Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
Varan the Unbelievable
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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Myron Healey
as Cmdr. James Bradley
as Cmdr. James Bradley
Tsuruko Kobayashi
as Anna
as Anna
Clifford Kawada
as Capt. Kishi
as Capt. Kishi
Derick Shimatsu
as Matsu, the boy
as Matsu, the boy
Koreya Senda
as Dr. Sugimoto
as Dr. Sugimoto
Kōzō Nomura
as Paul Isoh
as Paul Isoh
Ayumi Sonoda
as Shidori Isoh
as Shidori Isoh
Fumito Matsuo
as Paul's Friend
as Paul's Friend
Akihiko Hirata
as Dr. Fujimora
as Dr. Fujimora
Fuyuki Murakami
as Dr. Majima
as Dr. Majima
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Military Officer Katsumoto
as Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
as Secretary of Defense
as Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Ito
as Ichiro
as Ichiro
Yoshifumi Tajima
as Captain of Uranami
as Captain of Uranami
Nadao Kirino
as Yutaka Wada
as Yutaka Wada
Akira Sera
as Village High Priest
as Village High Priest
Akio Kusama
as Military Officer Kusama
as Military Officer Kusama
Noriko Honma
as Ken's Mom
as Ken's Mom
Akira Yamada
as Issaku
as Issaku
Fumindo Matsuo
as Horiguchi
as Horiguchi
Yoshikazu Kawamata
as Jiro
as Jiro
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
as Sankichi
as Sankichi
Shōichi Hirose
as Fisherman
as Fisherman
Takashi Itô
as Ken
as Ken
Hideo Shibuya
as Cameraman
as Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
as Fisherman
as Fisherman
Haruo Nakajima
as Varan
as Varan
Katsumi Tezuka
as Varan
as Varan
Crew arrow_drop_down
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Visual Effects
Jerry A. Baerwitz
Director
Director
Koji Kajita
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Kurt Hernfeld
Sound Effects Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Screenplay
Sid Harris
Screenplay
Screenplay
Ken Kuronuma
Story
Story
Jack Ruggiero
Supervising Film Editor
Supervising Film Editor
Peter Zinner
Music Editor
Music Editor
Margaret Lawrence
Script Supervisor
Script Supervisor
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Special Effects
Robert O'Dell
Costumer
Costumer
Victor B. Appel
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Producer
Leonard Kunody
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Sam Harris
Property Master
Property Master
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Jerry A. Baerwitz
Producer
Producer
Robert Cowan
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Jacques R. Marquette
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Rudolph Cusumano
Editor
Editor
Ishirō Honda
Director
Director
