५ ऑक्टोबर, २०२२

Half Human.

I love that poster. It's for a 1955 Japanese film about the Abominable Snowman.

I ran across that just now researching the phrase "half human" as I was writing the previous post

Interesting things about the poster: woman in shorts in a snowy mountain environment, man more suitably dressed in a Tyrolean hat, vaguely indicated male genitalia on the Snowman.

ADDED: Joe Dante explains "Half Human":

 

What the whole thing if you dare: here.

१४ टिप्पण्या:

mikee म्हणाले...

She's got a big knife, and her guy friend has a rifle, so watch out, Mr. Snowman!

Heartless Aztec म्हणाले...

Snowman shrinkage.

Heartless Aztec म्हणाले...

Or would that be abominable shrinkage?

Wilbur म्हणाले...

Ha. This post is Lileks-esque.

exhelodrvr1 म्हणाले...

Where's Jessica Lange when you need her?

Enigma म्हणाले...

*.* 0_0

Ahh, the old days. For the same vibe see Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C. (1966)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060782/


I'm waiting for a transgender version that costs $1,000,000,000 to produce and earns $1,000 in theaters (e.g., recent gay romance flop).

Saint Croix म्हणाले...

You'd have to call Dr. Freud but I think that's "supposed to be" the monster's left hand.

Howard म्हणाले...

Ah, oh, no, I don't think they wanted me to talk really, I don't think they wanted me to say anything. It was just their way of having a bit of fun the swines. Strange thing is they make such bloody good cameras.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

It looks like an African-American to me. Japanese fascination with 50s monster city-destroying figures is supposed to be nuclear war fascination, not displaced racism.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

Why would a Japanese mountain climber wear a Tyrolean hat? Don’t the Japanese have their own headgear for cold weather?

Rollo म्हणाले...

... vaguely indicated male genitalia on the Snowman.

Naughty girl. Go sit in the corner for the rest of the day.

Randomizer म्हणाले...

I haven't seen this movie, but the girl has a large knife and scabbard, so she could be a savage. That's kind of a cute outfit for a savage, but it would explain the lack of sensible footwear. She is also an action-oriented woman, as demonstrated by the awkward body posture and jazz hand. Ninja girls probably get hot when they are prowling around.

The Tyrolean hat and gun imply a sporting man.

I bet she lives in a warm cave and is the snowman's friend. The sporting fellow is hunting in the mountains and encounters the snowman. Now I want to watch the movie and check my guesses.

Randomizer म्हणाले...

For comparison, here is the movie poster for the American remake of the movie.

Movie poster for the American version

The woman is dressed in an even more unlikely outfit, and is vulnerable.

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

Unusual to see a Japanese poster with so much kanji...hardly any hiragana and seemingly no katakana (for foreign words).

I thought it was Chinese at first glance.

A modern poster would look totally different character-wise...