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Frankenstein Conquers The World (Uncut A.I.P. English Language TV Print)

(1966)
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aka's: Frankenstein Meets The Giant Devil Fish/ Frankenstein And The Giant Lizard/Frankenstein vs. The Giant Devil Fish/Frankenstein vs. The Subterranean Monster/Frankenstein vs. Godjirra/Frankenstein vs. Baragon/フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣(バラゴン)
The heart of Frankenstein's monster is stolen from Dr. Frankenstein and taken by U-boat to Japan. When caught in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, it begins to grow and mutate. Several years later a disfigured wild-boy (Koji Furuhata) is discovered stealing peoples' livestock and eating a school's pet rabbit. Doctors Bowen (Nick Adams) and Togami (Kumi Mizuno) put the boy under surveillance. He then begins to grow at an enormous rate and eventually escapes his chains while losing a hand in the process, which survives and crawls around until it dies of malnutrition. Later, a reptilian-subterranean monster named Baragon (Haruo Nakajima) begins a rampage and the Frankenstein monster and the reptile face off. (Includes the original U.S. trailer).

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 later deleted from the U.S. print. Ironically, the sequel, Furankenstein No Kaiju: Sanda Tai Gaira does feature a battle between Gaira, the Green Gargantua, and a giant octopus.

NOTE: This rare TV print from the 1970's includes all the Hiroshima bomb dropping references and extra special effects sequences which have been cut from all more recent editions of this film.

Gorath (English Language Version)

(1964)
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aka's: Yosei Gorasu/Astronaut 1980/Gorath, The Mysterious Star/Suspicious Star Gorath/妖星ゴラス
In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the earth and destroy it. A mission is sent to observe Gorath but is destroyed after all the orbiting ships are drawn into the planetoid. Afterwards, a later mission is also sent to observe but the crew barely leaves before suffering the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai (Akira Kubo) is left in a catatonic state, due to his near death experience. Earth's scientist then come up with a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move Earth out of Gorath's path before it is too late. Also stars Ry� Ikebe, Yumi Shirakawa and Kumi Mizuno. Also with Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara and Jun Tazaki.

Gorath (Japanese Language Version)

(1962)
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aka's: Yosei Gorasu/Astronaut 1980/Gorath, The Mysterious Star/Suspicious Star Gorath/妖星ゴラス
In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the earth and destroy it. A mission is sent to observe Gorath but is destroyed after all the orbiting ships are drawn into the planetoid. Afterwards, a later mission is also sent to observe but the crew barely leaves before suffering the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai (Akira Kubo) is left in a catatonic state, due to his near death experience. Earth's scientist then come up with a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move Earth out of Gorath's path before it is too late. Also stars Ry� Ikebe, Yumi Shirakawa and Kumi Mizuno. Also with Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara and Jun Tazaki. (In Japanese language, with English subtitles).

This film comes from a very nice widescreen import print which includes the rare Giant Walrus sequence that was cut from all U.S. prints.

Originally, this film wasn't going to include the giant walrus, Magma. However, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka insisted that the monster be included in the film, so Ishiro Honda added the sequence, albeit reluctantly.

The Killing Bottle

(1967)
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aka's: Kokusai Himitsu Keisatsu: Zettai Zetsumei/Flasa Koja Ubija/International Secret Police: Driven To The Wall/国際秘密警察絶体絶命
Two agents of the International Secret Police (Tatsuya Mihashi and Nick Adams) must prevent a crime organization from assassinating the President of Buddabai (Jun Tazaki) and his general (Yoshio Tsuchiya). Also stars Makoto Sat�. Also with Kumi Mizuno. Widescreen format. (In Japanese language, with English subtitles).

This film came from a widescreen Japanese import print in excellent picture quality.

This is the 3rd and last film actor Nick Adams made in Japan, just prior to his death a year later. This incredibly rare film, for reasons unknown, was never released in the United States, and was considered lost for over 50 years.

TRIVIA: The scene in which Adams' character is caught in a bear trap was filmed on the final day of shooting. A real bear trap was used for the scene, with Adams' leg protected by a metal guard. However, when they began filming, Adams actually became stuck in the trap, which was chained down, and had to be given an axe to chop himself free, to escape being engulfed by the foam used to portray the Killing Bottle.

This film was a planned partnership between an American and Japanese studio. Nick Adams was quoted as saying, "It promotes good relations-particularly with this American. I get 25 percent of the action." He went on to describe his character in the film as "a Humphrey Bogart-type detective, who foils a plot to assassinate the Emperor of Japan." Months later, on August 17, a quote from Adams appeared in Barney Glazer's Star Gazer column in the South Pasadena Review writing, "Okay, Barney, fans have been waiting for the guy in 'The Killing Bottle'. I'm going to burn up the screen."

In an interview published in the Ohio's Akron Beacon Journal on January 8, 1967, Adams briefly commented, "'The Killing Bottle' is a spy thing. I hope lots of people see it, so maybe I can get my career moving again." Of course we now know how that turned out!

The Lost World Of Sinbad (English language version)

(1965)
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aka's: Dai Tozoku/The Samurai Pirate/Samurai In The Land Of Witchery/7th Wonder Of Sinbad/The Adventures Of Sinbad/The Great Thief/大盗賊
Sinbad (Toshiro Mifune), the adventurous and daring sailor, sets sail to the castle of an ailing king (Takashi Shimura) to stop an evil premier (Tadao Nakamaru), hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter (Mie Hama). Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels, led by (Kumi Mizuno), and a lustful wizard (Ichir� Arishima), he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch (Hideyo Amamoto), a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial Guards, led by (Jun Tazaki). He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation. Also with Akiko Wakabayashi and Mitsuko Kusabue. (In widescreen format).

This film came from a widescreen Japanese import print in very nice picture quality.

The Lost World Of Sinbad (Japanese Language Version)

(1963)
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aka's: Dai Tozoku/The Samurai Pirate/Samurai In The Land Of Witchery/7th Wonder Of Sinbad/The Adventures Of Sinbad/The Great Thief/大盗賊
Sinbad (Toshiro Mifune), the adventurous and daring sailor, sets sail to the castle of an ailing king (Takashi Shimura) to stop an evil premier (Tadao Nakamaru), hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter (Mie Hama). Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels, led by (Kumi Mizuno), and a lustful wizard (Ichir� Arishima), he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch (Hideyo Amamoto), a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial Guards, led by (Jun Tazaki). He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation. Also with Akiko Wakabayashi and Mitsuko Kusabue. (In Japanese language, with English subtitles). (In widescreen format).

The Japanese language version of this film
includes 4 minutes of extra footage which is not
included in the English language version.

War Of The Gargantuas (UPA English Language Version)

(1970)
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aka's: Furankenshutain No Kaij�: Sanda tai Gaira/Frankenstein's Monsters: Sanda vs. Gaira/The War Of The Gargantuas/
Adventure Of Gargantuas/Duel Of The Gargantuas/Katango/
フランケンシュタインの怪獣サンダ対ガイラ
A freighter is attacked by a giant octopus during a stormy night. The octopus is then attacked by a hairy green giant (Haruo Nakajima). The Gargantua then turns his attention to the ship and sinks it, killing and eating all the crew, except for one (Ren Yamamoto). When the surviving crew member tells the police what happened, they call in Doctor Paul Stewart (Russ Tamblyn) and his assistant Akemi (Kumi Mizuno). Several years earlier, Stewart had a younger species of the same creature and it is feared that the monster has grown up and now views man as an enemy. After several attacks, the monster is cornered in a forest near a mountain area of Japan and is nearly killed when shot with super laser beams. Nearly electrocuted, just before it dies, a second and larger brown monster (Hiroshi Sekita) arrives and saves it. This is the creature that previously escaped from Stewart's lab, now fully grown to be over 100 feet tall. The brown one then takes the green monster to safety to help it recover, not knowing his "brother's" evil nature. After the green monster recovers sufficiently, he resumes his rampage. But when he stops to rest, the brown one finds out how evil his brother really is and soon the two begin to fight. The green one then runs off and soon heads for Tokyo. While he is there, he grabs Akemi and is about to eat her when the brown one arrives. The green monster drops Akemi, severely injuring her. The two monsters then resume their fight and eventually wind up in Tokyo Bay, where napalm bombs are dropped on them and a volcano erupts, seemingly killing both. Features an excellent display of special effects photography and miniatures. Also stars Kenji Sahara, Nobuo Nakamura, Jun Tazaki, and with Kipp Hamilton.

This film is a sequel to Frankenstein vs. Baragon aka: Frankenstein Conquers The World (1965). However, all references to Frankenstein were cut from this film.

Tab Hunter was originally chosen to play Doctor Paul Stewart.

When the film was released in America, Russ Tamblyn had to re-dub his own voice because of a malfunction in the soundtrack.

In one draft of the script, the film was to end with the volcano not only destroying Sanda and Gaira, but the lava was to destroy Tokyo and the remaining cells of the two monsters as well.

This film was not released in the U.S. until July 29th, 1970, where it played on a double bill with Monster Zero (1965).

NOTE: This is the rare UPA (United Productions Of America) release of this film, which is no longer being circulated on television and other media outlets. This version is far superior to the International version, which has an inferior audio track, image quality, and omits several special effects shots. This version also has far superior picture quality than the International version (which is currently flooding the market) and is the same version everyone grew up watching in the 1970's on local television stations.

What's Up Tiger Lily? (Uncut Version)

(1966)
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Woody Allen took a Japanese spy flick titled Kagi No Kagi and replaced its original dialogue with an entirely new plot. In it's revised state, this film follows the adventures of agent Phil Moskowitz, who is on a deadly mission to secure the recipe for the "world's greatest egg salad." However, Moskowitz, with the help of the beautiful Suki Yaki (Akiko Wakabayashi) and Teri Yaki, (Mie Hama) must prevent this unique recipe from falling into the hands of the evil Shepherd Wong. The group Lovin' Spoonful recorded the majority of the songs for this film. Also with Kumi Mizuno. (In Widescreen format).