Monster Snowman

Monster Snowman

94 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Aug. 14, 1955

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman. This Japanese monster film was significantly edited, then added to with new scenes filmed in Hollywood, for U.S. release in 1957 under the title Half Human.

Monster Snowman

94 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Aug. 14, 1955

Monster Snowman
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman. This Japanese monster film was significantly edited, then added to with new scenes filmed in Hollywood, for U.S. release in 1957 under the title Half Human.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 獣人雪男
Directors Ishirō Honda
Writers Shigeru Kayama, Takeo Murata

Cast

Akira Takarada

as Takeshi Iijima

Akemi Negishi

as Chika

Momoko Kôchi

as Machiko Takeno

Nobuo Nakamura

as Professor Koizumi

Sachio Sakai

as Nakata

Yoshio Kosugi

as Oba

Kenji Kasahara

as Shinsuke Takeno

Toshitsugu Suzuki

as Kurihara

Ren Yamamoto

as Shinagawa

Akira Sera

as Matsui

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

as Kodama

Tadashi Okabe

as Takeno

Akira Yamada

as Kaji

Fuminori Ôhashi

as Snowman

Takashi Itô

as Young Snowman

Ichirô Chiba

as Chief policeman

Kokuten Kōdō

as Tribal Chief

Takuzō Kumagai

as Policeman (uncredited)

Shigemi Sunagawa

as Policeman (uncredited)

Senkichi Ômura

as Villager (uncredited)

Shigeo Katô

as Villager (uncredited)

Akio Kusama

as Villager (uncredited)

Keiichirô Katsumoto

as Villager (uncredited)

Tsurue Ichimanji

as Villager (uncredited)

Kyôko Ozawa

as Villager (uncredited)

Akira Kitchôji

as Villager (uncredited)

Hiroshi Akitsu

as Stationmaster (uncredited)

Rinsaku Ogata

as Mountain guide (uncredited)

Kamayuki Tsubono

as Mountain guide (uncredited)

Etsuo Saijo

as Mountain guide (uncredited)

Shôichi Hirose

as Mountain Searcher

Kihachi Okamoto

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Ryûtarô Amami

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Kenzo Echigo

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Toku Ihara

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Kawamata Kiichi

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Eisuke Nakanishi

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Jirô Suzukawa

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Masaaki Tachibana

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Hideo Ôtsuka

as Mountain searcher (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

as Mountain searcher

Yasumasa Ônishi

as Thug (uncredited)

Akira Tani

as Chubby Thug

Yutaka Nakayama

as Thug (uncredited)

Kazuo Hinata

as Station employee (uncredited)