Acting as a sequel to the 1960 film The Human Vapor, the Mizuno character from that film finds the Frankenstein Monster's body and revives him so that he can help him use the Frankenstein formula to revive his beloved girlfriend Fujichiyo (who had died at the end of said film). Toho had always been interested in the Frankenstein character as, in 1961, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka commissioned a film project called Frankenstein vs. Kawaji states that the immortal heart will live on and they may one day see him again, but Bowen believes that Frankenstein is better off dead.įuruhata and Nakajima on-set with the special effects crew Then the ground beneath them collapses and swallows them up. The monsters battle until Frankenstein snaps Baragon's neck. Frankenstein emerges in time to save Sueko and engages Baragon. Kawaji and Bowen try in vain to stop Baragon with the grenades. Kawaji presses on to find Frankenstein, but finds Baragon instead. To Bowen and Sueko's shock, Kawaji reveals his plans to kill Frankenstein by blinding him with grenades in order to recover his heart and his brain. Kawaji still wishes the scientists luck in finding and saving Frankenstein.īowen, Sueko and Kawaji attempt to find Frankenstein on their own. He tries to convince the authorities, but to no avail. Before Bowen and his team dismiss Frankenstein, Kawai returns to tell them that Frankenstein may not be responsible for the disasters it could be the monster (Baragon) he saw in Akita. The Japanese authorities and media believe this to be Frankenstein's doing and Frankenstein narrowly escapes being hunted down by the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Unbeknownst to Bowen and his team, the subterranean burrowing dinosaur Baragon ravages various villages. A severed hand of Frankenstein's is found, proving Riesendorf's theory (the hand then dies due to lack of protein). Frankenstein visits Sueko at her apartment before disappearing.
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He is interrupted by a TV crew, who enrage Frankenstein with bright studio lights and Frankenstein breaks loose. Ignoring Bowen's suggestion to think it over, Kawaji tenaciously attempts to sever one of the limbs of the boy-turned-giant, now called "Frankenstein". Sueko and Bowen strongly object to this method. Riesendorf recommends cutting off a limb, speculating that a new one will grow back.
At Bowen's advice, Kawaji confers with Riesendorf in Frankfurt. Bowen is visited by Kawai, who tells him that the boy could have grown from the heart of the Frankenstein Monster, as the boy was seen in Hiroshima more than once before. Afraid of his strength, the scientists lock and chain the boy in a cage and Sueko, who cares for him, feeds him some protein-filled food to sustain him. Meanwhile, Bowen and his team find out that the strange boy is growing in size due to an intake of protein. Kawai catches a glimpse of a non-human monster within a fissure before it disappears. The former Imperial Navy officer Kawai, who brought the heart to Hiroshima's army hospital, is now working in an oil factory in Akita Prefecture, when a sudden earthquake destroys the refinery. Bowen and his team take care of the boy and discover that he is building a strong resistance to radiation. A year later, they find the boy hiding in a cave on a beach, cornered by outraged villagers. This comes to the attention of American scientist Dr. Fifteen years later, a feral boy runs rampant in the streets of Hiroshima, catching and devouring small animals. As the experiments begin, Hiroshima is bombed with a nuclear weapon by the Americans. Riesendorf and pass it on to the Imperial Japanese Navy, who take it to a research facility in Hiroshima for further experimentation. ĭuring World War II in Nazi Germany, Nazi officers confiscate the living heart of the Frankenstein Monster from Dr. The film was followed by The War of the Gargantuas, released on July 31, 1966. In the film, scientists investigate the origins of a mysterious boy and his resistance to radiation that makes him grow to monstrous size, while a second monster ravages the countryside.įrankenstein Conquers the World was theatrically released in Japan on August 8, 1965, followed by a theatrical release in the United States on Jby American International Pictures. An international co-production of Japan and the United States it was the first collaboration between Toho Co., Ltd and Henry G. The film stars Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno and Tadao Takashima, with Koji Furuhata as Frankenstein and Haruo Nakajima as Baragon.
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