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Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

From a world below, it came to terrorize - to destroy - to revenge!

Genre : Horror, Science Fiction

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirō Honda

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Myron Healey
Myron Healey
Cmdr. James Bradley
Tsuruko Kobayashi
Tsuruko Kobayashi
Anna
Clifford Kawada
Clifford Kawada
Capt. Kishi
Derick Shimatsu
Derick Shimatsu
Matsu, the boy
Koreya Senda
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
Kôzô Nomura
Kôzô Nomura
Paul Isoh
Ayumi Sonoda
Ayumi Sonoda
Shidori Isoh
Fumito Matsuo
Fumito Matsuo
Paul's Friend
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora
Fuyuki Murakami
Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Itô
Hisaya Itô
Ichiro
Yoshifumi Tajima
Yoshifumi Tajima
Captain of Uranami
Nadao Kirino
Nadao Kirino
Yutaka Wada
Akira Sera
Akira Sera
Village High Priest
Akio Kusama
Akio Kusama
Military Officer Kusama
Noriko Honma
Noriko Honma
Ken's Mom
Akira Yamada
Akira Yamada
Issaku
Fumindo Matsuo
Fumindo Matsuo
Horiguchi
Yoshikazu Kawamata
Yoshikazu Kawamata
Jiro
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Sankichi
Shôichi Hirose
Shôichi Hirose
Fisherman
Takashi Itô
Takashi Itô
Ken
Hideo Shibuya
Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman
Haruo Nakajima
Haruo Nakajima
Varan
Katsumi Tezuka
Katsumi Tezuka
Varan

Crews

Jerry A. Baerwitz
Jerry A. Baerwitz
Director
Ken Kuronuma
Ken Kuronuma
Writer
Sid Harris
Sid Harris
Writer
Shinichi Sekizawa
Shinichi Sekizawa
Writer
Jerry A. Baerwitz
Jerry A. Baerwitz
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Jacques R. Marquette
Jacques R. Marquette
Director of Photography
Rudolph Cusumano
Rudolph Cusumano
Editor
Robert Cowan
Robert Cowan
Makeup Artist
Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda
Director
Eiji Tsuburaya
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects

Trailers and other movies

Classic Monster Movie Trailers Varan The Unbelievable

Posters and backgrounds

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