Horrors of Malformed Men

Oct 31, 1969

1h 39m

★ 5.6

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

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.

Genres

Horror

Mystery

Production Companies

Toei Company

Horrors of Malformed Men Trailers

Cast

Hirosuke Hitomi / Genzaburô Komoda

Teruo Yoshida

Shizuko

Yukie Kagawa

Hideko / Hatsuyo

Teruko Yumi

Toki Komoda

Mitsuko Aoi

Chiyoko Komoda

Michiko Kobata

Female Patient A

Yumiko Katayama

Kei

Kei Kiyama

Mad Woman

Reiko Mikasa

Slashed Woman

Miki Obana

The Nurse

Kyomi Sakura

Kin

Michi Tanaka

Masseur

Yoshiko Kato

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