Rodan! The Flying Monster! (1957)
1h 12m
Running Time
November 7, 1957Release Date
Rodan! The Flying Monster! (1957)
1h 12m
Running Time
November 7, 1957Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
US dubbed and edited version of the Japanese film Rodan. A mining engineer investigates the death of his fellow co-workers and discovers prehistoric dragonfly nymphs emerging from the mines. As he heads deeper into the mines, he makes a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature.
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Cast & Crew.
Kenji Sahara
Shigeru Kawamura (as Kenji Sawara)
Yumi Shirakawa
Kiyo
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Akio Kobori
Police Chief Nishimura
Yasuko Nakada
Female Honeymooner (as Yasuko Nakata)
Minosuke Yamada
Mining Director Osaki
Yoshifumi Tajima
Izeki
Seiji Onaka
Nakagawa, Male Honeymooner (as Kiyoharu Ohnaka)
Keye Luke
Shigeru Kawamura / Sunagawa / Police Officer Toji (voice) (uncredited)
Aya Oyama
Kiyo / Woman Outside Hospital / Female Honeymooner (voice) (uncredited)
George Takei
Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / Male Honeymooner (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Police Chief Nishimura / Suda / Dr. Tanaka / Air Force Officer / Air Force Pilot Kitahara (voice) (uncredited)
Marvin Miller
Air Self-Defense Force Commander / Air Force Pilot / Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
James Yagi
Osaki / Professor Minami / Hotel Manager / Farmer (voice) (uncredited)
Jane Chang
Otami (voice) (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Fay Wray
Screaming Woman in Crowd (voice) (archival) (uncredited)
Murray Spivack
Screaming Police Officers (voice) (archival) (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Rodan / Meganulon (uncredited) / Stunts
Katsumi Tezuka
Hotel Manager / Rodan / Meganulon (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
Fighter Pilot / Meganulon (uncredited)
Tokio Ôkawa
Meganulon (uncredited)
Ishirō Honda
Director
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects / Special Effects / Visual Effects Director
Isamu Ashida
Director of Photography
Joyce Sage
Assistant Editor
Frank King
Producer
Maurice King
Producer
Herman King
Producer
Anthony Carras
Sound Effects Editor
Tatsuo Kita
Production Design
Shigeru Mori
Lighting Technician
Teruo Maki
Production Manager
Paul Sawtell
Music
Bert Shefter
Music
Jun Fukuda
First Assistant Director
J. Frank O'Neill
Sound Editor
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects / Sound Effects Editor
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Robert S. Eisen
Supervising Film Editor
Kôichi Iwashita
Editor
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects / Visual Effects Director
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects / VFX Director of Photography
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Special Effects
Masao Shirota
Special Effects
Yasuaki Sakamoto
Visual Effects Production Manager
Tohl Narita
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Art Director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Art Director
Yoshio Irie
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Art Director
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design / Modeling / Sculptor
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design / Modeling
Shuzaburo Araki
Visual Effects / Visual Effects Camera
David Duncan
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 7, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 12m
Genres
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