Varan

Varan

A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!

1958•1h 27m•5.7/10

Science FictionHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(35)

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.

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Production

TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kōzō Nomura

Kōzō Nomura

Kenji Uozaki

Ayumi Sonoda

Ayumi Sonoda

Yuriko Shinjô

Koreya Senda

Koreya Senda

Dr. Sugimoto

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Dr. Fujimora

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Dr. Majima

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Military Officer Katsumoto

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada

Secretary of Defense

Hisaya Ito

Hisaya Ito

Ichiro

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshibumi Tajima

Captain of Uranami

Nadao Kirino

Nadao Kirino

Yutaka Wada

Akira Sera

Village High Priest

Akio Kusama

Akio Kusama

Military Officer Kusama

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Ken's Mom

Akira Yamada

Issaku

Fumindo Matsuo

Horiguchi

Sōji Ubukata

Toku Ihara

Yoshikazu Kawamata

Jiro

Yasuhiro Shigenobu

Sankichi

Takashi Itô

Ken

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