The Human Vapor
The Human Vapor, known in Japan as Gas Human No. , Gasu Ningen dai Ichig? , is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1960. The film was made by Tohos legendary Godzilla directingspecial effectsproducing team of Ishir Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Tomoyuki Tanaka.
The film tells the story of Mizuno Yoshio Tsuchiya, a librarian who has been given the ability to become vapor after a scientist Fuyuki Murakami performs an experiment on him. Mizuno uses this power to engage in criminal activities, robbing banks to give the money to his love interest, the dancer Fujichiyo Kaoru Yachigusa. Police Lieutenant Kenji Okamoto Tatsuya Mihashi and his reporter girlfriend Kyoko Keiko Sata work together to solve the criminal case and attempt to bring things to a peaceful conclusion.James Hong provided the voice of the Human Vapor in the dubbed American version. The Englishdubbed version was released theatrically in 1964 by Brenco Productions. This version is extensively reedited. The American distributors created a constant narrative from the title character. The music and sound effects are also toyed with. Despite all these changes, star Yoshio Tsuchiya has stated that this is his preferred version of the film. The American version was released on home video several times throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. MGM, the current rights holder, has yet to release the film on DVD. ........
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