would go there and sends him a transmitter so he can successfully kill him. The police give chase, but Tsudo retrieves a hidden transmitter and begins to teleport, only for tremors to damage the receiver and cause Tsudo to dissolve into oblivion. Cast Tadao Nakamaru as Sudo, alias Goro Nakamoto Koji Tsuruta as Reporter Kirioka Akihiko Hirata as Detective Kobayashi Yoshio Tsuchiya as Onosaki, Detective Captain Seizaburo Kawazu as Masayoshi Onishi, Kainan Trade President Sachio Sakai as Taki Yoshifumi Tajima as Syogen, Cabaret Manager Fuyuki Murakami as Miura, Scientist Takamaru Sasaki as Takaki Shin Otomo as Sukimoto, Broker Ikio Sawamura as Amusement Park Announcer Ren Yamamoto as Inspector Akira Kitano, Yutaka Nakayama, Yutaka Sada, Tadashi Okabe as Policemen Hideyo Amamoto, Nadao Kirino, Shoichi Hirose as Onishi's Henchmen Senkichi Omura, Hironobu Wakamoto as Fishermen Yasuhisa Tsutsumi, Tatsuo Matsumura as Officials Akira Sera as Club Announcer Koji Uno as Trucker Production Writing First written by Shinichi Sekizawa in 1959, Ishiro Honda was originally meant to direct this film, but he left the film to direct Battle in Outer Space (1959), which had been delayed due to the production of The Birth of Japan (1959), instead. In his place, Toho chose Jun Fukuda, who had previously acted as an assistant director on Rodan, to direct the film. Honda would go on to direct the third entry in the mutant Series, The Human Vapor. Release The Secret of the Telegian was released in Japan on April 10, 1960, in color and TohoScope. The film was released with English subtitles by Toho International with North American theatrical rights purchased by Herts-Lion International, who would later release the film directly to American television in pan-and-scan, black and white. The film was screened in Los Angeles for a trade screening on July 21, 1961. References Footnotes Sources External links 1960 horror films 1960s action films 1960s crime films 1960s science fiction horror films 1960s thriller films Films directed by Jun Fukuda Films set in Aichi Prefecture Films set in Nagano Prefecture Films set in Tokyo 1960s mystery films Japanese serial killer films Toho tokusatsu films 1960 films Films with screenplays by Shinichi Sekizawa 1960s Japanese films