Movie Description
Varan the Unbelievable
(1962)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jerry A. Baerwitz,Ishirō Honda
- Producer : Tomoyuki Tanaka,Jerry A. Baerwitz
- Editor : Rudolph Cusumano
- Cast : Myron Healey,Tsuruko Kobayashi,Clifford Kawada,Derick Shimatsu,Koreya Senda,Kōzō Nomura,Ayumi Sonoda,Fumito Matsuo,Akihiko Hirata,Fuyuki Murakami,Yoshio Tsuchiya,Minosuke Yamada,Hisaya Ito,Yoshifumi Tajima,Nadao Kirino,Akira Sera,Akio Kusama,Noriko Honma,Akira Yamada,Fumindo Matsuo,Yoshikazu Kawamata,Yasuhiro Shigenobu,Shōichi Hirose,Takashi Itô,Hideo Shibuya,Toshitsugu Suzuki,Haruo Nakajima,Katsumi Tezuka
Cast
Cmdr. James Bradley
Anna
Capt. Kishi
Matsu, the boy
Dr. Sugimoto
Paul Isoh
Shidori Isoh
Paul's Friend
Dr. Fujimora
Dr. Majima
Military Officer Katsumoto
Secretary of Defense
Ichiro
Captain of Uranami
Yutaka Wada
Village High Priest
Military Officer Kusama
Ken's Mom
Issaku
Horiguchi
Jiro
Sankichi
Fisherman
Ken
Cameraman
Fisherman
Varan
Varan
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Facts
Original TitleVaran the Unbelievable
Status Released
Release Information
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1962-12-07
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 10m
Production CompaniesCory Film Corporation,Dallas Production Inc.,Crown International Pictures,TOHO
Genres
- Horror
- Science Fiction