Frankenstein Conquers the World
“A fearsome kaijin? A mad new antagonistic kaiju? A golden entertainment epic of Japan-U.S. collaboration!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 68, rated by 1 admin.
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Frankenstein's surviving heart becomes part of a Japanese giant-monster emergency. Ishiro Honda's unlikely crossover eventually gives its growing creature a reptilian opponent. Cheap effects and wildly elastic science are balanced by the simple appeal of a highly unusual kaiju matchup.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 5/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 6.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“Frankenstein has outgrown the laboratory and entered a different franchise category.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 68
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 1965
- Directed by
- Ishirō Honda
- Running time
- 90 min
- Original title
- フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣
Starring
- Tadao Takashima as Dr. Yuzo Kawaji
- Nick Adams as Dr. James Bowen
- Kumi Mizuno as Dr. Sueko Togami
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Daigo Kawai
- Koji Furuhata as Frankenstein
- Jun Tazaki as Hideo Nishi, Director of the Okayama Prefectural Police
- Susumu Fujita as Osaka Prefectural Police Chief
- Takashi Shimura as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 3160. Review uses a different release year; the catalogue follows the canonical TMDB release date.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review finds the effects cheap but the climactic Frankenstein-versus-Baragon wrestling entertaining.
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