Frankenstein Conquers the World

Frankenstein vs. Baragon
Theatrical release poster
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Directed by	Ishirō Honda
Screenplay by	Takeshi Kimura
Story by	Reuben Bercovitch Jerry Sohl
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring	Nick Adams Kumi Mizuno Tadao Takashima
Cinematography	Hajime Koizumi Sadamasa Arikawa
Edited by	Ryohei Fujii
Music by	Akira Ifukube
Production companies	Toho Co., Ltd Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises
Distributed by	Toho (Japan) American International Pictures (United States)
Release dates	August 8, 1965 (1965-08-08) (Japan) July 8, 1966 (1966-07-08) (United States)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	Japan United States
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥93,000,000 (equivalent to ¥391,184,805 in 2019) (Japan)

Whereas the previous Kaijuega of Toho's conception were growing despondent of the seriousness of say, a 1954 "Gojira" in growing favor of the "sillier" conventions of contemporary television series like Ultraman, Toho had decided upon itself to utilize a classic creation of Western literature (now by this point largely realized within filmography from Universal Pictures' adaptation), Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. Toho's attempt to bring the titular Frankenstein creation to life carries a humorous tone typical of the originators of kaiju media. In their portrayal Frankenstein's monster not only exists in Japan but is also scaled to the proportions of a Godzilla-sized creature. It faces off against a worldly competitor, the monster Baragon, original to this film. While Baragon would later appear in other Kaijuega films, notably the 2001 production "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack", also by Toho Studios, unfortunately, the sizeable Frankenstein Monster is absent.