Japan, 1960
85m
35mm film, Tohoscope, Eastmancolor; black and white, 2.35:1
mono, Japanese
A Japanese science fiction/horror film directed by Jun Fukuda.
Plot Summary
A maniac killer known only as The Telegian is on the rampage. But this is no ordinary killer – he's using a mind-transmitting machine to teleport himself to his intended victims…
Credits
Crew
Director: Jun Fukuda
Toho
Producer: Tanaka Tomoyuki
Production Manager: Boku Morimoto
Script: Shinichi Sekizawa
Chief Assistant Director: Ken Sano
Director of Photography: Kazuo Yamada
Editor: Kazuji Taira
Music: Sei Ikeno
Sound Recordists: Masanobu Miyazaki, Yoshio Nishikawa
Western Electric Recording
Director of Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects Assistant: Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Lighting: Kuichiro Kishida
Special Effects Cameraman: Teisho Arikawa
Special Effects Art Director: Akira Watanabe
Special Effects Matte Artist: Hiroshi Mukoyama
Special Effects Opticals: Hidesaburo Araki
Production Designer: Kyoe Hamagami
Studio: Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Cast
Koji Tsuruta (Kirioka)
Akihiko Hirata (Detective Kobayashi)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (Detective Captain Onosaki)
Tadao Nakamaru (Sudo/Goro Nakamoto)
Yumi Shirakawa (Akiko Chujo)
Seizaburô Kawazu (Mr Onishi)
Sachio Sakai (Mr Taki)
Yoshifumi Tajima (Mr Takashi)
Fuyuki Murakami (scientist)
Takamaru Sasaki (Takaki)
Shin Otomo (Sukimoto)
Ikio Sawamura (amusement park announcer)
Ren Yamamoto (Inspector)
Yutaka Sada, Akira Kitano, Yutaka Nakayama (policemen)
Eisei Amamoto, Nadao Kirino, Shoichi Hirose (Onishi's henchmen)
Senkichi Omura, Hironobu Wakamoto (fishermen)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi, Tatsuo Matsumura (officials)
Tadashi Okabe, Koji Uno (bystanders)
Fumito Matsuo (tourist)
Akira Sera (club announcer)
Alternative Titles
The Secret of the Telegian
The Telegian
The Telegraphed Man
