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.
Practical Effects
Giant Frankenstein suit wrestling a burrowing dinosaur
Production
Toho-UPA co-production with Nick Adams' chaotic energy
Direction
Honda's surprisingly tender monster-as-victim framing
Director
Ishirō Honda
Tadao Takashima
Dr. Yuzo Kawaji
Nick Adams
Dr. James Bowen
Kumi Mizuno
Dr. Sueko Togami
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Daigo Kawai
Jun Tazaki
Hideo Nishi, Director of the Okayama Prefectural Police
Susumu Fujita
Osaka Prefectural Police Chief
Takashi Shimura
Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
Nobuo Nakamura
Dr. Suga
Kenji Sahara
Tadokoro, Bowen's assistant
Hisaya Ito
Osaka Police Sergeant
Yoshibumi Tajima
Murata, Japanese Imperial Navy submarine captain
Kōzō Nomura
Newspaper Reporter
Ikio Sawamura
Housekeeper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The famous giant octopus battle was added after Toho execs demanded more monsters—originally shot for a different film entirely.
This was Toho's first co-production with a US studio, casting Nick Adams to appeal to American audiences during the kaiju boom.
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Frankenstein Conquers The World - 1965 War Of The Gargantuas - 1966 are the two best most strangest Kaiju films ever made.
@michaelbruns449 7
Nick Adam' character understands Japanese but cant speak it?
@panowa8319 2
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