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Varan the Unbelievable
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Varan the Unbelievable

1962-12-07 · 70 min · ★ 4.5

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.

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Directors
Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirō Honda
Production companies
Cory Film Corporation, Dallas Production Inc., Crown International Pictures, TOHO
Countries
United States of America, Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Myron HealeyMyron HealeyCmdr. James Bradley
Tsuruko KobayashiTsuruko KobayashiAnna
Clifford KawadaClifford KawadaCapt. Kishi
Derick ShimatsuDerick ShimatsuMatsu, the boy
Koreya SendaKoreya SendaDr. Sugimoto
Kōzō NomuraKōzō NomuraPaul Isoh
Ayumi SonodaAyumi SonodaShidori Isoh
Fumito MatsuoPaul's Friend
Akihiko HirataAkihiko HirataDr. Fujimora
Fuyuki MurakamiFuyuki MurakamiDr. Majima
Yoshio TsuchiyaYoshio TsuchiyaMilitary Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke YamadaMinosuke YamadaSecretary of Defense
Hisaya ItoHisaya ItoIchiro
Yoshibumi TajimaYoshibumi TajimaCaptain of Uranami
Nadao KirinoNadao KirinoYutaka Wada
Akira SeraVillage High Priest
Akio KusamaAkio KusamaMilitary Officer Kusama
Noriko HonmaNoriko HonmaKen's Mom
Akira YamadaIssaku
Fumindo MatsuoHoriguchi

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