Varan

Name: Varan
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
Released: 1958
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 5.8

1958 · 87 min

Science Fiction · Horror

★ 5.8

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Ishirō Honda
Screenplay Shinichi Sekizawa
Story Ken Kuronuma
Director of Photography Hajime Koizumi

Cast

Kōzō Nomura
Kenji Uozaki
Ayumi Sonoda
Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
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
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Akira Sera
Village High Priest
Akio Kusama
Military Officer Kusama

Crew

Director — Ishirō Honda
Screenplay — Shinichi Sekizawa
Story — Ken Kuronuma
Director of Photography — Hajime Koizumi

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