Movie·1958·1h 27m
Varan
A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!
Directed By
Ishirō Honda
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 大怪獣バラン
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
Written By
Shinichi Sekizawa
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematography
Hajime Koizumi
Music
Akira Ifukube
Editor
Kazuji Taira
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Kōzō Nomura
Kenji Uozaki
Ayumi Sonoda
Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
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
Akira Yamada
Issaku
Fumindo Matsuo
Horiguchi
Sōji Ubukata
Toku Ihara
Yoshikazu Kawamata
Jiro
// crew
Crew
Ishirō Honda
Director
Ken Kuronuma
Story
Kazuji Taira
Editor
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
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