Frankenstein

A thunderstorm over Ingolstadt. Lightning illuminates a jar of gray matter on a cluttered desk. A kindly doctor stitches muscle to bone, then bolts the creature upright. The eight-foot frame lurches into the mist, confused, hopeful, already feared. Kurosawa-style chiaroscuro and the lurid glow of a 1981 TV budget.

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Yugo Serikawa directed Frankenstein in 1981. See Yugo Serikawa's full filmography, where to start with Yugo Serikawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yugo Serikawa.

Frankenstein was released in 1981 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.