Horrors of Malformed Men

– Hirosuke (Teruo Yoshida) , a medical student with almost no recollection of his past, is trapped in ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 39 Minutes
Release Year:
1969
Original Name:
江戸川乱歩全集 恐怖奇形人間
Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) - Also known as 江戸川乱歩全集 恐怖奇形人間

Hirosuke (Teruo Yoshida) , a medical student with almost no recollection of his past, is trapped in an asylum, despite being perfectly sane. After escaping from the loony bin, and being framed for the murder of a circus girl, he spots the photo of a recently deceased man, Genzaburo Komoda, to whom he bears an uncanny resemblance. By pretending to have been resurrected, Hirosuke assumes the dead man's identity, fooling everyone, including Komoda's widow and mistress. Whilst at the Komoda household, Hirosuke recalls memories that convince him to travel to a nearby island, home of Jogoro, the web-fingered father of Genzaburo. Whilst on the island, Hirosuke not only discovers Jogoro's plans to build his 'ideal community' (by transforming perfectly normal humans into hideous freaks), but also the awful truth behind his own identity.

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Genre:

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) - Trailer

Release Date:

31 Oct 1969

Language:

Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Teruo Ishii

Writer:

Teruo Ishii (screenplay), Masahiro Kakefuda (screenplay), Rampo Edogawa (novel)

Main Actors:

Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi, Mitsuko Aoi

Plot:

After escaping from an insane asylum, a young medical student takes on the identity of a dead man to discover the true identity of a man whose picture he saw in a newspaper--who is his exact double. His investigation leads him to a remote island where he discovers a sinister laboratory where a crazed scientist is performing gruesome experiments on live humans--and that his own family has a connection to the scientist.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%