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A direct sequel to Furankenshutain
tai Chitei Kaiju Barugon/Frankenstein
Conquers the World from 1965: As numerous ships are attacked off
the coast of Tokyo, army & press soon suspect Sanda, Frankenstein's
monster of the previous film - even if the monster was killed in the
previous film. However, leading Frankenstein expert doctor Kitei (Russ
Tamblyn) strongly rejects the idea of his monster living in the sea
& attacking boats, since Sanda was always a gentle creature. So,
while his assistant (Kenji Sahara) goes to the coast to investigate the
shipwrecks, Kitei & his assistant Akemi (Kumi Mizuno) go to the
mountains, where they believe Sanda to be if he was still alive. Sure
enough they find traces of Sanda, while the Shipwrecks show genetic
traces similar to those of Sanda, but not quite the same. Sure enough,
not Sanda was the wrecking monster, but his evil clone Gaira. Soon the
army manages to hunt down & corner Gaira (who is allergic to light,
but when they move in for the kill, he is saved by a suddenly appearing
Sanda, who nurses him back to health, but, when he finds out about his
evil ways, changes his attitude towards him & chases him away. Gaira
now goes to Tokyo to wreak some decent havoc, with Sanda close behind,
the army again moving in for the kill & Akemi - sort of Sanda's
substitute mother - & Kitei trying to save Sanda. A giant battle
that destroys large parts of Tokyo ensues, that ends with the monsters
in Tokyo harbour throwing ships (!) at each other, before the 2 of them
vanish into an underwater volcano. Of all his giant monster
movies, this is one of director Inoshiro Honda's lesser efforts, spoilt
mainly by the very ridiculous monster costumes, that fail to convince
even for a second. However, it does show a great love for childish
destruction, helped by the usual great miniatures by Eiji Tsurubaya,
and: How can a movie that has a monster throwing tanks at houses (!)
& 2 monsters throwing ships (!) at each other be all bad ?! |
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