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Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965) More at IMDbPro »

• The original plot of this film had Godzilla facing Frankenstein. It was scrapped because Toho felt that the proposed fight scenes were too implausible.
  
  
• Akira Ifukube reused some of his score from _Daikaiju Baran (1958)_.
  
  
• Material issued by American International credited an actress named "Sueko Togami" with playing a major part in this film. "Sueko Togami" is actually the name of the character played by Kumi Mizuno.
  
  
• 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 deleted from the film. Ironically, the sequel, Furankenstein no kaiju: Sanda tai Gaira does feature a battle between Gaira, the Green Gargantua, and a giant octopus.
  
  
• In it's original release, it was billed as the first film collaboration between Japan and the U.S.
  
  
• The film's story originated from an unused 1962 screenplay entitled King Kong versus Frankenstein, written by King Kong (1933) special effects technician Willis H. O'Brien. In the story, Dr. Frankenstein's grandson was to have created a 20 ft tall monster from the remains of animals and the monster would end up fighting Kong. The story never got past the screenplay, thought concept art depicting Kong and the Frankenstein monster exist. The screenplay was given to John Beck who in turn sold it to Toho who made Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962) and Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965). Willis O'Brien was never paid for his contribution.
  
  

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