Varan the Unbelievable
Varan the Unbelievable
Release: 1962-12-07
·Runtime: 70m
·★ 4.3
Horror
Science Fiction
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Japan
Production Companies
Cory Film Corporation
Dallas Production Inc.
Crown International Pictures
TOHO
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Cast
Koreya Senda
as Dr. Sugimoto
Nadao Kirino
as Yutaka Wada
Akio Kusama
as Military Officer Kusama
Akihiko Hirata
as Dr. Fujimora
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Military Officer Katsumoto
Noriko Honma
as Ken's Mom
Shōichi Hirose
as Fisherman
Hisaya Ito
as Ichiro
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Captain of Uranami
Haruo Nakajima
as Varan
Tsuruko Kobayashi
as Anna
Kōzō Nomura
as Paul Isoh
Hideo Shibuya
as Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
as Fisherman
Myron Healey
as Cmdr. James Bradley
Derick Shimatsu
as Matsu, the boy
Ayumi Sonoda
as Shidori Isoh
Clifford Kawada
as Capt. Kishi
Fuyuki Murakami
as Dr. Majima
Minosuke Yamada
as Secretary of Defense
Katsumi Tezuka
as Varan
