When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works. His disappearance stumps the police until a young scientist appears who claims that H-Bomb tests in the Pacific have created "H-Men" who ooze like slime and dissolve anyone they touch.
A New York Herald Tribune film critic at the time called it, "A good-natured poke at atom-bomb tests... The picture is plainly making a case against the use of nuclear bombs. At the same time, there is a great deal of lively entertainment in the story involving police, dope smugglers, scientists and some very pretty Japanese girls."
Of course, this is a much-lighter look at nuclear radiation than the Japanese version of "Godzilla" is. The music, melting people and generally lighter tone make it quite a different approach. And within only a few years of the other film, showing there was more than one way to approach the subject in 1950s Japan.
This film is probably not well known, but probably should be: its excellent use of color, the cool and creepy melting effects... in some ways it parallels "The Blob" (which came out the same year), and is easily on par with some of the American International films of the next decade.
A New York Herald Tribune film critic at the time called it, "A good-natured poke at atom-bomb tests... The picture is plainly making a case against the use of nuclear bombs. At the same time, there is a great deal of lively entertainment in the story involving police, dope smugglers, scientists and some very pretty Japanese girls."
Of course, this is a much-lighter look at nuclear radiation than the Japanese version of "Godzilla" is. The music, melting people and generally lighter tone make it quite a different approach. And within only a few years of the other film, showing there was more than one way to approach the subject in 1950s Japan.
This film is probably not well known, but probably should be: its excellent use of color, the cool and creepy melting effects... in some ways it parallels "The Blob" (which came out the same year), and is easily on par with some of the American International films of the next decade.