Varan
A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
87 min
Release Date
1958-10-14
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
30
Vote Average
5.7
Kōzō Nomura
Kenji Uozaki
Ayumi Sonoda
Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima, Sugimoto's aide
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
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Hisaya Ito
Ichiro, Yuriko's brother
Yoshifumi Tajima
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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
Sōji Ubukata
Toku Ihara
Yoshikazu Kawamata
Jiro
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
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Takashi Itô
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Mitsuo Tsuda
Takuzō Kumagai
(as Jirô Kumagai)
Shōichi Hirose
Fisherman
Keisuke Yamada
Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman (as Kôji Suzuki)
Masaki Shinohara
Michiko Kawa
Yasumasa Ônishi
(as Yasuo Ônishi)
Toshiko Nakano
Hiroshi Akitsu
Mitsuo Matsumoto
Toshiko Nomura
Rinsaku Ogata
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Satoko Taira
Eisuke Nakanishi
Takashi Narita
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Haruya Sakamoto
Yōichirō Kitagawa
(as Ryûichi Hosokawa)
Kô Hayami
Tokio Ôkawa
Tsurue Ichimanji
(as Tazue Ichimanji)
Hiroko Terasawa
Toriko Takahara
Katsumi Tezuka
Varan
Haruo Nakajima
Varan
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