Half Human

Article summary

is a 1955 Japanese science fiction horror film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akemi Negishi, Sachio Sakai, and Nobuo Nakamura, with Sanshiro Sagara as the Abominable Snowman. The film was released in Japan in 1955, and in the US (cut to 70 minutes) on May 22, 1957 (retitled Half Human), on a double feature with The Monster from Green Hell (1957).

Key claims

1. release date: 1957-05-22 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 1955-08-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 1957-05-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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