Japan, 1960
92m
35mm film, colour, TohoScope, 2.35:1
Perspecta Stereophonic Sound, Japanese
A Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishiro Honda.
Plot Summary
An accident transforms a librarian into “The Human Vapour,” a man who can turn his body into gas. He uses his new ability to rob banks, stealing money for his girlfriend, a beautiful and ambitious dancer and is willing to kill anyone who gets in his way.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Ishiro Honda
Toho
Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka
US Version Producers: Stanley D. Meyer, Edward L. Alperson
Written by: Takeshi Kimura
Director of Photography: Hajime Koizumi
Editor: Kazuji Taira
US Version Editor: Kenneth Wannberg
Music by: Kunio Miyauchi
Sound Recordists: Masao Fujiyoshi, Masanobu Miyazaki
Special Effects Director: Eiji Tsuburaya
Production Designer: Kiyoshi Shimizu
Cast
Tatsuya Mihashi (Detective Okamoto)
Kaoru Yachigusa (Fujichiyo Kasuga)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (Mizuno/The Vapor Man)
Keiko Sata (reporter Kyoko)
Hisaya Itô (police scientist)
Yoshifumi Tajima (sergeant)
Yoshio Kosugi (mean detective)
Fuyuki Murakami (Dr Sano)
Bokuzen Hidari (Jiya)
Takamaru Sasaki (police chief)
Minosuke Yamada (official)
Tatsuo Matsumura (editor Ikeda)
Yôyô Miyata (bank manager)
Kô Mishima (Detective Fujita)
Kôzô Nomura (reporter)
Ren Yamamoto (Nomura)
Someshô Matsumoto (Fujichiyo’s teacher)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi (bank manager)
Akira Yamada (man in library)
Shôichi Hirose (doomed guard)
Alternative Titles
Gasu ningen dai ichi gô – Japan
The First Gas Human – world-wide
The Human Vapor – USA
Una nube di terrore – Italy
O Vapor Humano – Brazil (DVD)
Газовый человек – Russia
ガス人間第一号 – Japan
Links
See also
Bijo to ekitai ningen (1958)
Densô ningen (1960)
Remake
Gasu Ningen (2026)
References
Periodicals
- Variety 27 May 1964
Books
- The Allied Artists Checklist by Len D. Martin p.153 – credits, synopsis, note
- The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films by Salvador Murguia (ed.) pp.138-139 – credits, review (by Kyu Hyun Kim)
- Fright Night on Channel 9 by James Arena pp.141
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.243
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.207
