Varan (1958)
October 14, 1958Release Date
Varan (1958)
October 14, 1958Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.

Currently Varan is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.

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
Secretary of Defense

Hisaya Ito
Ichiro, Yuriko's brother

Yoshifumi 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

Takashi Itô
Ken, the boy

Takuzō Kumagai
(as Jirô Kumagai)

Shōichi Hirose
Fisherman

Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman

Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman (as Kôji Suzuki)

Yasumasa Ônishi
(as Yasuo Ônishi)

Yōichirō Kitagawa
(as Ryûichi Hosokawa)

Tsurue Ichimanji
(as Tazue Ichimanji)

Katsumi Tezuka
Varan

Haruo Nakajima
Varan / Stunts

Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects / Special Effects / Visual Effects Director

Ishirō Honda
Director

Akira Watanabe
Special Effects / Visual Effects Art Director

Kazuji Taira
Editor

Keizô Murase
Costume Design / Modeling

Ken Kuronuma
Story

Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer

Kiyoshi Shimizu
Production Design

Wataru Konuma
Sound Recordist

Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects / VFX Director of Photography

Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design / Modeling

Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer

Shôtarô Kawakami
Production Manager

Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography

Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay

Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist

Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician / VFX Lighting Artist

Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor / Visual Effects

Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects

Masanobu Deme
Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant

Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director

Mitsuo Kaneko
Lighting Technician

Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design / Modeling

Shuzaburo Araki
VFX Director of Photography / Special Effects

Takashi Nakao
Assistant Camera / Still Photographer

Rinsaku Ogata

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Masaki Shinohara

Eisuke Nakanishi

Takashi Narita

Toku Ihara

Satoko Taira

Kô Hayami

Haruya Sakamoto

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Mitsuo Tsuda

Toshiko Nomura

Mitsuo Matsumoto

Hiroshi Akitsu

Toshiko Nakano

Michiko Kawa

Tokio Ôkawa

Hiroko Terasawa

Toriko Takahara

Sōji Ubukata
Media.




Details.
Release DateOctober 14, 1958
Original Name大怪獣バラン
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Varan the Unbelievable (Japanese: 大怪獣バラン, Hepburn: Daikaijū Baran, lit. 'Giant Monster Varan') is a 1958 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it stars Kōzō Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda, and Koreya Senda, with Haruo Nakajima as Varan. In the film, a reporter's investigation into two mysterious deaths in Japan's mountains leads to the discovery of a giant lake monster, wrecking its way towards civilization.
In 1957, Toho was approached by American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres (AB-PT) to co-produce a new kaiju film for television. It was intended to be a three-part film, each 30 minutes with fade-in/outs for commercial breaks. However, AB-PT collapsed during production and Toho altered the film's status from a television film to a theatrical feature. As a result, the crew faced difficulties and filming lasted 28 days.
The film was theatrically released in Japan on October 14, 1958. A heavily localized version, with new footage starring Myron Healey in the lead, was released in the United States on December 12, 1962 by Crown International as Varan the Unbelievable. Varan would later be briefly featured in Destroy All Monsters.
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