Varan
(1958)

A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!

Released: 1958-10-14

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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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Kōzō Nomura

as Kenji Uozaki

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Ayumi Sonoda

as Yuriko Shinjô

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Koreya Senda

as Dr. Sugimoto

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Akihiko Hirata

as Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert

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Fuyuki Murakami

as Dr. Majima, Sugimoto's aide

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Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Military Officer Katsumoto

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Minosuke Yamada

as Secretary of Defense

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Hisaya Ito

as Ichiro, Yuriko's brother

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Yoshifumi Tajima

as Captain of Uranami

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Nadao Kirino

as Yutaka Wada

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Akira Sera

as Village High Priest

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Akio Kusama

as Military Officer Kusama

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Noriko Honma

as Ken's Mom

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Akira Yamada

as Issaku

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Fumindo Matsuo

as Horiguchi

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Sōji Ubukata

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Toku Ihara

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Yoshikazu Kawamata

as Jiro

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Yasuhiro Shigenobu

as Sankichi

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Takashi Itô

as Ken, the boy

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Kiyoshi Shimizu

Production Design

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Haruo Nakajima

Stunts

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Ishirō Honda

Director

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Akira Watanabe

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Hajime Koizumi

Director of Photography

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Sadamasa Arikawa

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Teizô Toshimitsu

Costume Design

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Kazuji Taira

Editor

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Kôji Kajita

Assistant Director

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Wataru Konuma

Sound Recordist

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Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

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Ken Kuronuma

Story

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Shôtarô Kawakami

Production Manager

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Tomoyuki Tanaka

Producer

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Keizô Murase

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Eiji Tsuburaya

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Shinichi Sekizawa

Screenplay

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Masanobu Miyazaki

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Ichirô Minawa

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Akira Watanabe

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