Varan
60 %|Oct 14, 1958|Science Fiction, Horror
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.
Featured Crew
Kiyoshi Shimizu
Production Design
Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
Ishirō Honda
Director
Akira Watanabe
Special Effects
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
Kazuji Taira
Editor
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Cast
Kōzō Nomura
Kenji Uozaki
Ayumi Sonoda
Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima, Sugimoto's aide
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Ito
Ichiro, Yuriko's brother
Yoshifumi Tajima
Captain of Uranami
Nadao Kirino
Yutaka Wada
Akira Sera
Village High Priest
Akio Kusama
Military Officer Kusama
Noriko Honma
Ken's Mom
Akira Yamada
Issaku
Fumindo Matsuo
Horiguchi
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Sankichi
Takashi Itô
Ken, the boy
Takuzō Kumagai
(as Jirô Kumagai)
Shōichi Hirose
Fisherman
Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman (as Kôji Suzuki)
Yasumasa Ônishi
(as Yasuo Ônishi)
Yōichirō Kitagawa
(as Ryûichi Hosokawa)
Tsurue Ichimanji
(as Tazue Ichimanji)
Katsumi Tezuka
Varan
Haruo Nakajima
Varan