Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
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.
Director:
Ishirō Honda
Writer:
Takeshi Kimura
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Tadao Takashima as Dr. Yuzo Kawaji |
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Nick Adams as Dr. James Bowen |
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Kumi Mizuno as Dr. Sueko Togami |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as Daigo Kawai |
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Koji Furuhata as Frankenstein |
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Jun Tazaki as Hideo Nishi, Director of the Okayama Prefectural Police |
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Susumu Fujita as Osaka Prefectural Police Chief |
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Takashi Shimura as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Dr. Suga |
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Kenji Sahara as Tadokoro, Bowen's assistant |
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Hisaya Ito as Osaka Police Sergeant |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Murata, Japanese Imperial Navy submarine captain |
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Kōzō Nomura as Newspaper Reporter |
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Haruya Katō as TTV Director |
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Ikio Sawamura as Housekeeper |
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Yoshio Kosugi as JSDF Executive |
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Keiko Sawai as Tsuruko Toida |
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Noriko Takahashi as Girl in Shirane hut |
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Peter Mann as Dr. Liesendorf |
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Ren Yamamoto as Motoki |
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Yutaka Sada as Hospital Secretary |
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Kenzō Tabu as Newspaper Employee |
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Shigeki Ishida as University Professor |
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Haruo Nakajima as Baragon / JSDF Soldier |
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Yutaka Nakayama as TTV Lighting man |
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Senkichi Ōmura as TTV Lighting man |
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Nadao Kirino as Okabe policeman |
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Shin Ōtomo as Sugiyama policeman |
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Shōichi Hirose as Tunnel Worker |
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Toshihiko Furuta as Farmer |
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Hideo Shibuya as Reporter |
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Tadashi Okabe as Sarcastic Reporter |
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Hideaki Nitani as Hospital Official (uncredited) |
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Saburô Iketani as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Kenichiro Kawaji as Young Frankenstein |
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Kazuo Kumakura as Dr. Lisendorf (voice) |
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Gorō Naya as Dr. Bowen (voice) |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Takeshi Kimura | Screenplay |
| Camera | Hajime Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ryôhei Fujii | Editor |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Riki Konna | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Production Design |
| Production | Reuben Bercovitch | Executive Producer |
| Production | Samuel Z. Arkoff | Executive Producer |
| Production | Henry G. Saperstein | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Sound | Wataru Onuma | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Seishichi Kojima | Lighting Technician |
| Crew | Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Teruyoshi Nakano | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Mary Shelley | Characters |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Director |
| Production | Yorihiko Yamada | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Motoyoshi Tomioka | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiyuki Tokumasa | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Sadamasa Arikawa | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Yukio Manoda | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Lighting | Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Technician |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Sadamasa Nishimoto | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Heihachirō Ōkawa | Translator |
| Directing | Koji Hashimoto | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Reuben Bercovitch | Story |
| Writing | Jerry Sohl | Story |
| Visual Effects | Tadashi Koike | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Directing | Koji Kajita | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Masaaki Hisamatsu | Assistant Director |