Frankenstein Conquers The World

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965, Japan) is a Kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda. Followed by War of The Gargantuas.

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• Included in: Colossal Creatures from Japan: Kaiju Cinema Classics

Main Details

• Released in 1965
• Color
• Running Time: 94 minutes (Japan) | 87 minutes (USA)
• Production Co: Toho Studios | UPA
• Distribution Co: Toho (Japan) | American International Pictures (USA)
• Directed by Ishiro Honda
• Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Henry G. Saperstein
• Written by Reuben Bercovitch, Takeshi Kimura
• Starring Nick Adams, Tadao Takashima, Kumi Mizuno
• Music by Akira Ifukube
• Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi, Sadamasa Arikawa
• Edited by Ryohei Fujii

Plot Summary

• Near the end of WWII, Germans transport the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster to Japan, where it is seeming lost in the bombing of Hiroshima. Years later a wild boy is found, born from the immortal heart.