Horrors of Malformed Men

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Horrors of Malformed Men

"Banned for decades! The most notorious Japanese horror film ever made!"

1969

1h 39m

5.6(59 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Overview

After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.

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Cast & Crew

36 members

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吉田輝雄

Hirosuke Hitomi / Genzaburô Komoda

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賀川ゆき絵

Shizuko

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由美てる子

Hideko / Hatsuyo

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葵三津子

Toki Komoda

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Michiko Kobata

Chiyoko Komoda

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片山由美子

Female Patient A

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Kei Kiyama

Kei

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Reiko Mikasa

Mad Woman

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Miki Obana

Slashed Woman

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桜京美

The Nurse

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Michi Tanaka

Kin

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加藤欣子

Masseur

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Asano Kanamori

Female Patient B

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Yôko Koyama

Miki

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Chiyo Okada

Clerk

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Mie Hanabusa

Mie

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Sumie Ozawa

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近藤正臣

Takeshi

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Misao Kawasaki

Hunchback B

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Yukio Miyagi

Male Patient A

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Isamu Tsuchihashi

Male Patient B

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Hideo Ayuba

Mad Man

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George Okabe

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Jûta Kara

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Tamotsu Okuno

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Tensaku Murata

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Yoshiaki Yamashita

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高英男

Guard

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笈田敏夫

Hayashida

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沢彰謙

Hunchback A

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大泉滉

Priest B

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由利徹

Priest A

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上田吉二郎

Doctor

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土方巽

Jôgorô Komoda

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小池朝雄

Hirukawa

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大木実

Kogorô Akechi / Manservant

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