While searching for a lost skier in the mountains of Japan, a group encounters a huge, shaggy, man-like creature as well as a heartless carnival owner who is hunting the beast. Although directed by Toho's kaiju-master Ishiro Honda, the film is slow-moving and not all that interesting (not much is seen of the creature until well into the film). The kaijin is essentially man-sized, so there are few of the miniatures that make Toho's monster outings so entertaining (other than some toy trucks and a brief stop-motion scene). I watched a grainy sub-titled version on-line, so can't really comment on the kaijin suit, the cinematography (although the scene when one of the searchers is left as buzzard bait is great), original script, or acting. The titular 'Beast-Man Snow-Man' is an example of the 'misunderstood monster' sub-genre and the conclusion is poignant as the searchers discover the somewhat surprising fate of its species. The intriguing 'third act' balances the flat first half somewhat but the film will really only be of interest to fans of the studio and/or genre. Apparently the controversy about the depiction of 'Buraku' (a segment of the Japanese population who historically have been subjugated and ostracised) has led to the film being out of general circulation (the subtitled on-line version I watched seems to be quite recently made). Ju Jin Yuki Otoko was 'Americanised' into a much shorter monster film ('Half Human, 1958) featuring perennial horror-schlock star John Carradine, which by all accounts is terrible.