Japan, 1960
85m
35mm film, Eastmancolor (black and white in the USA), 2.35:1 (Tohoscope)
Perspecta Stereo, Japanese
A Japanese science fiction film directed by Jun Fukuda.
Plot Summary
Detectives are on the trail of a psychopath known as the Telegian who is using a mind-transmitting machine to teleport himself.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Jun Fukuda
Toho Company, Ltd.
Associate Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenplay by: Shin-ichi Sekizawa [real name: Shinichi Sekizawa]
Photographed by: Kazuo Yamada
Film Editor: Ichiji Taira
Music by: Shigeru Ikeno
Sound Recording by: Yoshio Nishikawa, Masanobu Miyazaki
Director of Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects Photography by: Hidezaburo Araki
Art Supervision by: Kyoe Hamagami
Cast
Koji Tsuruta
Yumi Shirakawa
Seizabuko Kawazu
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Tadao Nakamaku
Akihiko Hirata
Takamaru Sasaki
Yoshibumi Tajima
Fuyuki Murakami
Ikio Sawamura
Sachio Sakai
Shin Otomo
Ren Yamamoto
Fumito Matsuo
Kiyomi Mizunoya
Tsuruko Mano
Senkichi Omura
Yutaka Sada
Akira Sera
Hideyo Amamoto
Alternative Titles
Denso Ningún – Japan
The Electrical Facsimile Transmission Human
The Secret of the Telegian – Italy, USA
O Segredo do Homem Elétrico – Brazil
The Telegian
The Telegraphed Man
電送人間 – Japan
Links
See also
Bijo to ekitai ningen (1958)
Gasu ningen dai 1 gô (1960)
References
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.199
- The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films by Salvador Murguia (ed.) pp.282-283 – credits, review (by Kyu Hyun Kim)
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.405
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.425
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.226-227
