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The Human Vapor

1960 film by Ishirō Honda
Movie film Q1094136
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Summary

The Human Vapor is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,804 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Ishirō Honda[3]
  • Screenwriter: Takeshi Kimura[4]
  • Composer: Kunio Miyauchi[5]
  • Genre: science fiction film[6]
  • Cast member: Kaoru Yachigusa[7], Yoshio Tsuchiya[8], Yoshifumi Tajima[9], Bokuzen Hidari[10], Shoichi Hirose[11], Yoshio Kosugi[12], Tatsuo Matsumura[13], James Hong[14]
  • Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka[15]
  • Production company: Toho[16]
  • Director of photography: Hajime Koizumi[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[18]
  • Commons category: The Human Vapor[19]
  • Color: color[20]
  • Country of origin: Japan[21]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1960[22]
  • Distributed by: Toho[23]
  • Narrative location: Tokyo[24]
  • Main subject: serial killer[25]
  • Film editor: Kazuji Taira[26]
  • Title: ガス人間第一号[27]
  • Duration: 92 minutes[28]
  • Derivative work: Human Vapor[29]
  • P14449: 254732[30]
  • P14462: amzn1.dv.gti.fea141d0-9d08-4ec6-ae66-cc61fe65d1bc[31]
  • P14567: SID0249665[32]
  • P14724: 10778117[33]
  • P14821: 53853[34]

Why It Matters

The Human Vapor has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

film Ishirō Honda James Hong Japan Toho

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . allmovie.com. allmovie.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Pierre Tribhou · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 10778117
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'cy', 'en', 'fr', 'ja', 'pl', 'ro', 'ru', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 10778117, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301881455|Gasu ningen daiichigo (#301881455)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance "
  2. 29d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Human Vapor
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Human Vapor, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790007161948"
  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 53853
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 53853, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  4. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0249665
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14567: SID0249665, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783175743995"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 254732
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
  6. 19w ago · 70Juan · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ガス人間第一号'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Title: ガス人間第一号"
  7. 20w ago · Reubot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → film
    Genre → science fiction film
    Aliases → —
    Color → color
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14462: amzn1.dv.gti.fea141d0-9d08-4ec6-ae66-cc61fe65d1bc, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258801|batch #258801]]"
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