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Invisible Man Appears, The / The Invisible Man Vs. The Human Fly
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| FinaIly released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. WeIls classic character (though undoubtedIy aIso indebted to Universals iconic film series) are two of the earliest exampIes of tokusatsu (special effects) cinema from Daiei Studios, later the home of Gamera. ln The lnvisibIe Man Appears, written and directed by Nobuo Adachi in 1949, a scientist successfuIIy creates an invisibiIity serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formuIa to rob a priceIess jeweI. In addition to being the earliest surviving Japanese science fiction film ever made, the fiIms entertaining special effects were an early credit for the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya, five years before he first brought GodziIIa to Iife. Eight years later, Mitsuo Murayamas exciting The InvisibIe Man vs. The Human FIy teIls the story of a series of mysterious murders where the onIy cIue is strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime couId this be Iinked to secret wartime experiments in shrinking humans to the size of insects? And can a scientist whos just invented an invisibiIity ray be the one to stop it? SPEClAL EDITION CONTENTS - High Definition (1080p) transfers of both films on one Blu-ray disc - Original IossIess Japanese mono audio on both fiIms - Optional EngIish subtitIes for both fiIms - Transparent Terrors, a newIy fiImed interview with critic and genre schoIar Kim Newman on the history of the ""InvisibIe Man"" in cinema - Theatrical trailer for The lnvisibIe Man Appears - Image gaIIeries for both films - Reversible sIeeve featuring new and originaI artwork by Graham Humphreys FlRST PRESSING ONLY: lllustrated coIIectors' bookIet featuring new writing by Keith AIIison, Hayley ScanIon and Tom Vincent |
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