Varan the Unbelievable

Ishirō Honda
1962-12-07

From a world below, it came to terrorize - to destroy - to revenge!
4.214
70 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Myron Healey Cmdr. James Bradley Unowned
Tsuruko Kobayashi Anna Unowned
Clifford Kawada Capt. Kishi Unowned
Derick Shimatsu Matsu, the boy Unowned
Koreya Senda Dr. Sugimoto Unowned
Kōzō Nomura Paul Isoh Unowned
Ayumi Sonoda Shidori Isoh Unowned
Fumito Matsuo Paul's Friend Unowned
Akihiko Hirata Dr. Fujimora Unowned
Fuyuki Murakami Dr. Majima Unowned
Yoshio Tsuchiya Military Officer Katsumoto Unowned
Minosuke Yamada Secretary of Defense Unowned
Hisaya Ito Ichiro Unowned
Yoshifumi Tajima Captain of Uranami Unowned
Nadao Kirino Yutaka Wada Unowned
Akira Sera Village High Priest Unowned
Akio Kusama Military Officer Kusama Unowned
Noriko Honma Ken's Mom Unowned
Akira Yamada Issaku Unowned
Fumindo Matsuo Horiguchi Unowned
Yoshikazu Kawamata Jiro Unowned
Yasuhiro Shigenobu Sankichi Unowned
Shōichi Hirose Fisherman Unowned
Takashi Itô Ken Unowned
Hideo Shibuya Cameraman Unowned
Toshitsugu Suzuki Fisherman Unowned
Haruo Nakajima Varan Unowned
Katsumi Tezuka Varan Unowned