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Frankenstein Conquers the World (1966)

Movie"A fearsome kaijin? A mad new antagonistic kaiju? A golden entertainment epic of Japan-U.S. collaboration!"
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66
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NR 1 hr 30 minJul 8th, 1966Horror, Science FictionFrankenstein (Toho) Collection PosterPart of Frankenstein (Toho) Collection
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During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
StarringTadao TakashimaNick AdamsKumi Mizuno
DirectorIshirō Honda

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 8th, 1966
Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Samuel Z. Arkoff, Reuben Bercovitch, Henry G. Saperstein, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Production Companies:TOHO, Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc.
Movie Tags:
world war iijapanmonsterscientistgermanytokusatsukaijusubmarinegiant monsteratomic bomb

Frankenstein (Toho) Collection

During WWII, a human heart taken from Dr. Frankenstein's lab and is kept in Japan where it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and eventually becomes an indestuctable humanoid. Later, a reptilian monster goes on a rampage. Eventually the Frankenstein creature and the reptile face off in a terrible battle. An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two begin to battle across Japan.