Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

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

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 (29)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Myron Healey

Cmdr. James Bradley

Tsuruko Kobayashi

Anna

Clifford Kawada

Capt. Kishi

Derick Shimatsu

Matsu, the boy

Koreya Senda

Dr. Sugimoto

Kōzō Nomura

Paul Isoh

Ayumi Sonoda

Shidori Isoh

F

Fumito Matsuo

Paul's Friend

Akihiko Hirata

Dr. Fujimora

Fuyuki Murakami

Dr. Majima

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Military Officer Katsumoto

Minosuke Yamada

Secretary of Defense

Hisaya Ito

Ichiro

Yoshibumi Tajima

Captain of Uranami

Nadao Kirino

Yutaka Wada

A

Akira Sera

Village High Priest

Akio Kusama

Military Officer Kusama

Noriko Honma

Ken's Mom

A

Akira Yamada

Issaku

F

Fumindo Matsuo

Horiguchi

Y

Yoshikazu Kawamata

Jiro

Y

Yasuhiro Shigenobu

Sankichi

Shōichi Hirose

Fisherman

T

Takashi Itô

Ken

Hideo Shibuya

Cameraman

Toshitsugu Suzuki

Fisherman

Haruo Nakajima

Varan

Katsumi Tezuka

Varan

G

George Sasaki

Soldier

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