Frankenstein Conquers The World

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

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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.
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