Last Frankenstein (1992) Uncut 117 Min | Takeshi Kawamura
4948DVD
Mega
Rare Japanese Horror from director Takeshi Kawamura
director: Takeshi Kawamura
starring: Akira Emoto · Yoshio Harada · Aya Otabe · Juro Kara
Tokyo
is ravaged by a plague which causes all of its carriers to commit suicide
within a 3-5 year incubation period. As the city is engulfed with religious
cult groups roaming the streets extolling the joys of suicide, college
science professor Sarusawa believes he is also infected. Sarusawa seeks
a cure from Professor Aleo, a bitterly misanthropic maverick conducting
research in an isolated mountain lab. He's the Last Frankenstein.
Aleo resides in his dark retreat with his strange wife (later revealed
to be an earlier creation) and a hunchback assistant who steals cadavers
from the university to aid his master in the creating of a 'super Adam
and Eve' [beings not controlled by their emotions]. Unfortunately for
Aleo, the newly developed creatures don't have the interest in sex and
refuse to mate even when threatened with a shotgun.
Scripter/director
Takeshi Kawamura also wrote an unusual variation on the Dracula myth,
MY
SOUL IS SLASHED. He is the founder of Geikidan Dai San Eropchika,
a popular cult playhouse in Tokyo where LAST FRANKENSTEIN
originally ran as a play. The live-theater version starred director Kawamura
in the lead role. Actor Yoshio Harada, unforgettable as Dr Aleo [Frankenstein],
has made a diverse collection of films, ranging from arthouse fare (e.g.,
Seijun Suzuki's TALE
OF SORROW, 1977) to the landmark horror film RING.
A Japanese
film with optional English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), uncut
version (117 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include theatrical
trailers.
Sexual
Themes/Graphic Violence/Nudity/Drugs
for Mature Audiences
