John Carradine narrates a yeti while Americans ruin a Japanese classic. What could go wrong?
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.
Practical Effects
The yeti suit looks like roadkill and a mop had a baby.
Direction
Honda's original vision butchered by insert footage and Carradine's monotone.
Director
Kenneth G. Crane
John Carradine
Dr. John Rayburn
Momoko Kôchi
The Girl
Akira Takarada
The Boy (Her Brother)
Akemi Negishi
The Mountain Girl
Russell Thorson
Prof. Philip Osborne
Robert Karnes
Prof. Alan Templeton
Morris Ankrum
Dr. Carl Jordan
Sachio Sakai
Third Skier
Nobuo Nakamura
Prof. Tanaka
Kokuten Kōdō
Mountain Tribe Leader
Yoshio Kosugi
Circus Owner
Shōichi Hirose
Haruo Nakajima
Fuminori Ōhashi
Snowman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This butchered version removed Honda's original condemnation of atomic testing—the yeti's deformity was meant to mirror Hiroshima survivors, not just be 'scary.'
Toho destroyed most original Japanese prints, making this American abomination the only widely available version for decades. Cinema history weeps.
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