Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965
94 Min
Synopsis
Wrongly accused of destroying the countryside, a 20-foot-tall mutant dukes it out with the true culprit — the giant reptile Baragon — in this classic 1964 Japanese monster movie from Ishirô Honda, director of the original Godzilla. When Frankenstein’s (Koji Furuhata) heart gets a dose of radiation from the Hiroshima bomb, the organ grows into a giant monster-boy destined to battle nasty Baragon.
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Ishirô Honda
Ishirō Honda (本多 猪四郎 Honda Ishirō), sometimes miscredited in foreign releases as “Inoshiro Honda”, (May 7, 1911 in Yamagata Prefecture – February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. His early film career included working as an assistant under the famed director, Akira Kurosawa.
Alongside his film duties, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II in China and was a prisoner there when the war ended.
He is probably best known for his tokusatsu films including several entries in the Godzilla series. He directed the original Godzilla along with King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), All Monsters Attack (1969) and many others until 1975. He also directed such tokusatsu films such as Rodan and Mothra. His last feature film was Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975).
The following years were spent directing various sci-fi TV shows. The superhero shows Return of Ultraman, Mirrorman and Zone Fighter were also his. In addition, he… read more
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Frankenstein Conquers the World! Bow to his might.
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
The still beating, disembodies heart of Frankenstein’s monster was transported from Nazi Germany to Japan for experimentation during World War II. But the heart is believed lost when Allied Forces drop
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