Das Monster von Tokio

Das Monster von Tokio (1959)

The Manster

Ein amerikanischer Reporter wird nach Japan geschickt um einen exzentrischen Wissenschaftler zu interviewen, dieser arbeitet an bizarren Experimenten in einem Labor abgelegen auf einem einsamen Berg. Als dem Wissenschaftler ins Auge sticht das der Journalist das perfekte Subjekt für sein nächstes Experiment ist, er setzt den armen Mann unter Drogen und verabreicht ihm ein geheimnisvolles Serum, der ihn innerhalb kürzester Zeit in einen vergnügungssüchtigen und selbstvergessenen Draufgänger verwandelt, so daß sein Chef und seine Frau zur Rettung anreisen. Doch das Medikament hat Nebenwirkungen und schließlich erwächst ihm ein zweiter Kopf aus seiner Schulter, ein monströser Kopf...

Erscheinungsdatum
1959-07-01
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (35)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 13 Min.
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Regie
George P. Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

The Manster is a 1959 American science-fiction horror film directed by George P. Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane. The film stars Peter Dyneley as a foreign correspondent in Japan who is given an experimental drug which causes an eye, and eventually a second head, to grow from his shoulder. Tetsu Nakamura plays the mad scientist and Terri Zimmern his assistant, Tara. Jane Hylton also stars as Dyneley's wife.

Production

The Manster was an American production filmed in Japan, using a mostly Japanese crew and a number of Japanese actors. It was part of a series of B-movies shot in Japan for American producers by George Breakston, beginning with 1951's Tokyo File 212. Filming took place in English, and Canadian-born Tetsu Nakamura and American-born Jerry Ito were cast in key roles due to their bilingualism. Most of the financing came from United Artists.

The film was based on a story by Breakston, originally titled The Split.

Terri Zimmern was cast when the filmmakers were in Hong Kong. This was the only film she ever apppeared in.

The film had several working titles, including Nightmare and The Two-Headed Monster. The latter was used as the title for the film's Japanese release. It was photographed by David Mason and edited by Kenneth G. Crane. Shinpei Takagi handled the special effects, George Wyman played the titular monster and Hirooki Ogawa composed the soundtrack. Ryukichi Aimono and Robert Perkins were associate producers. Noboru Miyakuni was the art director.

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