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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.
Theatrical
Jul 8, 1966
Director
Ishirō Honda
Writers
Takeshi Kimura, Reuben Bercovitch, Jerry Sohl
Producers
Samuel Z. Arkoff, Reuben Bercovitch, Henry G. Saperstein
Music
Akira Ifukube
Studio
TOHO, Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc.
Original Title
フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣
Original Language
Japanese
Quotes
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Axis Scientist
Frankenstein's heart.
Mr. Kawai
Frankenstein? It's alive?
Axis Scientist
It is immortal.
Mr. Kawai
Immortal?
Axis Scientist
You never heard what was said of Frankenstein's experiments?
Mr. Kawai
Yes, but I heard he was destroyed.
Axis Scientist
Well, a long time ago, a German scientist sewed together the parts of a man in hopes to bring it back to life. He used an electric shock to bring it to life.
Mr. Kawai
But what can we gain from the research?
During WWII, a human heart taken from Dr. Frankenstein's lab and is kept in Japan where it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and eventually be...
Frankenstein (Toho) Collection
Cast
Full credits →T
Tadao Takashima
Dr. Yuzo Kawaji
N
Nick Adams
Dr. James Bowen
K
Kumi Mizuno
Dr. Sueko Togami
Y
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Daigo Kawai
K
Koji Furuhata
Frankenstein
J
Jun Tazaki
Hideo Nishi, Director of the Okayama Prefectural Police
S
Susumu Fujita
Osaka Prefectural Police Chief
T
Takashi Shimura
Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
N
Nobuo Nakamura
Dr. Suga
K
Kenji Sahara
Tadokoro, Bowen's assistant
H
Hisaya Ito
Osaka Police Sergeant
Y
Yoshibumi Tajima
Murata, Japanese Imperial Navy submarine captain
K
Kōzō Nomura
Newspaper Reporter
H
Haruya Katō
TTV Director
I
Ikio Sawamura
Housekeeper
Y
Yoshio Kosugi
JSDF Executive
K
Keiko Sawai
Tsuruko Toida
N
Noriko Takahashi
Girl in Shirane hut
P
Peter Mann
Dr. Liesendorf
R
Ren Yamamoto
Motoki
