

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A scientist becomes invisible and uses his power to commit crimes. A detective and the scientist's fiancée try to stop him.

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What happens

The Invisible Man Appears (Japanese: 透明人間現わる, Hepburn: Tōmei Ningen Arawaru) is a 1949 Japanese science fiction tokusatsu film directed by Nobuo Adachi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film was loosely based on H. G. Wells' 1897 The Invisible Man and produced by Daiei Film, the film stars Kanji Koshiba, Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe, Daijirō Natsukawa, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, and Kichijiro Ueda. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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