Movie·1962·1h 10m
Varan the Unbelievable
From a world below, it came to terrorize - to destroy - to revenge!
Directed By
Ishirō Honda
Country
United States of America
Language
Japanese
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The Story
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
Written By
Sid Harris, Shinichi Sekizawa
Producer
Jerry A. Baerwitz, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematography
Jacques R. Marquette
Editor
Rudolph Cusumano
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Myron Healey
Cmdr. James Bradley
Tsuruko Kobayashi
Anna
Clifford Kawada
Capt. Kishi
Derick Shimatsu
Matsu, the boy
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
Kōzō Nomura
Paul Isoh
Ayumi Sonoda
Shidori Isoh
Fumito Matsuo
Paul's Friend
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora
Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Ito
Ichiro
Yoshibumi Tajima
Captain of Uranami
Nadao Kirino
Yutaka Wada
Akira Sera
Village High Priest
Akio Kusama
Military Officer Kusama
Noriko Honma
Ken's Mom
// crew
Crew
Jerry A. Baerwitz
Director, Producer
Sid Harris
Screenplay
Ken Kuronuma
Story
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Jacques R. Marquette
Director of Photography
Rudolph Cusumano
Editor
Ishirō Honda
Director
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