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Varan the Unbelievable

42.14 %|Dec 7, 1962|Horror, Science Fiction

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

Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Jerry A. Baerwitz
Director
Koji Kajita
Assistant Director
Kurt Hernfeld
Sound Effects Editor
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Sid Harris
Screenplay
Ken Kuronuma
Story
Jack Ruggiero
Supervising Film Editor

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Cast

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Myron Healey
Cmdr. James Bradley
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Clifford Kawada
Capt. Kishi
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Derick Shimatsu
Matsu, the boy
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Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
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Kōzō Nomura
Paul Isoh
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Ayumi Sonoda
Shidori Isoh
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Fumito Matsuo
Paul's Friend
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Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora
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Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
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Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
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Yoshifumi Tajima
Captain of Uranami
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Nadao Kirino
Yutaka Wada
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Akira Sera
Village High Priest
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Akio Kusama
Military Officer Kusama
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Noriko Honma
Ken's Mom
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Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman