Varan (1958)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 1.782 |
Directed By
Ishirō Honda
Crew
Eiji Tsuburaya
Ishirō Honda
Haruo Nakajima
Ken Kuronuma
Teizô Toshimitsu
Akira Watanabe
Keizô Murase
Sadamasa Arikawa
Wataru Konuma
Kazuji Taira
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Kiyoshi Shimizu
Hajime Koizumi
Akira Ifukube
Shôtarô Kawakami
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Eiji Tsuburaya
Shinichi Sekizawa
Kuichirô Kishida
Masanobu Miyazaki
Ichirô Minawa
Masanobu Deme
Shuzaburo Araki
Shuzaburo Araki
Eiji Tsuburaya
Kuichirô Kishida
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Koji Kajita
Masanobu Deme
Sadamasa Arikawa
Akira Watanabe
Mitsuo Kaneko
Keizô Murase
Takashi Nakao
Eizo Kaimai
Teizô Toshimitsu
Eizo Kaimai
Takashi Nakao
TOP CAST
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
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