Varan the Unbelievable (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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Ishirō Honda
- Jerry A. Baerwitz
Writing:
- Ken Kuronuma
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa
- Sid Harris
Stars:
Release Date: 1962-12-07
4.2/10
4.2/10
- Country: US, JP
- Language: English | 日本語
- Runtime: 70
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Cmdr. James Bradley
Ken's Mom
Varan
Military Officer Katsumoto
Fisherman
Dr. Sugimoto
Dr. Majima
Captain of Uranami
Paul Isoh
Shidori Isoh
Anna
Dr. Fujimora
Secretary of Defense
Ichiro
Yutaka Wada
Military Officer Kusama
Cameraman
Fisherman
Varan
Capt. Kishi
Matsu, the boy
