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The Human Vapor

ガス人間第１号

1960-12-111h 32mScience Fiction / Crime / Thriller7.1/1028 votes

A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him?

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Directed byIshirō Honda

Original languageJapanese

Original release1960-12-11

ProductionJapan

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Tatsuya MihashiDetective Okamoto

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru YachigusaFujichiyo Kasuga

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio TsuchiyaMr. Mizuno

Keiko Sata

Keiko SataReporter Kyoko

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen HidariJiya

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshibumi TajimaDetective Inspector

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Hisaya ItoPolice Scientist Tatsuo MatsumuraEditor Ikeda Fuyuki MurakamiDr. Sano Yoshio KosugiMean Detective Kō MishimaDetective Fujita Takamaru SasakiPolice Chief Kōzō NomuraKyoko's Fellow Reporter Someshō MatsumotoFujichiyo's Teacher Ren YamamotoNomura the Robber Takuzō KumagaiKajimoto Kamayuki TsubonoPoliceman Ozaki Yasuhisa TsutsumiBank Manager (uncredited)Shōichi HiroseBurly Guard (uncredited)Tetsu NakamuraJournalist (uncredited)Minosuke YamadaOfficial (uncredited)Yutaka OkaCop (uncredited)Yukihiko GondōShooting Guard (uncredited)Akio KusamaCop (uncredited)Mitsuo MatsumotoMember of crime laboratory (uncredited)Hideo ShibuyaAudience member (uncredited)Junpei NatsukiBystander (uncredited)Haruo NakajimaTransitional Vapor Man (uncredited)Yoyo Miyata(uncredited)Akira Yamada(uncredited)Rinsaku Ogata(uncredited)Keiji Sakakida(uncredited)Keisuke Yamada(uncredited)Kôichi Satô(uncredited)Hiroshi Akitsu(uncredited)Masaaki Tachibana(uncredited)Tadahiko Kuroda(uncredited)Tamami Fujino(uncredited)Minoru Itō(uncredited)Wataru ŌmaeAudience Member (uncredited)Kô Hayami(uncredited)Jirô Suzukawa(uncredited)Shinjirô Hirota(uncredited)Kichishirô Fujitaya(uncredited)Shôtarô Kashiwa(uncredited)Kojûrô Kineya(uncredited)Kyûtarô Yoshimura(uncredited)Katsushirô Kineya(uncredited)Wakisuke Kineya(uncredited)Washiyuki Kineya(uncredited)Washisaburô Kineya(uncredited)Wanosuke Kineya(uncredited)Nobuhide Hôsei(uncredited)Kishirô Katada(uncredited)Kisaburô Katada(uncredited)Kisaku Katada(uncredited)Hiroshi Fukuhara(uncredited)Yasuaki Shinkô(uncredited)Toki ShiozawaWife (uncredited)

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