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Film · 1958
Varan
1h 27mDirected by Ishirō Honda
- Science Fiction
- Horror
A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!
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.
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Cast
Kōzō NomuraKenji Uozaki
Ayumi SonodaYuriko Shinjô
Koreya SendaDr. Sugimoto
Akihiko HirataDr. Fujimora
Fuyuki MurakamiDr. Majima
Yoshio TsuchiyaMilitary Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke YamadaSecretary of Defense
Hisaya ItoIchiro
Yoshibumi TajimaCaptain of Uranami
Nadao KirinoYutaka Wada- Akira SeraVillage High Priest
Akio KusamaMilitary Officer Kusama
Details
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Writer
- Shinichi Sekizawa
- Story
- Ken Kuronuma
- Music
- Akira Ifukube
- Cinematography
- Hajime Koizumi
- Editor
- Kazuji Taira
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Release
- October 14, 1958
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- TOHO
- TMDB score
- 5.8 / 10 from 38 votes
Where to watch
Stream
Criterion Channel
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