Friday 11 March 2016

Kaiju Fever: Jūjin Yuki Otoko (1955)

Here's a rare Kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda a year after Gojira. It's rare because it's been removed from circulation due to the apparent bad depiction of the inhabitants of a remote village (which is sorta bullshit) who closely resemble the Ainu People. It seems the only version of the original that seems to be available is a vhsrip which I managed to get hold of. There is of course also a  horribly edited Americanized version called Half Human that is widely available that is apparently awful.
This film is actually pretty good though, the monsters are a monster snowman and his kid, though they aren't Daikaiju and are just a little larger than a human. The suits are very dated and don't look that great, but they still do a fine enough job for the film.
The story is told in flashback as a reporter asks a group of people about what had happened to them in the mountains. It unfolds at a good pace and features some pretty good acting and is overall an enjoyable and pretty solid film, it's just a damn shame that it is so unavailable.***1/2


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