Ishiro Honda Double Feature: The H-Man & Battle in Outer Space
Masters of Cinema release
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 176 mins
Retail Price: £29.99
Release Date: 2020
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
In Tokyo, a mysterious radioactive liquid is dissolving people into slimy, sentient, seemingly indestructible, blobs of destruction! Part-Japanese gangster noir, part-gooey body melting horror, The H-Man (Bijo to Ekitai-ningen - Beauty and the Liquid People ) is one of the most unique sci-fi films of the 1950s.
A series of mysterious catastrophes sweep the globe, causing the world's scientists to conclude that beings from another planet are attacking Earth, and the world must unite to defend itself in a gigantic battle in outer space! With wonderful special effects sequences by Eiji Tsuburaya (Godzilla, Ultraman), and a rousing score by Akira Ifukube (Godzilla), Battle in Outer Space is a glorious sci-fi extravaganza.
The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present two classics of Japanese sci-fi cinema, both directed by the great Ishiro Honda, for the first time ever on home video in the UK.
Special Features:
Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase (First Print Run of 2000 copies ONLY) featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling
Includes both Japanese and English versions of each film, presented across two Blu-ray discs
Original mono audio presentations
English subtitles (for Japanese versions) and English SDH (for English versions)
The H-Man: Brand new audio commentary with authors and Japanese sci-fi historians Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski
The H-Man: Brand new audio commentary with film historian and writer David Kalat
Battle in Outer Space: Audio commentary with authors and Japanese sci-fi historians Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski
Battle in Outer Space: Brand new audio commentary with film historian and writer David Kalat
Stills Galleries
PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring essays by Christopher Stewardson and Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp (Midnight Eye)
Video Tracks:
2.35:1 widescreen 1080p
Audio Tracks:
PCM 2.0 Japanese
PCM 2.0 English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
Ishirô Honda
Written By:
Takeshi Kimura
Hideo Unagami
Shin'ichi Sekizawa
Jôjirô Okami
Starring:
Yumi Shirakawa
Kenji Sahara
Akihiko Hirata
Eitarô Ozawa
Koreya Senda
Makoto Satô
Ryô Ikebe
Kyôko Anzai
Minoru Takada
Koreya Senda
Len Stanford
Harold Conway
George Whitman
Music From:
Masaru Satô
Akira Ifukube
Director of Photography:
Hajime Koizumi
Editor:
Kazuji Taira
Production Designer:
Takeo Kita
Teruaki Abe
Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment
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