Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957)

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957)

1400 pounds of frozen fury that moves like man! Half-man, half-beast but all monster!

Release Date: 1957, May 17
Directors: Ishirō Honda, Kenneth G. Crane
Countries: Japan, United States of America
Production: Distributors Corporation of America (DCA), TOHO
Cast: John Carradine, Yoshio Kosugi, Kokuten Kōdō, Sachio Sakai, Akira Takarada, Nobuo Nakamura, Momoko Kôchi, Fuminori Ōhashi, Akemi Negishi, Robert Karnes, Russell Thorson, Morris Ankrum

Overview:

An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.