Half Human

Half Human, originally released in Japan as Jjin Yuki Otoko ? , lit. Monster Snowman , is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Film Productions Ltd. in 1955. The film was made by Tohos Godzilla production team, consisting of Ishir Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Tomoyuki Tanaka. This was director Hondas second assignment in the kaiju genre, after the original Godzilla 1954.

The Japanese version is told in flashbacks framed by scenes of a reporter questioning the expedition after they have returned from their harrowing ordeal in the mountains. Five young friends, university students, have come to the Japanese Alps during New Years for a skiing vacation. Among them are Takashi Iijima Akira Takarada his girlfriend Machiko Takeno Momoko Kochi and her brother Nakada Sachio Sakai. The other members of the group are their friends, Gen and Kaji.Exhilarated by the mountain views, Gen and Kaji get a little carried away and decide to ski way on ahead of the others. Takashi warns them that the way down the mountain is a lot more difficult than it looks but the other two decide to go ahead anyway. Sure enough, when Takashi, Nakata and Machiko return to their lodge, the innkeeper has seen no sign of the other two. Because the weather has taken a sudden downturn the mountain is about to get hit by a blizzard. ........

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