Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965)

Calificación de los usuarios:

3.2/10   

Director:

Ishirô Honda

Escritores:

Reuben Bercovitch (story)
Takeshi Kimura (writer)(American version)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 julio 1966 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Horror | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

He rolled the Seven Wonders of the World into one!

Plot:

During WWII, a human heart taken from a certain lab in Europe (Dr. Frankenstein's) is kept in a Japanese lab...

Plot Keywords:

Frankenstein | Monster | WWII | Frankenstein's Monster | Scientist

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Guilty Pleasure.

Reparto

Tadao Takashima	...	Dr. Yuzo Kawaji
Nick Adams	...	Dr. James Bowen
Kumi Mizuno	...	Dr. Sueko Togami
Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Mr. Kawai
Koji Furuhata	...	Furankenshutain (The Frankenstein Monster)
Jun Tazaki	...	Military Advisor
Susumu Fujita	...	Osaka Police Chief
Takashi Shimura	...	Axis Scientist
Nobuo Nakamura	...	Skeptical Museum Chief
Kenji Sahara	...	Soldier
Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Submarine Commander
Kôzô Nomura	...	Overzealous Reporter (as Terunobu Nomura)
Haruya Kato	...	TV Director
Ikio Sawamura	...	Man Walking Dog
Yoshio Kosugi	...	Mountain Soldier

También conocida como:

Frankenstein Conquers the World (USA)
Frankenstein Meets the Giant Devil Fish
Frankenstein and the Giant Lizard
Frankenstein vs. Baragon (International: English title)
Frankenstein vs. Godjirra (Japan) (working title)
Frankenstein vs. the Giant Devil Fish
Frankenstein vs. the Subterranean Monster
Furankensuten to Baragon
Frankenstein a la conquista de la Tierra (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

90 min | Japan:93 min (original version) | USA:87 min

País:

Japan

Idioma:

Japonés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

USA:Unrated

Compañía:

Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc.

Trivialidades:

One of the proposed titles for this film was "Frankenstein Vs. the Giant Devil Fish". In fact, one of the lobby photos features the title monster doing battle with a giant octopus. However, that scene was deleted from the film. Ironically, the sequel, Furankenstein no kaiju: Sanda tai Gaira does feature a battle between Gaira, the Green Gargantua, and a giant octopus.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: In the sequence with "Frankenstein" trying to capture the wild boar, in the last shot of the boar running off, the tracks that the model is running on are visible.

Citas:

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?
Axis Scientist: We might learn how to process or grow any part of the human body.
Mr. Kawai: Please don't joke with me.
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004) (V)

Guilty Pleasure.

Here's a movie about a radioactive child growing into a large, homeless 100 foot tall looking brute who grunts, and then fights a nappy looking dinosaur. Okay, it's not Ingmar Bergman, but damn, is it silly, fun and entertaining. It's chock full of cliches, but the pace is amazingly fast. One of the best elements of this happy cinematic misfire is actor Tadao Takashima. His normally bland white-lab coated scientist has some fascinating charcater elements (He's an alky, and has an interesting dark streak) The VHS copy I have has tacked on the ending where Frankenstein vs. A-Big-Octopus-That-Comes-Out-Of-Nowhere. Silly, and fun. Cool party movie.