Horrors of Malformed Men

[Don Brown]

As I understand it, the film was never banned per se, but rather Toei were
simply reluctant to give it a freer reign due to a perceived risk of being
attacked for being discriminatory against "malformed" people. In other
words, it's the old *jishu kisei* chestnut that keeps it and other films
from being shown or brought out on DVD due to the corporate culture of fear
against potential complaints rather than actual ones.

Don

2010/7/22 Peter Larson <pslarson2 at gmail.com>

>  That may be a reason why it was "banned", but our question is, who does
> the banning?
>
>
> On 2010/07/22 5:22, Jim Harper wrote:
>
>   According to Patrick Macias' Tokyoscope, the main issue was the
> depiction of mutation and deformity.
>
> Jim.
>
> --- On *Thu, 22/7/10, Peter Larson <pslarson2 at gmail.com><pslarson2 at gmail.com>
> * wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
> To solve a household mystery, could someone tell us how Ishii's superb
> "Horrors of Malformed Men" was "banned"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
>
>
>
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