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Varan

A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!

Film19581h 27mReleased

HorrorScience Fiction
Not rated

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Director
Ishirō Honda
Language
Japanese
Released
1958-10-14
Runtime
1h 27m

Community score

5.835 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.3

The story

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.

Cast

  • Kōzō Nomura
    Kōzō NomuraKenji Uozaki
  • Ayumi Sonoda
    Ayumi SonodaYuriko Shinjô
  • Koreya Senda
    Koreya SendaDr. Sugimoto
  • Akihiko Hirata
    Akihiko HirataDr. Fujimora
  • Fuyuki Murakami
    Fuyuki MurakamiDr. Majima
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya
    Yoshio TsuchiyaMilitary Officer Katsumoto
  • Minosuke Yamada
    Minosuke YamadaSecretary of Defense
  • Hisaya Ito
    Hisaya ItoIchiro
  • Yoshibumi Tajima
    Yoshibumi TajimaCaptain of Uranami
  • Nadao Kirino
    Nadao KirinoYutaka Wada