The Invisible Man Appears / The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
Blu ray
Arrow Films
1949, 1957 / 1.33:1 / 87, 96 min.
Starring Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe
Cinematography by Hideo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Murai
Directed by Nobuo Adachi, Mitsuo Murayama
Founded in 1942, Daiei Films appealed to the hearts and minds of movie-goers with a remarkably diverse catalog. Movies like Akira Kurosawa’s enigmatic Rashomon and Koji Shima’s apocalyptic Warning from Space were emblematic of the studio’s output—high art or low, Daiei took the same discerning approach to their productions, no matter the subject matter. At times the company may have been too thoughtful—for a movie that featured giant starfish aliens as a selling point, Warning from Space takes a dark turn toward real-world catastrophe that might have put some audiences off their popcorn. And the Saturday Matinee thrills of the Daimajin films—an early sixties trilogy featuring a sky-scraping samurai—go sour...
Blu ray
Arrow Films
1949, 1957 / 1.33:1 / 87, 96 min.
Starring Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe
Cinematography by Hideo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Murai
Directed by Nobuo Adachi, Mitsuo Murayama
Founded in 1942, Daiei Films appealed to the hearts and minds of movie-goers with a remarkably diverse catalog. Movies like Akira Kurosawa’s enigmatic Rashomon and Koji Shima’s apocalyptic Warning from Space were emblematic of the studio’s output—high art or low, Daiei took the same discerning approach to their productions, no matter the subject matter. At times the company may have been too thoughtful—for a movie that featured giant starfish aliens as a selling point, Warning from Space takes a dark turn toward real-world catastrophe that might have put some audiences off their popcorn. And the Saturday Matinee thrills of the Daimajin films—an early sixties trilogy featuring a sky-scraping samurai—go sour...
- 4/17/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
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