Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

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It runs a compact 1h 3m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Takeo MurataScreenplay
• Ishirō HondaDirector
• Kenneth G. CraneDirector
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• John CarradineDr. John Rayburn
• Momoko KôchiThe Girl
• Akira TakaradaThe Boy (Her Brother)
• Akemi NegishiThe Mountain Girl
• Russell ThorsonProf. Philip Osborne
• Robert KarnesProf. Alan Templeton
• Morris AnkrumDr. Carl Jordan
• Sachio SakaiThird Skier
• Nobuo NakamuraProf. Tanaka
• Kokuten KōdōMountain Tribe Leader
• Yoshio KosugiCircus Owner
• Shōichi HiroseCast

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