The Invisible Avenger

The Invisible Avenger
Directed by Motoyoshi Oda
Produced by Takeo Kita[1]
Screenplay by Shigeaki Hidaka[1]
Starring
Music by Kyosuke Kami[1]
Cinematography Eiji Tsuburaya[1]
Edited by Shuichi Orihara[1]
Production
company
Distributed by Toho
Release date
  • 29 December 1954 (1954-12-29) (Japan)
Running time
 70 minutes[1]
Country Japan

The Invisible Avenger (透明人間, Tōmei ningen, lit. Invisible Man) is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Motoyoshi Oda. The film is a loose adaptation of the H.G. Wells story The Invisible Man.[1]

The film was moderately successful, but was overshadowed by the huge crossover success of Godzilla, earlier in 1954.

Cast

  • Seizaburo Kawazu as Nanjo, the clown
  • Miki Sanjo as Michiyo, the dancer
  • Minoru Takada as Yajima, the leader of the "Invisible Gang"
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya as Komatsu, the reporter
  • Keiko Kondo as Mari, the blind girl
  • Kenjiro Uemura as Ken
  • Kamatari Fujiwara as Mari's grandfather

[1]

Production

The Invisible Avenger was shot in black-and-white at academy ratio.[2] The special effects were directed by Eiji Tsuburaya.[1] David Kalat noted that Tsuburaya's special effects in Tomei Ningen were "clever but sparingly used."[3]

Release

The Invisible Avenger was distributed in Japan by Toho on December 29, 1954.[1] Any release of the film in the United States is undetermined.[1]

Daiei Film produced two similar films featuring invisibility, Tomei ningen arawaru (The Transparent Man) in 1949, and Tomei ningen to Hai-Otoko (Transparent Man vs the Fly-Man) in 1957.[4]

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 107.
  2. ↑ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 373.
  3. ↑ Kalat 1997, p. 37.
  4. ↑ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 312.

Sources

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  • Kalat, David (1997). A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series. McFarland. ISBN 0786403004.
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