Sweet Sixteen - S01

This 1981 TV Asahi adaptation of "Frankenstein" follows Mary Shelley’s classic tale in a straightforward manner. The story unfolds in a gloomy castle where Dr. Victor Frankenstein conducts a gruesome experiment, aiming to revive the dead. With his assistant’s help, he succeeds in reanimating a man stitched together from corpses-but the creature proves uncontrollable and terrifying. Panicked, Dr. Frankenstein flees to his Swiss home, leaving his assistant to dispose of the monster. However, as strange murders begin occurring around him, the doctor is haunted by the possibility that his creation may still be alive… and seeking vengeance.