Bijo to Ekitai-ningen (1958)

Japan, 87 min
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  • Release dates
  • Soundtrack listing
  • Awards
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Basic facts

Original title Bijo to Ekitai-ningen
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • Japan
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • Japanska
Swedish release 1959-11-02

Cast

Yumi Shirakawa
Chikako Arai

Kenji Sahara
doktor Masada

Akihiko Hirata
inspektör Tominaga

Eitaro Ozawa
inspektör Miyashita

Koreya Senda
doktor Maki

Makoto Sato
Uchida

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Titles

Original title
  • Bijo to Ekitai-ningen
Swedish release title
  • Fasans monster
Distribution title
  • The H-Man (USA - amerikansk version)
  • The H-Man (Storbritannien)
Translated title
  • Beauty and the Liquid People

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Special Effects
Story
Special Photographic Effects

Cast

Yumi Shirakawa Chikako Arai
Kenji Sahara doktor Masada
Akihiko Hirata inspektör Tominaga
Eitaro Ozawa inspektör Miyashita
Koreya Senda doktor Maki
Makoto Sato Uchida
Yoshifumi Tajima Sakata, detektiv
Yoshio Tsuchiya detektiven i grå kostym
Kamayuki Tsubono detektiven i brun kostym
Tadao Nakamura den pojklike detektiven
Nadao Kirino Shimazaki, kypargangstern
Paul Frees engelske berättaren (engelskspråkig version)
Jun Fujiro Nishiyama
Kan Hayashi polisofficer
Hisaya Ito Misaki, gangstern som upplöses
Haruya Kato Matsu-chan
Machiko Kitagawa Hanae
Akio Kusama polisofficer
Ko Mishima Kishi, gangster på nattklubben
Haruo Nakajima första offret
Tetsu Nakamura Chin, gangster
Yutaka Nakayama An-chan
Toshiko Nakano fru Okami, hyresvärdinnan
Yosuke Natsuki mannen som åser en bilolycka
Senkichi Omura den först upplöste sjömannen
Shin Otomo Hamano, nattklubbsgangster
Akira Sera Horita
Naomi Shiraishi Mineko
Ayumi Sonoda Emi
Katsumi Tezuka Ekitainingen
Mitzuo Tsuda polisofficer
Minosuke Yamada Wakasugi, polischef
Yutaka Sada föraren som kör på Misaki
Ren Yamamoto gangster

Companies

Production Company Toho Co. Ltd
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Columbia Film AB 1959

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 94049
Date 1959-10-30
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2160 meters
Censored length 2146 meters
Notes Klipp i akt 3: ung mans dödande av monstret kortas, akt 4 närbild när monstret dödar en man kortas.


Censorship number 94049
Date 1959-07
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2160 meters
Censored length 2146 meters
Notes Klipp i akt 3: ung mans dödande av monstret kortas, akt 4 närbild när monstret dödar en man kortas.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (Tohoscope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Colour system Eastman Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2386 meter
Length in minutes 87 min


Release dates

First showing 1958-06-24 Japan 87 min
Other showing 1959-05-28 USA 79 min (engelskspråkig version)
Release in Sweden 1959-11-02 Roxy Stockholm Sweden
1959-11-02 Victoria Stockholm Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2129


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 6
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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