Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

12/07/1962 (US) • 1h 10m

Horror, Science Fiction

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Myron Healey

Cmdr. James Bradley

Clifford Kawada

Capt. Kishi

Derick Shimatsu

Matsu, the boy

Koreya Senda

Dr. Sugimoto

Kōzō Nomura

Paul Isoh

Ayumi Sonoda

Shidori Isoh

Fumito Matsuo

Paul's Friend

Akihiko Hirata

Dr. Fujimora


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

monster

giant monster

alternate version

kaiju

giant

monster movie

daikaiju

tokusatsu

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