Japan / Jun 24, 1958
People are dissolving! The horror of a flowing radioactive liquid!
1h 27min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | Detective Taguchi |
| Kamayuki Tsubono | Detective Ogawa |
| Tadao Nakamaru | Detective Seki |
| Minosuke Yamada | Chief of Inspectors Kusuda |
| Nadao Kirino | Shimazaki |
| Ayumi Sonoda | Emi |
| Naomi Shiraishi | Mineko |
| Haruya Katō | Mattchan |
| Yasuhiro Shigenobu | Yasukichi |
| Toshiko Nakano | Mrs. Okami |
| Tetsu Nakamura | Mr. Chin |
| Martha Miyake | Chikako Arai (singing voice) |
| Akira Sera | Horita |
| Shigeo Katō | Matsu |
| Machiko Kitagawa | Hanae |
| Jun Fujio | Nishiyama |
| Ren Yamamoto | Saeki |
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| Hisaya Ito | Misaki |
| Tadao Nakamaru | Seki |
| Yutaka Nakayama | An-chan (uncredited) |
| Kō Mishima | Kishi (uncredited) |
| Akira Yamada | Policeman Wakasugi - Witness on rainy day (uncredited) |
| Yōsuke Natsuki | Male witness on rainy day (uncredited) |
| Yoshiko Ieda | Female witness on rainy day (uncredited) |
| Yutaka Sada | Taxi driver who runs over Misaki (uncredited) |
| Shin Ōtomo | Hamano, nightclub gangster |
| Kan Hayashi | Executive Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Sōji Ubukata | Executive Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Mitsuo Tsuda | Executive Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Akio Kusama | Executive Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Shirō Tsuchiya | Executive Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Katsumi Tezuka | Captain of Fishing Boat (uncredited) |
| Senkichi Ōmura | First Dissolved Sailor (uncredited) |
| Haruo Nakajima | Second Dissolved Sailor (uncredited) |
| Hiroshi Akitsu | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| Toku Ihara | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| Ryûtarô Amami | Detective (uncredited) |
| Yutaka Oka | Search Party Leader (uncredited) |
| Shōichi Hirose | Fire Department Official (uncredited) |
| Takuzō Kumagai | GSDF Officer (uncredited) |
| Ichirō Chiba | GSDF Officer (uncredited) |
| Kenzo Echigo | Taxi Driver at Traffic Accident (uncredited) |
| Yukihiko Gondō | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Minoru Itō | Detective (uncredited) |
| Yoshio Katsube | Detective (uncredited) |
| Kô Hayami | Nightclub bartender (uncredited) |
| Saburô Iketani | Nightclub announcer (uncredited) |
| Keiichirō Katsumoto | Nightclub patron (uncredited) |
| Masayoshi Kawabe | Nightclub patron (uncredited) |
| Kawamata Kiichi | Nightclub patron (uncredited) |
| Rinsaku Ogata | Nightclub patron (uncredited) |
| Hiromi Mineoka | Nightclub patron (uncredited) |
| Yasuzō Ogawa | Nightclub patron (uncredited) |
| Masaki Shinohara | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Akira Kitchôji | Nightclub drinker (uncredited) |
| Kazuo Hinata | Nightclub drinker (uncredited) |
| Shin Yoshida | Nightclub drinker (uncredited) |
| Jirô Suzukawa | Nightclub visitor (uncredited) |
| Kazuo Imai | Nightclub visitor (uncredited) |
| Kōji Iwamoto | Nightclub waiter (uncredited) |
| Hiroyuki Satake | Nightclub waiter (uncredited) |
| Masaaki Tachibana | Nightclub manager (uncredited) |
| Mitsuo Matsumoto | Chikako's neighbor (uncredited) |
| Jirô Mitsuaki | GDSF officer (uncredited) |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | Policeman - detective room (uncredited) |
| Takashi Narita | Member of countermeasure meeting (uncredited) |
| Matsue Ono | Madam - Nishiyama's neighbor (uncredited) |
| Keiji Sakakida | Old policeman - investigation room (uncredited) |
| Haruya Sakamoto | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Hideo Shibuya | Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) |
| Ryôji Shimizu | Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) |
| Shigemi Sunagawa | Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) |
| Yoshiyuki Uemura | Newspaper reporter (uncredited) |
| Takuya Yuki | Newspaper reporter (uncredited) |
| Haruo Suzuki | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Kōji Uruki | Detective (uncredited) |
| Kreisuke Yamada | Member of countermeasure meeting (uncredited) |
| Yasumasa Ônishi | Member of countermeasure meeting (uncredited) |
| Moori Yukiko | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Ikio Sawamura | Policeman - Investigation room (uncredited) |
Genres
Science FictionHorror
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 美女と液体人間 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | TOHO, Far East Laboratory |
| Release date | 24 giugno 1958 |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Writer | Takeshi Kimura, Hideo Unagami |
| Editing | Kazuji Taira |
| Cinematography | Hajime Koizumi |
| Assistant directors | Koji Kajita, Ishirō Honda |
| Camera operators | Hajime Koizumi |
| Additional photography | Hajime Koizumi |
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| Production design | Takeo Kita |
| Art direction | Takeo Kita |
| Set decoration | Takeo Kita |
| Visual effects | Sadamasa Arikawa, Eiji Tsuburaya, Shuzaburo Araki |
| Music | Masaru Satō |
| Sound | Masaru Satō |
| Collection | Transforming Human Collection |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United States / May 28, 1959 / NR
Physical media
Germany / Mar 17, 2017 / 12
United Kingdom / Nov 16, 2020 / 12 / Eureka! Entertainment Blu-ray release entitled "Ishirō Honda Double Feature". Packaged with Battle in Outer Space (JP & US cuts).
Japan / Nov 24, 2021 / Toho Video Blu-ray release entitled "Transforming Human Series". Packaged with Invisible Man, The Secret of the Telegian, and The Human Vapor.
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