Japan Release: 1960
Running Time: 85 minutes

The Secret of the Telegian

電送人間
[Denso Ningen]

On the night of August 15, 1945—the night of Japan's surrender—a military unit headed by Commander Onishi plundered a crate of gold from the Japanese people. Their treachery was soon discovered by a lance corporal named Sudo, who attempted to resist and return the gold, only to be ambushed and left for dead in a cave. Fourteen years later, one of Onishi's former men is murdered in an amusement park, stabbed to death with a bayonet. The murder is investigated by the police and a scientific reporter by the name of Kirioka, who discover Lance Corporal Sudo survived the incident fourteen years ago and has returned to kill the men who betrayed him. What's more, Sudo has somehow gotten access to an advanced form of transportation technology allowing him to essentially teleport himself across Japan. Sudo murders another one of Onishi's former subordinates and disappears. As the police try to protect Onishi and his one surviving associate, Kirioka attempts to track down Sudo and uncover the technology which has turned him into the Telegian...

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The Secret of the Telegian

The Secret of the Telegian
US Distributor: Toho International (1975) / Time: 85 Minutes

The Electrical Transmission Human
[Literal translation]

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Background and Trivia

• Toho submitted the film to the US copyright office on December 29th, 1997 with the registration number of PA0000891377. The movie was submitted under its Romaji title, Denso Ningen, and its international title, The Secret of the Telegian. The copyright registration was part of a large, seven title claim. Other films on the same copyright submission include Westward Desperado (1960) and Daughters, Wives, and a Mother (1960).
• The Toho Special Effects: All Kaiju Illustrated Encyclopedia (ISBN: 9784096820902) cites the title "creature" as 電送人間 須藤 ("Denso Ningen Sudo") , which roughly translates to "Sudo, the Electrical Transmission Human". Using Toho's rather unique international title for the film, though, an alternate name could be "Telegian Sudo".
• Yoshifumi Tajima's role in the dubbed version is credited as "Mr. Takashi", while in the original Japanese version his character is referred to as Syogen (隆昌元).
• Ishiro Honda worked on the treatement for the film, but left the project early. This detail is cited in Age of the Gods (self-published).

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