Frankenstein Conquers the World









Frankenstein Conquers the World (1966)
AIP Production #6608
Jeff and Cheryl are ringside as the amazing colossal Frankenstein fights his nemesis, Baragon, both above and below ground as Frankenstein Conquers the World.
Screenplay by Takeshi Kimura
Written from a Synopsis by Jerry Sohl
Based on a Story by Reuben Bercovitch
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
executive Producers, Henry G. Saperstein and Reuben Bercovitch
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Starring:
Nick Adams as Dr. James Bowen
Takao Takashima as Dr. Ken’ichiro Kawaji
Kumi Mizuno as Dr. Sueko Togami
Additional Cast:
Yoshio Tsuchiya as Mr. Kawai
Koji Furuhata as Frankenstein
Jun Tazaki as Military Advisor
Susumu Fujita as Osaka Police Chief
Takashi Shimura as Hiroshima surgeon
Nobuo Nakamura as Skeptical Museum Chief
Kenji Sahara as Soldier
Yoshifumi Tajima as Murata
Terunobu Nomura as Overzealous Reporter
Haruya Katô as TV Director
Ikio Sawamura as Man Waling Dog
Yoshio Kosugi as Mountain Soldier
Keiko Sawai as Tazuko Towoi
Noriko Takahasi as Girl in Lodge
Peter Mann as Dr. Riesendorf
Ren Yamamoto as Bystander
Yutaka Sada as Hospital Adminstrator
Hisaya Itô as Osaj\kaPolice Sergeant
Kenzô Tabu as Scorbful News Editor
Shigeki Ishida as Chuckling Scientist
Nadao Kirino as Police Sergeant
Yatuka Nakayama as News Camerman A
Senkichi Ômura as News Cameraman B
Tadashi Okabe as Sarcastic Reporter
Toshihiko Furuta as Bystander
Hideaki Nitani as Hospital Official
Shin Ôtomo as Policeman
Shôichi Hirose as Yunnel Worker
Akio Kusama as Okayama Police Officer
Hideo Shibuya as Reporter
Saburô Iketani as Reporter
Shigeo Katô as Village Police Officer
Bin Furuya as Man in Okayama Crowd
Paul Frees as Various Voices (English version)
Hiroshi Akitsu as Visitor
Kazuo Hinata as Reporter
Yoshio Katsube as Reporter
Keiichirô Katsumoto as Reporter
Setsuko Kawaguchi
Eisaburo Komatsu as Submarine Crew Member / Newspaper Reporter
Keiji Sakakida as Hospital Administrative Staff Member
Haruyama Sakamoto as Haruya Mamoru Hispital Staff
Kôichi Satô as Reporter / Akita Oil Field Employee / Self-Defense Force Member
Masaaki Tachibana as New Reporter
Kamayuki Tsuda as Engineer Shimizu
Sôji Ubukata as Reporter
Haruo Nakajima as Baragon (uncredited)
A Toho Co., Ltd. / Henry G. Saperstein Enterprise Production
An American International Release
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Our open and close is comprised of clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

