Varan the Unbelievable
07/12/1962
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.
Movie Information
Myron Healey
as Cmdr. James Bradley
Tsuruko Kobayashi
as Anna
Clifford Kawada
as Capt. Kishi
Derick Shimatsu
as Matsu, the boy
Koreya Senda
as Dr. Sugimoto
Kōzō Nomura
as Paul Isoh
Ayumi Sonoda
as Shidori Isoh
Fumito Matsuo
as Paul's Friend
Akihiko Hirata
as Dr. Fujimora
Fuyuki Murakami
as Dr. Majima
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
as Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Ito
as Ichiro
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Captain of Uranami
Nadao Kirino
as Yutaka Wada
Akira Sera
as Village High Priest
Akio Kusama
as Military Officer Kusama
Noriko Honma
as Ken's Mom
Akira Yamada
as Issaku
Fumindo Matsuo
as Horiguchi
Yoshikazu Kawamata
as Jiro
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
as Sankichi
Shōichi Hirose
as Fisherman
Takashi Itô
as Ken
Hideo Shibuya
as Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
as Fisherman
Haruo Nakajima
as Varan
Katsumi Tezuka
as Varan
George Sasaki
as Soldier
