The Human Vapor

> Half man... Half beast! Born of woman, re-created by outer space! - Yet, loves like a man!
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> English tagline

***The Human Vapor***  (ガス人間㐧1号,   *Gasu Ningen Daiichigō*?, lit. *The First Gas Man*) is a 1960 tokusatsu film produced by Toho. It is considered to be the third film in Toho's *Transforming Human Series*, after *The H-Man* and *The Secret of the Telegian*. The film was released to Japanese theaters on December 11, 1960, and to American theaters on May 20, 1964. The film is the story of a librarian (Yoshio Tsuchiya), his love for a dancer and his ability to change into a gaseous form.

## Plot

The film tells the story of Mizuno, a librarian who has been given the ability to become vapor after a scientist performs an experiment on him. Mizuno uses this power to engage in criminal activities, robbing banks to give the money to his love interest, the dancer Fujichiyo. Police Lieutenant Kenji Okamoto and his reporter girlfriend Kyoko (Keiko Sata) work together to solve the criminal case and attempt to bring things to a peaceful conclusion.

## Alternate titles

* ***The First Gas Man*** (literal Japanese title)
* ***The Human Vapour*** (alternate English spelling)
* ***A Cloud of Terror*** (*Una nube di terrore*; Italy)

## Release

The film was distributed in Japan by Toho on December 11, 1960. It was later released in the United States as *The Human Vapor* by Brenco Pictures with an English-language dub May 20, 1964. The film was released as a double feature with *Gorath*, and was edited down to 79 minutes.

### U.S. release

*The Human Vapor* was released theatrically in the United States in 1964 by Brenco Pictures Corporation. It was later re-released in a double-bill with *Gorath* in 1969. The American version re-structured the film from a mystery story to a narrative focused around Mizuno told from his point of view. Approximately eleven minutes of footage was cut, while a portion of Kunio Miyauchi's score was replaced with stock music, primarily from Paul Sawtell's score for *The Fly*. Eventually, the rights to the film in the U.S. were acquired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who released it on VHS throughout the 1980's and 1990's. The film is currently unavailable on DVD or Blu-ray in the United States, though it occasionally airs on Comet TV.

## Notes

1. ↑ While *The Human Vapor*'s Japanese title was originally written using the irregular kanji 㐧 (*dai*), it is sometimes substituted with the more common rendering 第 in modern media, such as in the title of its 2010 stage adaptation or on its Japanese steaming listings. Furthermore, the film's posters and screenplay write its title with the kanji 一 (*ichi*; "one"). On virtually all other media, including the film's title card and promotional materials, this is replaced by the numeral 1.

## References

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1. ↑ https://godzilla.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Human\_Vapor\_(1960\_film)
2. ↑ http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1960/cj005700.htm
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## Gallery

Main article: The Human Vapor/Gallery

**Japanese**
**Invisible Man Appears* (1949) · *The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly* · *The Invisible Avenger* (1954) · *Invisible Man: Rape!* · Oh! Invisible Man · *Oh! Invisible Man – Invisible Girl Appears!?* · *Invisible Demon* · *The Invisible Swordsman* ·*
**Other**
*Invisible Avenger* · *Invisible Invader* · *Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare* · *Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts* · *Kujira Gami* · *Memoirs of an Invisible Man* · *The Invisible Man* (1984) · *The Invisible Man* (1977) · *Dr. Jekyll Meets the Invisible Man* (1977) · ***The Human Vapor*** · *The Secret of the Telegian* · *The H-Man* · *The Fly* (1958) · *The Invisible Woman* (1969) · *The Amazing Transparent Man* · *Fear the Invisible Man* · *The Invisible Witness* · *The Invisible Man* (2016) · *The Invisible Maniac* · *The Invisible Man* (2017) · *The Invisible Man* (2018) · *Invisible Man* (2018) · *Mad Monster Party* (1967) · *Strangler of the Swamp* · *The Invisible Man Attacks* · *The Incredible Shrinking Man* · *The Astral Factor* · *Attack of the 50 Foot Woman*