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The Invisible Man Appears

The Invisible Man Appears

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The Invisible Man Appears

"There is no good or evil in science, but it can be used for good or evil purposes!"

1949

1h 22m

6.5(18 votes)

Horror

Science Fiction

Crime

Overview

A scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel.

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Daiei Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Chizuru Kitagawa

Chizuru Kitagawa

Machiko Nakazato

Takiko Mizunoe

Takiko Mizunoe

Ryûko Mizuki

Daijiro Natsukawa

Daijiro Natsukawa

Kyôsuke Segi

Mitsusaburō Ramon

Inspector Matsubara

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Kenzô Nakazato

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Ichirô Kawabe

Kanji Koshiba

Kanji Koshiba

Shunji Kurokawa / The Invisible Man

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Otoji Sugimoto

Hiroshi Ueda

Nagayoshi Tanimoto

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Umeo Miyazawa

Creative team

Directed by: Nobuo Adachi
Written by: Nobuo Adachi
Akimitsu Takagi
Produced by: Hisashi Okuda

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