Human Vapor (1960)
Japan
aka Gasu ningen dai ichigo, The First Gas Human
Director: Ishirô Honda
Starring: Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshio Tsuchiya
More home run action from the classic Toho powerhouse team of Honda, Tsuburaya and Tanaka. Hardcore crime noir with fantastical elements....and a really great and seedy take on the Invisible Man riff. People tend to to look right over the non-Kaiju films from Toho et all and it a mistake. This film, like the H-Man, really builds a dark mood that escalates right up to the punch packing nihilistic finale. Enjoy!!! On a related note - good friend of the Hex and all around stand up guy August Ragone has penned a really awesomely detailed book on Eiji Tsuburaya called MASTER OF MONSTERS. August is one of the premiere stateside experts on Japanese monsters and this one comes highly recommended. If these films are of even remote interest, then HEED our shameless plug! - you will be doing yourself an unimaginable favor!
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September 8th, 2009
Thank you SO much for having this available. I had been looking for this film for so long. Now, all I need to find somewhere on the web is the uncut "Secret of the Telegian" and my life will be complete.