Varan
大怪獣バラン
Release: 1958-10-14
·Runtime: 87m
·★ 5.7
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Ayumi Sonoda
as Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda
as Dr. Sugimoto
Akihiko Hirata
as Dr. Fujimora
Toshitsugu Suzuki
as Fisherman
Katsumi Tezuka
as Varan
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Military Officer Katsumoto
Hisaya Ito
as Ichiro
Nadao Kirino
as Yutaka Wada
Shōichi Hirose
as Fisherman
Minosuke Yamada
as Secretary of Defense
Takuzō Kumagai
Michiko Kawa
Hideo Shibuya
as Cameraman
Akio Kusama
as Military Officer Kusama
Kōzō Nomura
as Kenji Uozaki
Fuyuki Murakami
as Dr. Majima
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Captain of Uranami
Rinsaku Ogata
Noriko Honma
as Ken's Mom
Haruo Nakajima
as Varan
Crew
Masanobu Deme
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects, Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Ishirō Honda
Director
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design, Modeling
Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design, Modeling
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Keizô Murase
Costume Design, Modeling
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Akira Watanabe
Special Effects, Visual Effects Art Director
Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
Kuichiro Kishida
Lighting Technician, VFX Lighting Artist
Ken Kuronuma
Story