Movie Description
Rodan! The Flying Monster!
(1957)Overview
US dubbed and edited version of the Japanese film Rodan. A mining engineer investigates the death of his fellow co-workers and discovers prehistoric dragonfly nymphs emerging from the mines. As he heads deeper into the mines, he makes a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ishirō Honda
- Producer : Frank King,Maurice King,Herman King,Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Writer : David Duncan
- Editor : Kôichi Iwashita
- Cast : Kenji Sahara,Yumi Shirakawa,Akihiko Hirata,Akio Kobori,Yasuko Nakada,Minosuke Yamada,Yoshifumi Tajima,Seiji Onaka,Keye Luke,Aya Oyama,George Takei,Paul Frees,Marvin Miller,James Yagi,Jane Chang,Art Gilmore,Fay Wray,Murray Spivack,Haruo Nakajima,Katsumi Tezuka,Shōichi Hirose,Tokio Ôkawa
Cast
Shigeru Kawamura (as Kenji Sawara)
Kiyo
Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Police Chief Nishimura
Female Honeymooner (as Yasuko Nakata)
Mining Director Osaki
Izeki
Nakagawa, Male Honeymooner (as Kiyoharu Ohnaka)
Shigeru Kawamura / Sunagawa / Police Officer Toji (voice) (uncredited)
Kiyo / Woman Outside Hospital / Female Honeymooner (voice) (uncredited)
Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / Male Honeymooner (voice) (uncredited)
Police Chief Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force Officer / Air Force Pilot Kitahara (voice) (uncredited)
Air Self-Defense Force Commander / Air Force Pilot / Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Osaki / Professor Minami / Hotel Manager / Farmer (voice) (uncredited)
Otami (voice) (uncredited)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Screaming Woman in Crowd (voice) (archival) (uncredited)
Screaming Police Officers (voice) (archival) (uncredited)
Rodan / Meganulon (uncredited)
Hotel Manager / Rodan / Meganulon (uncredited)
Fighter Pilot / Meganulon (uncredited)
Meganulon (uncredited)
Posters
Facts
Original TitleRodan! The Flying Monster!
Status Released
Release Information
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1957-11-07
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 12m
Production CompaniesKing Brothers Productions,Distributors Corporation of America (DCA),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,TOHO,Far East Laboratory
Genres
- Science Fiction
- Horror
