Invisible Man Appears

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***Invisible Man Appears***  (透明人間現わる,   *Tōmei Ningen Arawaru*?) is a 1949 Japanese tokusatsu science-fiction film produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company, it was and the first instalment in the **Invisible Man Series** Directed by Nobuo Adachi and Shigehiro Fukushima. and loosely based on the novel *The Invisble Man* by H. G. Wells. the film was released to Japanese theaters on September 25, 1949.

## Plot

Doctor Kenzo Nakazato, located in the Nakazato Institute of Chemistry in the mountains of Kobe , promised that his disciples Kyosuke Seki and Shunji Kurokawa would compete in the research and reward those who succeeded first. Both wanted to marry Machiko, the daughter of the doctor. Kurokawa was studying a drug that made objects transparent, but Dr. Nakazato had already invented it. It was successful in experiments with many animals, such as mice and cats, but had not tried it in humans. The reason is that the reducing drug to be restored has not been made yet, and the side effect of the transparent drug causes an abnormality in the nerves of the organism and makes it ferocious. Therefore, the clarification drug was kept secret to his disciples.

One day, an investor who visited the research institute, Ichiro Kawabe, the president of the self-proclaimed drug company, heard from Dr. Nakazato the secret of the transparentizing drug and came up with an idea to abuse it. He was obsessed with "Amur's Tears", a jewel with a market price of 8 million yen. One evening, two masked men appeared in the lab with a pistol and the doctor was taken away by car. After that, there was a doctor's note that he would not go to the police because he would go out for several days. Kabe, who visited the institute, gave Kurokawa a large sum of money and recommended a trip. A man called a doctor's messenger appears in an apartment in Kurokawa, and then Kurokawa also disappears.

A man with a bandage around his face appeared at Tenhodo, a jewelry store. The man interviewed one of the clerk and handed over the business card of "Kenzo Nakazato" and threatened to pass the diamond "Tears of Amur". Disappeared. Then, in the night town, an invisible man robs the wanderer of his clothes, but he is chased by police officers, throws his clothes away and disappears. In addition, the room where the diamond owner Kimiko Nagasokabe and his friend, Ryuko Mizushiro, a flower-shaped actress, were attacked by invisible humans, but the diamond was safe due to Ryuko's ingenuity.

A newspaper reports the existence of the terrifying invisible man, and it is widely known that the true identity is Dr. Nakazato. Machiko, who is worried when the institute is examined by the police. Investigator Matsubara of the Hyogo Prefectural Police finds out a secret cabinet of medicines and materials in the laboratory, and notes that in his diary, "If I disappear, I will transfer the research right to Ichiro Kawabe." From the diary, it turns out that if you use the clarification medicine, you can not return to the original unless you die. Kawabe visited while Machiko was approaching Seki and planned to break the relationship between the two. Kawabe taught Seki that "Kurokawa-kun was kidnapped." Therefore, Seki has a suspicion about Kawabe and visits the police to consult with Chief Matsubara. It turns out that Kawabe's identity is the boss of the Gem Brokers.

Kawabe approaches Ryuko Mizushiro, who holds the diamond. Seki tells Ryuko that Kabe is suspicious and asks for cooperation. Kawabe takes Machiko, who has kept the diamond from Ryuko, in a car, and robs a bandaged man on the way. The bandage man tried to steal Dr. Nakazato's diamond while accusing Dr. Nakazato, but he was arrested by police officers squeezed by Chief Matsubara. A transparent man appears there and stabs a man to a mouth to deliver a diamond to the crew, but the crew knows it is a false diamond.

A transparent person appears in the laboratory where Seki is present and reveals his identity. It was Kurokawa. Seki is relieved to know that Invisible Man is not Dr. Nakazato. An invisible man speaks out his story while smoking the smoke of cigarettes. A few days ago, Kurokawa, who had been taken away by men who were called the doctor's messenger, prescribed a transparentizing drug as a laboratory bench for Dr. Became. The gang falsified that he would give him a reducing drug if he took away "Amur's tears", and was trying to obtain a diamond using him who was becoming ferocious. Kurokawa asked me to give me a reducing drug, and Seki cannot say that the reducing drug isn't completed and that I can't return to my original form unless I die. Machiko, who brought tea there, courtes Seki without knowing that Kurokawa is there. Kurokawa, a transparent human who thinks he was betrayed by Machiko, breaks through the window and leaves.

In the presence of Kawabe, Ryuko ridicules that Invisible Man did not notice the fake diamond. Kawabe says that Dr. Nakazato has been found and is protecting him, and when Ryuko leaves his seat, she takes Machiko wearing a diamond from her house by car. Ryuko, Segi, and Matsubara chief investigators gathered to learn that Kawabe took Machiko to his house. Kurokawa, a transparent human who listens to it outside the window. Kurokawa takes the police sidecar and rushes to the Kawabe residence. A sidecar that runs through the stops of police officers without seeing the driver.

At Kabe's residence, Kawabe locks Machiko in the room and robs her of Diamond to try to get her. A bandage man who heard that he was in the basement descends to the basement and rescues him from being tied up. On the other hand, a transparent human appears in the room where Kawabe attacks Machiko, and drives away Kawabe from the room, stealing Diamond from Machiko. Invisible humans deliver the diamond to a room where Kawabe and his crew are there, and demand a reductant, but Kabe lied, "There is no reductant. I was deceived by the doctor." A transparent human who descends underground while calling for a doctor. The true identity of the bandage man who helped the doctor was Kurokawa's younger sister, Ryuko. Dr. realized that it was Kurokawa from the voice of a transparent human, and Ryuko was surprised.

A police force under the command of Chief Matsubara surrounds the Kawabe residence, which becomes a catch and shootout. Kawabe cuts the pursuit of Matsubara and Seki and tries to escape by swinging his handgun at the seaside. Kurokawa, who knew he was being tricked by the riverside, took the pistol and finally shot him. Matsubara tells Kurokawa that you can't escape from the crime you have committed. Ryuko clings to stop the invisible human who tries to escape by swinging his pistol. A firefight between Kurokawa and the police. Ryuko finally asks Matsubara, who was injured by Kurokawa's bullets, to shoot his brother. A transparent man who suddenly suffers after shooting and enters the sea. The body floating in the sea reverted to the original appearance of Kurokawa.

Everyone standing at the beach. Dr. Nakazato apologized to Chief Matsubara, "I'm sorry for disturbing the world due to my research," and the story begins.

## Cast

* Machiko Nakazato: Chizuru Kitagawa
* Ryuko Mizushiro: Waterfall
* Kyosuke Seki: Daijiro Natsukawa
* Chief Investigator Matsubara: Kozaburo Ramon
* Kenzo Nakazato: Ryunosuke Tsukigata
* Ichiro Kawabe: Tsuyoshi Sugiyama
* Shunji Kurokawa: Mikiharu Koshiba
* Otoji Sugimoto: Jiro Ueda
* Chokichi Tanimoto: Hiroshi Ueda
* Umeo Miyazawa: Shozo Nanbu
* Yoshihei Hatanaka: Shinobu Araki
* Keizo Sasaya: Saburo Date
* Holiday Villa Yayoshi: Tonosuke Hayama
* Detective Suzuki: Jun Fujikawa
* Apartment Manager Ota: Souji Shibata
* Shop Yamaguchi: Takeo Yano
* Merchant Sasaki: Kazue Tamaki
* Drunkard: Gokei Yuasa
* Minoru Yamashita: Tsuneo Katagiri
* Tatsuzo Kinoshita: Akira Shimizu
* Detective Tanaka: Michio Yuri
* Patrol Officer: Akira Shiga
* Store 蠟𠮷ta: Kyo Takigawa
* 𠮷 Kenkichi: Saburo Gota
* Policeman: Tomoya Yamada
* Nagasokabe Kimiko: Terumi Omi
* Motoko Nakazato: Asako Takahara
* Toshiko Nakazato: Namiko Mujo
* Shop Mizuki Suzuki: Yoko Ueno
* Fan Girl: Hinako Fujiwara
* Fan Girl: Nobuko Shiraki

## Staff

* Planning: Kuji Okuda
* Original plan: Takamitsu Akimitsu
* Writer: Nobuo Adachi
* Photo: Hideo Ishimoto , Jisaburo Ohkita
* Music: Saigoro
* Recording: Masao Ohsumi, Nobu Kurashima
* Special photography: Eiji Tsuburaya
* Art: Nohisa Nakamura
* Lighting: Kenichi Okamoto
* Edit: Shigeo Nishida
* Device: Tasuke
* Decoration: Shutaro Mizutani
* Background: Seizaburo Ogura
* Record: Fumiko Ushida
* Beauty: Yoshio Higashi
* Hairdresser: Tsuru Nakai
* Costume: Ayako Hasegawa
* Steel: Teru Komaki
* Acting: Kenji Hisamatsu
* Progress: Kazuhiko Ohashi
* Production Chief: Tadao Adachi
* Director: Nobuo Adachi, Shigehiro Fukushima

## Titles

* Invisible man appears (Japanese: 透明人間現わる Original Japanese release title)
* Invisible Man the current Waru (Japanese title)
* The Transparent Man (Worldwide title)
* Transparent Human Appears (Japanese title)

## Overview

Nobuo Adachi of "Three Pearls" is in charge of the script and direction, and Hideo Ishimoto of "My name is a mistress" is in charge of shooting. Produced by Hisashi Okuda, starring Ryunosuke Tsukigata in "Jakoman to Tetsu (1949)" Chizuru Kitagawa in "Three Pearls" and "Mother Love Star" Chizuru Kitagawa "Hanakurabe Tanuki Goten" and Takiko Mizunoe "Mother Love Star" Daijiro Natsukawa In addition, there are Kosaburo Ramon ("Hida's Rampage"), Mikiharu Koshiba ("Ghost Train") Chiharu Otomo, Hiroshi Ueda, Saburo Date, etc. Eiji Tsuburaya is in charge of special photography.

## DVD

* there is one only release of the film on DVD or VHS ever recorded, in 2005 Kadokawa entertainment from the DVD has been released.

## Gallery

Original Japanese Poster
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