Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Release: 1957-05-17
·Runtime: 63m
·★ 3.0
Horror
Science Fiction
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.
Production Countries
United States of America
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
John Carradine
as Dr. John Rayburn
Momoko Kôchi
as The Girl
Akira Takarada
as The Boy (Her Brother)
Akemi Negishi
as The Mountain Girl
Russell Thorson
as Prof. Philip Osborne
Robert Karnes
as Prof. Alan Templeton
Morris Ankrum
as Dr. Carl Jordan
Sachio Sakai
as Third Skier
Nobuo Nakamura
as Prof. Tanaka
Kokuten Kōdō
as Mountain Tribe Leader
Yoshio Kosugi
as Circus Owner
Shōichi Hirose
Haruo Nakajima
Fuminori Ōhashi
as Snowman (uncredited)
Crew
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Shigeru Kayama
Original Story
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design
Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling
Ishirō Honda
Director
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects Assistant
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects
Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects
Teizô Toshimitsu
Sculptor
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
Sadamasa Arikawa
VFX Director of Photography
Fuminori Ōhashi
Costume Design
Fuminori Ōhashi
Modeling
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
Sadao Iizuka
Special Effects
Kihachi Okamoto
First Assistant Director
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects Director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects Assistant
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer