Varan

Varan (1958)

A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!

  • Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
  • Release Date: 1958-10-14
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 28 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Ishirō Honda
star 5.8/10
From 28 Ratings

Summary

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
  • Ayumi Sonoda

    as Yuriko Shinjô
  • Koreya Senda

    as Dr. Sugimoto
  • Akihiko Hirata

    as Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
  • Fuyuki Murakami

    as Dr. Majima, Sugimoto's aide
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya

    as Military Officer Katsumoto
  • Minosuke Yamada

    as Secretary of Defense
  • Hisaya Ito

    as Ichiro, Yuriko's brother
  • Yoshifumi Tajima

    as Captain of Uranami
  • Nadao Kirino

    as Yutaka Wada
  • Akira Sera

    as Village High Priest
  • Akio Kusama

    as Military Officer Kusama
  • Noriko Honma

    as Ken's Mom
  • Akira Yamada

    as Issaku
  • Fumindo Matsuo

    as Horiguchi
  • Sōji Ubukata

    as
  • Toku Ihara

    as
  • Yoshikazu Kawamata

    as Jiro
  • Yasuhiro Shigenobu

    as Sankichi
  • Takashi Itô

    as Ken, the boy
  • Mitsuo Tsuda

    as
  • Takuzō Kumagai

    as (as Jirô Kumagai)
  • Shōichi Hirose

    as Fisherman
  • Keisuke Yamada

    as
  • Hideo Shibuya

    as Cameraman
  • Toshitsugu Suzuki

    as Fisherman (as Kôji Suzuki)
  • Masaki Shinohara

    as
  • Michiko Kawa

    as
  • Yasumasa Ônishi

    as (as Yasuo Ônishi)
  • Toshiko Nakano

    as
  • Hiroshi Akitsu

    as
  • Mitsuo Matsumoto

    as
  • Toshiko Nomura

    as
  • Rinsaku Ogata

    as
  • Jun'ichirō Mukai

    as
  • Satoko Taira

    as
  • Eisuke Nakanishi

    as
  • Takashi Narita

    as
  • Keiichirô Katsumoto

    as
  • Haruya Sakamoto

    as
  • Yōichirō Kitagawa

    as (as Ryûichi Hosokawa)
  • Kô Hayami

    as
  • Tokio Ôkawa

    as
  • Tsurue Ichimanji

    as (as Tazue Ichimanji)
  • Hiroko Terasawa

    as
  • Toriko Takahara

    as
  • Katsumi Tezuka

    as Varan
  • Haruo Nakajima

    as Varan
Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects
Directing Ishirō Honda Director
Crew Akira Watanabe Special Effects
Editing Kazuji Taira Editor
Costume & Make-Up Keizô Murase Costume Design
Writing Ken Kuronuma Story
Sound Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
Art Kiyoshi Shimizu Production Design
Sound Wataru Konuma Sound Recordist
Crew Sadamasa Arikawa Special Effects
Crew Haruo Nakajima Stunts
Costume & Make-Up Teizô Toshimitsu Costume Design
Production Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
Production Shôtarô Kawakami Production Manager
Camera Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography
Writing Shinichi Sekizawa Screenplay
Sound Masanobu Miyazaki Sound Recordist
Lighting Kuichirô Kishida Lighting Technician
Crew Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects
Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Compositor
Sound Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects
Crew Masanobu Deme Special Effects
Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Director
Directing Koji Kajita First Assistant Director
Crew Masanobu Deme Special Effects Assistant
Lighting Mitsuo Kaneko Lighting Technician
Costume & Make-Up Eizo Kaimai Costume Design
Crew Akira Watanabe Visual Effects Art Director
Visual Effects Keizô Murase Modeling
Visual Effects Shuzaburo Araki VFX Director of Photography
Visual Effects Eizo Kaimai Modeling
Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects
Visual Effects Sadamasa Arikawa VFX Director of Photography
Crew Shuzaburo Araki Special Effects
Visual Effects Kuichirô Kishida VFX Lighting Artist
Camera Takashi Nakao Assistant Camera
Camera Takashi Nakao Still Photographer
Visual Effects Teizô Toshimitsu Modeling

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