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You mustn’t! No!

My life's work! My research!

No...

Be careful.

Let go.

- Clear to set off. - Clear to set off!

- Long voyage ahead. - Long voyage ahead!

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.

Please take this, Doctor.

Yes.

Thank you very much for everything.

Yes.

She knows her end is near.

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.

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?

Did you see a strange-looking boy just now?

- Yes, he ran in that direction.

- 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.

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

I'm the first!

- Second!

- Second! - Third!

What's up?

A rabbit!

Teacher!

Teacher! Teacher!

Your kimono is very becoming, Doctor.

Oh!

Thank you very much. Please come in.

This way, please.

Please sit down.

Please.

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

But what about your research?

But?

Drop dead!

You're not hurt?

That boy.

The waif I told you about the other day.

Wait a minute.

There's a waif!

Come on. Hurry!

Waif?

It's dangerous, Children. Stay away.

Come out!

I can't just 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.

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

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.

- A half-caste abandoned by a prostitute?

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

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?

It says there's a boy in Hiroshima who shows a 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.

Could it be caused by anemia?

Why are you so violent?

Eat quietly.

He won't harm me.

Now, sit down.

He grows with amazing speed. Is it due to radiation?

I'm back.

How was it?

There were four hundred letters, including those sent to newspapers...

...and TV stations.

I went through all of them, but none were of any help.

However, one of the letters says he may be the boy that used to be...

...seen playing in the ruins of the Army Hospital.

- At the Army Hospital?

- At the Army Hospital? - Yes.

I went to see the sender, but I couldn't find out anything about his parents...

...just that he'd been seen playing in the ruins.

But even if the story is true...

...how could he have grown up there from the time he was a helpless baby...

...if he were all alone?

He has become so big we had to put him in here.

He still grows like a baby.

Why is that?

We don't know.

- Is he ever violent?

- Is he ever violent? - No, he isn't.

It’s just a precautionary measure.

I'd like to go in and take some pictures.

Please do.

Is it safe?

Yes, while I am with him.

Wait a minute. I'll bring you something to eat right away.

We don't know when he will become violent.

We can't keep him here any longer.

We've decided to build a place for him with the laboratory budget.

So only until it is completed...

- I'm afraid I can't give you an answer alone.

- I'm afraid I can't give you an answer alone. - What do you suggest then?

How about asking the Zoo to keep him?

He's a human being!

He's precious. There's no one like him in the whole world.

Dr. Kawaji and Dr. Togami, please return to the laboratory at once!

I don't know if I'll be of any help or not, but...

I couldn't forget the news of the boy who had grown up in the...

...ruins of the Army Hospital.

Just after Berlin fell, we received Frankenstein's heart from a German submarine...

...and delivered it to the Army Hospital in Hiroshima.

I heard then that the heart would never die.

Yes.

Yes.

It was preserved in liquid. It was beating regularly.

But how the heart...

Why did they bring it to Japan?

I was told that they'd make soldiers who'd recover instantly from bullet wounds.

It was a study on the activities of the cell bodies that...

...would never die as long as you replenish protein to them.

What you would like to know is...

...whether the creature in Hiroshima is Frankenstein or not, isn't it?

Yes, sir.

Dr. Frankenstein's monster that you are talking about...

It is said the monster died many times, but always came back to life.

However, its heart has never died. Not even once.

If the protein supply is sufficient, the active cells will quickly mend the body.

Even if the arms are cut off, new ones will grow on again.

When you return to Japan, cut off his arm or leg.

If he is Frankenstein, he will grow new ones.

Moreover, I'm sure the arms or legs that have been cut off will also live on.

Here's your food.

Doesn't it hurt?

But it's eating into your wrist.

I'll order a larger chain at once.

You must be tired.

Is anything wrong?

It's nothing.

Dr. Togami's certain to oppose it.

What are you two talking about?

I met Dr. Rissendoft in Frankfurt. He said that...

...the only way to prove whether he's Frankenstein or not is to cut off...

...his arm and leg.

I'm absolutely against such a cruel thing!

There's no other way to find out.

What if no new arm or leg grows back on?

He's not a human being anyway.

You refused to let him be sent to a zoo by insisting he's a human, didn't you?

But just as gorillas aren't human beings, right now he's...

No! He's a human being. So was Frankenstein.

He wasn't an ordinary human being.

- He was man-made.

- He was man-made. - Even so, a human being just the same!

It's good.

I cook mine too long.

No, that's second.

First, you lasso a big cow, don't you?

He said he had some work left, but I'm sure he'll be here soon.

Say, be careful! Steps here!

Camera here!

- Listen, who's in charge here? Are you?

- Listen, who's in charge here? Are you? - We're from a TV station.

The hospital official gave us the go-ahead to take pictures.

It's okay to take pictures.

But he's really in a bad humor although he seems quiet enough.

I wish he'd cut up a little. He's not worth filming as he is now.

It's no joke.

Ready?

Lights okay.

- Ready! Start shooting!

- Ready! Start shooting! - Stop!

- Stop it! Stop, I tell you!

- Stop it! Stop, I tell you! - Please don't come out!

Is it safe?

Turn off the lights! Turn them off!

- Lights off!

- Lights off! - Amazing.

Run! Run!

The monster's become loose!

The phone!

Call the police!

Hello!

Hello! Get me the hospital official! The hospital official, please!

Hospital official? Is anything wrong with the Boy?

He's cut his chain and has become loose! Is Dr. Bowen there?

Yes, he is.

- Please ask him to come over at once!

- Please ask him to come over at once! - Yes!

I'll go too.

The boy will listen to me. He needs me.

We're in terrible trouble.

What can we do?

Bring all the fire extinguishers!

Hurry, hurry!

It's dangerous! Don't go too near!

Go!

At 7:30 tonight, the giant that was being kept at the laboratory of the International...

...Institute of Radiotherapeutics became wild and has suddenly disappeared.

Emergency orders have been issued.

All the police force and firemen are requested to return to their positions...

...and wait for further orders. I will repeat...

What is it?

Wait!

You can't escape!

Wait!

Come back!

Over there! Over there!

Regardless of all the sacrifices, you believe that he shouldn't be killed?

Yes!

He is very important scientifically!

- Weren't those deaths due to negligence?

- Weren't those deaths due to negligence? - Yes.

The problem is what sort of chain was used on him.

Let's check and see!

It's very strange. Was the handcuff too big?

That's it! It must have slipped off.

They should be held responsible for it then.

I don't see anything.

It was here! I'm sure it was!

It's strange!

Doctor, it's Frankenstein! There's no doubt about it!

Frankenstein, did you say?

Yes.

I'll make the protein culture solution at once. We must keep the hand alive.

What a surprise!

Now, we can't shoot him, can we?

Is there any other way of killing him?

I don't think he'll offer any resistance if I go.

Can you stay with him 24 hours every day all year round?

Hello.

For you.

Thank you.

Hello.

There was trouble at a hog ranch in Okayama!

What about it?

A hog ranch! Five hogs were killed!

Are you telling me that Frankenstein went to Okayama?

What else can we think?

Ate everything except the bone and skin!

All right! I'll be right back!

He's escaped to Okayama!

It's out of our hands then, sir?

Don't look so relieved yet.

An emergency announcement!

An emergency announcement!

It has been confirmed that Frankenstein is somewhere in the vicinity...

...of Okayama City.

According to the Hiroshima Police...

...he hunts for food mostly during the night...

...and remains in the mountains and valleys during the daytime.

Anyone who sees him, please report it...

...to the nearest police station or to the city office.

Be sure to listen in on all news about him from now on.

Eyewitnesses say that he is four times bigger than a human being.

He's grown bigger since he left Hiroshima.

He's so big and you haven't found him yet?

Our patrol cars are of no use.

And he can think like a human being which makes it even worse.

Yes.

What I would like to say, sir, is that he's always a jump ahead of us.

What do you want me to do?

We need tanks more than patrol cars.

That's being considered already at a higher level.

- Will they be in time for tonight?

- Will they be in time for tonight? - You're...

It's imperative that we take every precaution tonight.

- Okay.

- Okay. - Yes.

A success, isn't it?

Has it been revived?

The hand will be able to remain active now...

...without the aid of the electro-magnetic device, won't it?

- Good morning. - Good morning.

This place is right in the middle of the city, so I guess he wouldn't come here.

I guess not, but I'd like to get a look at him if he's so big.

Scared, but you want to see him?

Help!

Yes?

Oh, they are here.

- Hello.

- Hello. - Thank you for coming. Hello.

We're sorry to trouble you, but we decided to request your presence...

...in case something completely unexpected came up.

Please sit down.

Do you think Frankenstein has any purpose in coming to Kyoto, Osaka, or Kobe?

You insisted at first, did you not, on not having him killed?

But as you know, we have preserved his hand...

...so if you decide that he must be killed after all the harm he has done...

...we will bow to the inevitable...

...and will not try to prevent it.

Hello.

What? Lake Biwa?

Something 500 meters ahead!

- Slow speed ahead! - Slow speed ahead!

- Hard starboard 15. - Hard starboard 15.

Captain!

Calm down! Calm down!

He's right.

But we have his hand. We can still continue our studies with it.

- Is anything wrong?

- Is anything wrong? - Yes...

The hand's gone!

What?

When? When did it happen?

I noticed it when I came to work this morning.

There's not a single drop of fluid left...

Dr. Bowen!

It's dead!

But it's grown very large!

- Thank you for coming.

- Thank you for coming. - Glad to be of help.

Where did you see him?

This morning at the woodcutter's hut.

It was destroyed by a big log that flew through the air, they say.

How about the village?

Nothing seems to be wrong there.

Yes.

People can ski in the snow valleys there even in summer.

Yes, Frankfurt's situated in latitude 50N.

Why did he return to the warm lowlands again then?

There isn't enough food containing protein in the mountains.

He moves along the railroad tracks because there are towns and villages...

...where he can get food easily.

Poor thing, he'll be hunted down and killed in the end, won't he?

But...

Let's dance.

Yes.

What's the matter?

Did you hear anything just now?

No.

Don't worry. Don't worry.

This is terrible.

Why is it that there's no one around not even the employees working here?

We can only think that Frankenstein became violent again.

Please.

Thanks.

Are you still of the opinion that Frankenstein must be protected and kept alive?

- You don't think he did it?

- You don't think he did it? - No.

Judging from his former movements, Mt. Shirane is too far away for him.

He was seen to the north of Shizuoka last, so...

...if he's been moving he would be somewhere near the foothills of Mt. Fuji now.

He hasn't harmed anyone of his own accord even once.

- Are you of the same opinion, Doctor?

No one has seen Frankenstein at Mt. Shirane.

Everyone that saw him was killed.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you very much. - Thank you.

It's hard to make them believe us, isn't it?

I wonder.

A cave-in!

This is terrible!

Shimamoto!

- Mr. Kaneshima!

- Mr. Kaneshima! - Miyaguchi!

Let's go!

Are you all right?

- Done for.

- Done for. - What?

Let's go in.

Wait. It's dangerous if it's filled with poisonous gasses.

Oh! What's that?

It's moving!

It's moving!

It's an animal!

It wasn't him at the Shimizu tunnel, was it?

Frankenstein doesn't eat people.

I know he's around here somewhere.

Our home's smashed to pieces!

Mother!

Daddy!

Mommy said she'd be at the south quarry today.

Yes.

Mother!

Daddy!

Advance!

This place was used as a powder magazine during the war.

It's over a mile long in there.

We'd like to go in too.

Well, if you do, please be very careful.

Yes.

Standing by!

All right!

We're all ready, sir!

All right!

There he is! Fire!

Did they find him?

Fire!

Go back! Go back!

Stop it!

Retreat! Retreat!

Hurry!

Hurry! Run!

Help!

Cease firing!

It was Frankenstein after all, wasn't it, at Shimizu tunnel?

We can't possibly keep him alive now.

No...

Shall we leave the rest to the authorities and leave?

I wish we could have a finger of his.

Yes?

- Why, Mr. Kawai.

- Why, Mr. Kawai. - It's been a while.

Please come in.

Excuse me.

I saw the papers and came.

- All the way from Akita?

- All the way from Akita? - Yes.

Please sit down.

There's something I would like to tell you.

I believe there's another monster beside Frankenstein that's doing all that harm.

These newspaper clippings of the Shimizu tunnel...

...and village cases mention that a strange light went on and off.

Which part of Frankenstein's body glows like that? His eyes?

Then what is it that glows?

There's a reason for my believing it to be different from Frankenstein.

During the earthquake in Akita, I saw a mysterious light that went on and off.

It happened during the blackout.

I think the light came from a very low position.

I told myself that the violent earthquake...

...had upset me so much that it had made me imagine things.

Frankenstein walks on land, so how could he travel...

...from Shirane to Mt. Fuji without being seen by a single person?

However, this monster can travel underground.

Doctor!

Would you tell your story to all the newspapers?

Yes.

It burrows underground, so it dislikes the rays of the sun.

It did appear in the daytime at a quarry in Shizuoka...

...but that was probably due to the thick fog.

- Like a ninja, huh?

- Like a ninja, huh? - What?

It's nothing.

If we only had a picture of the monster or something, we could write it up.

But I'm afraid just your words haven't enough news value.

Some deep-sea fish are bioluminescent.

Yes.

This monster lives underground all year round, so...

It wouldn't be strange if it is bioluminescent.

However, when it comes to burrowing itself beneath the ground...

...it is so huge that it's quite a difficult thing to do.

The way I look at it is like this...

In the Mesozoic Age, mammoth reptiles vanished from the earth...

...because the earth's surface cooled off. Am I correct?

Yes.

Some of them escaped to the deep underground and may have...

...continued to multiply and lived until today.

I won't say it is impossible to happen...

...but I can't agree with you either...

...since such a thing is highly improbable.

No one would believe my story. They all treated me like a mad man.

We're very grateful to you.

No, yours is the hard work.

I hope you find Frankenstein very soon and save him.

- Please.

- Please. - Thanks.

The best of luck.

Goodbye.

When I have enough time and money, I'll come again.

Goodbye.

I'm afraid we're running out of time and money too.

They said to drop this futile search and return to work.

We can't depend on the scientific world to help us any more either.

The hotel will wait for payment, but...

...it costs so much to hire the helicopter every day.

Okay.

Do you think he remembers me?

We can't decide anything now.

The thing is to find and take care of him somehow.

Boy!

My compass doesn't work.

Yes.

The weather has become very bad.

It's impossible to find him, isn't it?

Please go ahead.

Dr. Kawaji!

I'm quite safe alone.

Dr. Bowen!

Even if Frankenstein remembers Dr. Togami, we don't know...

...if she can tame him now.

I agree with the public opinion that says to kill him!

But all our hard work up to now would go to waste if he were shot to pieces.

I'd like his heart intact, and some of his flesh too.

It would be easier for us to take care of it.

But you can't do it alone!

I think he is most vulnerable...

...here, his eyes.

I brought something to blind him.

If he's blind, he will be in my hands.

He's doomed to be killed anyway.

If we can keep his heart intact...

...it's the only way to save Frankenstein's life, don't you see?

I don't know how you intend to do it, but if you fail...

...and anger him, it will be very dangerous.

We'll never be able to get near him again.

I can't fail.

Stay back!

The underground monster!

Dr. Bowen!

Dr. Togami!

Dr. Bowen!

Dr. Togami!

Dr. Kawaji!

Dr. Kawaji! Dr. Kawaji!

Hurry!

Watch where you go...

Hurry! Hurry!

Hurry! Hurry!

- Is there a first aid kit?

- Is there a first aid kit? - Yes.

Is that true?

Head for the hills!

Head for the hills! Hurry!

Watch your feet!

Watch where you walk.

Yes.

That monster dives underground so fast. Frankenstein's no match for him.

As Mr. Kawai said, the oil fields, hot springs and volcanoes...

...may have something to do with underground passages.

The forest is burning!

You're all safe?

What?

- Are all the men in their positions?

- Are all the men in their positions? - Yes, sir!

- Report the current status!

- Report the current status! - Yes, sir!

Is he dead?

No, Frankenstein will never die.

I think he'll return again somewhere, sometime.

All platoons clear out!

Clear out!

Clear out.

Clear out!