Varan the Unbelievable
Varan the Unbelievable

大怪獣バラン
Daikaijū Baran
Giant Monster Varan
Director | Ishiro Honda |
Special Effects Director | Eiji Tsuburaya |
Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Original Story | Ken Kuronuma |
Screenplay | Shinichi Sekizawa |
Photography | Hajime Koizumi |
Art | Kiyoshi Shimizu |
Sound |
Wataru Konuma Masanobu Miyazaki |
Lighting | Mitsuo Kaneko |
Music | Akira Ifukube |
Editor | Koichi Iwashita |
Special Effects Photography | Sadamasa Arikawa |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | October 14, 1958 |
Runtime | 82 minutes |
![]() 大怪獣バラン Daikaijū Baran Giant Monster Varan |
Director | Ishiro Honda |
Special Effects Director | Eiji Tsuburaya |
Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Original Story | Ken Kuronuma |
Screenplay | Shinichi Sekizawa |
Photography | Hajime Koizumi |
Art | Kiyoshi Shimizu |
Sound |
Wataru Konuma Masanobu Miyazaki |
Lighting | Mitsuo Kaneko |
Music | Akira Ifukube |
Editor | Koichi Iwashita |
Special Effects Photography | Sadamasa Arikawa |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | October 14, 1958 |
Runtime | 82 minutes |
A pair of scientists go missing in the remote region of Tohoku. Their colleagues arrive later to investigate their disappearance. The Ainu threaten them with their ancient deity, Varan, who resides in a nearby lake. Varan, a giant dinosaur-like creature, appears and destroys the Ainu village.
The military intervenes, and Varan takes flight to escape. Varan hides in the seas around Japan and leads the military on a wild goose chase to find and destroy him. The monster is impervious to conventional weaponry, and the scientific community races to find some way of defeating it. Varan slowly makes his way towards Tokyo.
When Varan arrives at Tokyo, the military deploys a new explosive against the monster, but to no effect. Varan displays a fascination with the signal flares used to light the battle theater, even swallowing them as they return to earth. The military uses this against Varan, and place an explosive on one of the flares. Varan consumes it, and the explosive detonates inside the monster. Varan flees to the ocean, but soon perishes from its injuries.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Kenji Uozaki

Yuriko Shinjo

Dr. Sugimoto

Dr. Fujimora

Dr. Majima

Officer Katsumoto

Defense Secretary

Ichiro Shinjo

Naval Officer

Yutaka Wada

Village Priest

Soldier

Horiguchi

Policeman

Soldier

Soldier

Fisherman

Soldier

Reporter

Fisherman

Soldier

Soldier

Soldier

Varan

Varan
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
製作 Producer |
田中友幸 Tomoyuki Tanaka |
原作 Original Story |
黒沼健 Ken Kuronuma |
脚本 Screenplay |
関沢新一 Shinichi Sekizawa |
撮影 Photography |
小泉一 Hajime Koizumi |
美術 Art |
清水喜代志 Kiyoshi Shimizu |
録音 Sound |
小沼渡 Wataru Konuma |
宮崎正信 Masanobu Miyazaki |
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照明 Lighting |
金子光男 Mitsuo Kaneko |
音楽 Music |
伊福部昭 Akira Ifukube |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
梶田興治 Koji Kajita |
音響効果 Sound Effects |
三縄一郎 Ichiro Miniwa |
編集 Editor |
平一二 Kazuji Taira |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
川上勝太郎 Katsutaro Kawakami |
特殊技術 Special Effects |
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撮影 Photography |
荒木秀三郎 Shozaburo Araki |
有川貞昌 Sadamasa Arikawa |
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美術 Art |
渡辺明 Akira Watanabe |
照明 Lighting |
岸田九一郎 Kuichiro Kishida |
合成 Synthesis |
向山宏 Hiroshi Mukoyama |
出演者 Performers |
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野村浩三 Kozo Nomura |
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園田あゆみ Ayumi Sonoda |
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千田是也 Koreya Senda |
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平田昭彦 Akihiko Hirata |
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村上冬樹 Fuyuki Murakami |
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土屋嘉男 Yoshio Tsuchiya |
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山田巳之助 Minosuke Yamada |
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伊藤久哉 Hisaya Ito |
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田島義文 Yoshibumi Tajima |
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桐野洋雄 Nadao Kirino |
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瀬良明 Akira Sera |
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草間璋夫 Akio Kusama |
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本間文子 Noriko Honma |
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山田彰 Akira Yamada |
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松尾文人 Fuminto Matsuo |
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生方壮児 Soji Ubukata |
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伊原徳 Toku Ihara |
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川又吉一 Yukio Kawamata |
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重信安宏 Yasunori Shigenobu |
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伊東隆 Takashi Ito |
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津田光男 Mitsuo Tsuda |
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熊谷二良 Jiro Kumagai |
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広瀬正一 Shoichi Hirose |
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山田圭介 Keisuke Yamada |
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渋谷英男 Hideyo Shibuya |
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鈴木孝次 Toshitsugu Suzuki |
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篠原正記 Masaki Shinohara |
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河美智子 Michiko Kawa |
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中野俊子 Toshiko Nakano |
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安芸津広 Hiroshi Akitsu |
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松本光男 Mitsuo Matsumoto |
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大西康雄 Yasumasa Onishi |
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緒方燐作 Rinsaku Ogata |
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向井淳一郎 Junichiro Mukai |
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一万慈鶴恵 Tazue Ichimanji |
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平三富子 Tomiko Hiraso |
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中西英介 Eisuke Nakanishi |
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成田孝 Takashi Narita |
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勝本圭一郎 Keiichiro Katsumoto |
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坂本晴哉 Haruya Sakamoto |
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細川隆一 Ryuichi Hosokawa |
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速水洸 Ko Hayami |
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大川時生 Tokio Okawa |
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寺沢ひろ子 Hiroko Terasawa |
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高原とり子 Toriko Takahara |
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手塚勝巳 Katsumi Tezuka |
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中島春雄 Haruo Nakajima |
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特技監督 Special Effects Director |
円谷英二 Eiji Tsuburaya |
監督 Director |
本多猪四郎 Ishiro Honda |