The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly

The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	透明人間と蝿男
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Tōmei Ningen to Hae Otoko
Directed by	Mitsuo Murayama
Screenplay by	Hajime Takaiwa
Based on	The Invisible Man suggested by 1897 novel by H. G. Wells
Produced by	Hidemasa Nagata
Starring	Ryuji Shinagawa Yoshiro Kitahara Junko Kano
Cinematography	Hiroshi Murai
Edited by	Shigeo Nishida
Music by	Tokujirō Ōkubo
Production company	Daiei Film
Distributed by	Daiei
Release date	August 25, 1957 (1957-08-25) (Japan)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly^[1] (透明人間と蝿男, Tōmei Ningen to Hae Otoko, lit. 'The Invisible Man and The Fly Man') is a 1957 Japanese science fiction horror film produced and distributed by Daiei Film. It was Daiei's second film based on H. G. Wells' 1897 The Invisible Man after The Invisible Man Appears. The film is directed by Mitsuo Murayama, with special effects by Tōru Matoba and stars Ryuji Shinagawa, Yoshiro Kitahara, and Junko Kano.

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• Ryuji Shinagawa as Dr. Tsukioka, the Invisible Man
• Yoshiro Kitahara as Chief Inspector Wakabayashi
• Junko Kano as Akiko Hayakawa
• Yoshihiro Hamaguchi as Detective Hayama
• Shozo Nanbu as Dr. Hayakawa
• Joji Tsurumi as Sugimoto, Dr. Hayakawa's Assistant
• Bontaro Miake as Chief of the Metropolitan Police
• Ichirō Izawa as Kōkichi Kusunoki, the Human Fly
• Chujo Shizuo as Yamada, the Human Fly
• Naoko Matsudaira as Noriko Maeda

The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly was released in Japan on August 25, 1957, as a double feature with Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka and Headbutt and Karate Chop (頭突きと空手チョップ^[2]). The film and its precessor were never released outside of Japan until Arrow Video released the film on Blu-ray on March 15, 2021.^[1][3]

• List of Japanese films of 1957
• List of science fiction films of the 1950s
• The Fly (1958)

• The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly at IMDb
• The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly at Letterboxd
• The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly at the Japanese Movie Database

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