Frankenstein Conquers the World (フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣 バラゴン)

TOHO COMPANY, LIMITED

FRANKENSTEIN

FRANKENSTEIN VS.

FRANKENSTEIN VS. BARAGON

1945

ALLIED FORCES INVADE GERMANY

EUROPE, NORTH SEA THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

INDIAN OCEAN

Crash dive!

Crash dive!

Depth 45!

Enough.

- Sighted her, sir! - I see.

- It's dangerous during the day, sir. - I imagine so.

Even at night, if it takes too long...

What is it that they want us to take?

A human being, perhaps.

Hitler?

Hardly.

Germany has reached the end of her line.

We'd appreciate it, if it's a powerful secret weapon!

Standing by to take over delivery!

Surface!

Is it so important?

They sent it all the way from Germany and even sacrificed a submarine for it?

HIROSHIMA ARMY HOSPITAL

Salute!

Thank you for your trouble, but I'm afraid you were a bit late.

Why, sir?

I mean we aren't ready, nor do we have the time for further research work.

Here.

The key, sir.

You want to see what is inside, don't you?

Yes, sir.

The thing you risked your life to bring back.

It's Frankenstein's heart.

Frankenstein?

Is it a living heart?

It will never die.

Never die?

Have you ever heard about Frankenstein?

Yes, I have, but not in detail.

A long time ago, a German scientist named Frankenstein sewed up...

...a corpse that had been cut into little pieces...

...and used electric shocks to revive it.

Is this for an important research?

To make soldiers who will never die from getting shot.

Are you trying to pull my leg, Doctor?

I really mean it.

If we could solve the mystery of this heart as well as...

...the activities of the cell bodies...

...80 to 90% of the soldiers who die in wars could be saved.

AUGUST 6TH, 1945

15 YEARS LATER

Take care of yourselves.

I'll come again.

How do you feel?

Please take this, Doctor.

For me?

Yes.

Thank you very much for everything.

It's very beautiful. Thank you.

- Did you sleep well? - Yes.

That's fine.

She knows her end is near.

Perhaps so. She is a bright girl.

Yes.

That's why she hurried to finish this embroidery for you.

Please look, Dr. Bowen.

The cells that have been exposed to twice the lethal dose of radiation have...

...become active.

Did she die?

Tazuko Towoi in Ward No.11...

It's worse than death.

She lingers on, wondering from day to day when she'll die.

It's a shame that our research work...

...hasn't reached the point where we can save her.

Her parents were also killed by the A-bomb, weren't they?

All alone since she was a baby...

How can we describe her life'?

The story of Hiroshima is too tragic.

But it's also a fact that it has given us...

...the opportunity to study the cellular tissues of the human body.

We must work to turn tragedy into eternal peace and happiness in the future.

Did you see a strange-looking boyjust now?

- Yes, he ran in that direction. - Would you believe it'?

He killed our dog and took it with him. I think he's going to eat it.

Is he a waif?

There were lots of them just after the war. Please be careful.

- There's no telling what he'll do. - Yes.

I'm the first!

- Second! - Third!

What's up?

A rabbit!

Teachefl

Teacher! Teacher!

A DEGENERATE? DEAD RABBIT IN SCHOOL ROOM

Your kimono is very becoming, Doctor.

Thank you.

Py birthd ~ Oh! ay t° Y°u.

Thank you very much. Please come in.

This way, please.

Thank you.

Please sit down.

Thank you.

I'm afraid it's a very modest meal.

Thank you.

It's good, isn't it?

How do you make this soup'?

- First I put dried fish in... - No...

That's second. First, you scoop up some dried fish.

It takes time to learn to understand American humor.

Japanese humor is very hard to grasp too.

Please.

Thank you.

Are you going to remain in Japan to carry on your research work?

I am afraid not.

But what about your research?

Sueko, I came here after the war, because I was one of the people...

...concerned about the A-bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.

I wanted to spend my life rehabilitating mankind, not in destroying it.

But...

But?

But the more research work I do, the more I am troubled by doubts.

So I'm thinking of returning to America to start all over again.

Drop dead!

You're not hurt'?

That boy.

That boy'?

The waif I told you about the other day.

Wait a minute.

Working on Sunday?

Doctor...

They don't have any Sundays either.

Do you remember Tazuko Towoi?

Yes. Today is the anniversary of her death.

Don't squint at bacteria all the time.

How about driving out to visit Tazuko's grave?

Yes, I'd love to.

Thank you, Doctor.

Her grave is up on the mountain in back.

Let's go.

There's a waif!

Come on. Hurry!

Waif?

Let's go.

It's dangerous, Children. Stay away.

Come out!

He's the boy from that night?

I can'tjust shoot him.

Does he really eat dogs and cats?

Yes. Chickens and rabbits too.

He's just like a wild beast himself.

He's gone farther inside. Go around to the back.

Say, don't try to run away! Come out!

Hurry, come out!

Come out!

No use trying to get away!

Come out!

We'll bring him out, so please send everyone away.

- No, it's dangerous. - I've fed him once.

Too many will only upset him. Leave us alone.

Please be careful then.

Come out.

There's nothing to worry about. Come out.

Come out. No one will hurt you.

Please don't use a flash. We don't want him to go on a rampage.

Drink this.

Strange to say, this boy's a Caucasian.

- A half-caste abandoned by a prostitute? - No, he is a full-blooded white boy.

He received radiation when he was a baby.

And the important point is that he did not develop radiation poisoning.

Instead, his body is building up strong resistance to radiation.

Radiation?

I can't believe a white boy was abandoned just after the end of the war.

Wasn't he born much later than that?

In any case, he's very important from a scientific point of view.

I'd like your help in finding out who his parents are, where he was born...

...and in what sort of environment he grew up.

AKITA OIL FIELDS

It says there's a boy in Hiroshima who shows a strong resistance to radiation.

VICTIM OF A-BOMB? A WAIF HAVING STRONG RESISTANCE TO RADIATION

Hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

I wouldn't be surprised if a child like that was born.

You said you saw a heart in Hiroshima that will never stop beating, didn't you?

Yes.

It's a silly story.

So many peculiar things happened around the time the war ended.

An earthquake?

It seems like a big one.

Run for it!

Run!

Run to the mountain in back!

Hurry! Run!

Are you all right?

Hurry!

He doesn't show any signs of recognizing words.

He has strange blue eyes.

Could it be caused by anemia?

No.