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Varan the Unbelievable
From a world below, it came to terrorize - to destroy - to revenge!
Genres
HorrorScience Fiction
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
70 min
Release Date
1962-12-07
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
30
Vote Average
4.233
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Myron Healey
Cmdr. James Bradley
Tsuruko Kobayashi
Anna
Clifford Kawada
Capt. Kishi
Derick Shimatsu
Matsu, the boy
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
Kōzō Nomura
Paul Isoh
Ayumi Sonoda
Shidori Isoh
Fumito Matsuo
Paul's Friend
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora
Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Itō
Ichiro
Yoshibumi 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
Yoshikazu Kawamata
Jiro
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Sankichi
Shōichi Hirose
Fisherman
Takashi Itô
Ken
Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman
Haruo Nakajima
Varan
Katsumi Tezuka
Varan
George Sasaki
Soldier
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