Half Human (1955)

Original title

獣人雪男

Directed by

Ishirō Honda

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, kaiju

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 03m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of people encounter a strange snow monster in the mountains of Japan. The creature attacks and causes chaos for the humans who cross its path.

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What happens

Half Human (獣人雪男, Jūjin Yuki Otoko; lit. 'Beastman Snowman') is a 1955 Japanese science fiction horror film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akemi Negishi, Sachio Sakai, and Nobuo Nakamura, with Sanshiro Sagara as the Abominable Snowman. The film was released in Japan in 1955, and in the US (cut to 70 minutes) on May 22, 1957 (retitled Half Human), on a double feature with The Monster from Green Hell (1957). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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