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Varan
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.
Varan
October 14, 1958
28
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Cast (48)
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Kōzō Nomura
Kenji Uozaki
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Ayumi Sonoda
Yuriko Shinjô
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Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
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Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
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Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima, Sugimoto's aide
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
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Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
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Hisaya Ito
Ichiro, Yuriko's brother
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Yoshifumi Tajima
Captain of Uranami
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Nadao Kirino
Yutaka Wada
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Akira Sera
Village High Priest
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Akio Kusama
Military Officer Kusama
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Noriko Honma
Ken's Mom
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Akira Yamada
Issaku
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Fumindo Matsuo
Horiguchi
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Sōji Ubukata
N/A
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Toku Ihara
N/A
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Yoshikazu Kawamata
Jiro
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Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Sankichi
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Takashi Itô
Ken, the boy
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Mitsuo Tsuda
N/A
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Takuzō Kumagai
(as Jirô Kumagai)
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Shōichi Hirose
Fisherman
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Keisuke Yamada
N/A
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Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman
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Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman (as Kôji Suzuki)
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Masaki Shinohara
N/A
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Michiko Kawa
N/A
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Yasumasa Ônishi
(as Yasuo Ônishi)
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Toshiko Nakano
N/A
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Hiroshi Akitsu
N/A
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Mitsuo Matsumoto
N/A
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Toshiko Nomura
N/A
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Rinsaku Ogata
N/A
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Jun'ichirō Mukai
N/A
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Satoko Taira
N/A
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Eisuke Nakanishi
N/A
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Takashi Narita
N/A
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Haruya Sakamoto
N/A
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Yōichirō Kitagawa
(as Ryûichi Hosokawa)
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Kô Hayami
N/A
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Tokio Ôkawa
N/A
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Tsurue Ichimanji
(as Tazue Ichimanji)
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Hiroko Terasawa
N/A
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Toriko Takahara
N/A
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Katsumi Tezuka
Varan
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Haruo Nakajima
Varan
Crew (38)
Directing
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Ishirō Honda
Director
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Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Writing
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Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
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Ken Kuronuma
Story
Production
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Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
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Shôtarô Kawakami
Production Manager
Sound
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Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects
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Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
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Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
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Wataru Konuma
Sound Recordist
Art
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Kiyoshi Shimizu
Production Design
Camera
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Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
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Takashi Nakao
Assistant Camera
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Takashi Nakao
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up
Crew
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Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
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Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
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Masanobu Deme
Special Effects Assistant
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Masanobu Deme
Special Effects
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Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
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Akira Watanabe
Special Effects
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Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
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Shuzaburo Araki
Special Effects
Editing
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Kazuji Taira
Editor
Lighting
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Mitsuo Kaneko
Lighting Technician
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Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician
Visual Effects
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Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
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Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
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Sadamasa Arikawa
VFX Director of Photography
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Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling
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Keizô Murase
Modeling
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Kuichirô Kishida
VFX Lighting Artist
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Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
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Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects
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Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor
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Shuzaburo Araki
VFX Director of Photography