

“Frankenstein hunts his creation…”
A lonely Gravedigger's life is forever changed when he finds a horribly scarred man hiding in the graveyard. After taking him in, the Gravedigger learns that the man is actually the creation of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who is hunting down his man-made monster before he can kill again. The Gravedigger is faced with the choice of saving the monster, whom he has befriended, or allowing Dr. Frankenstein to exact his bloody revenge. The story asks the question, what does it mean to be human?
Director
Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$50,000
William
Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara. (Members confessed to a murderous sarin attack in the Tokyo subway in 1995.) We see what they eat, where they sleep, and how they respond to media scrutiny, on-going trials, the shrinking of their fortunes, and the criticism of society. Central focus is placed on Hiroshi Araki, a young man who finds himself elevated to chief spokesman for Aum after its leaders are arrested. Araki faces extreme hostility from the Japanese public, who find it hard to believe that most followers of the cult had no idea of the attacks and even harder to understand why these followers remain devoted to the religion, if not the violence.