"A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!" 14 October 1958 Horror, Sci-Fi 87 mins
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.
Watch the official Varan 1958 trailer in HD below or find more Varan videos on Vidimovie.
Kōzō Nomura as Kenji Uozaki
Ayumi Sonoda as Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda as Dr. Sugimoto
Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Fujimora
Fuyuki Murakami as Dr. Majima
Yoshio Tsuchiya as Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada as Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Itō as Ichiro
Yoshifumi 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
Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects
Ishirō Honda Director
Haruo Nakajima Stunts
Ken Kuronuma Story
Teizô Toshimitsu Costume Design
Keizô Murase Costume Design
Sadamasa Arikawa Special Effects
Wataru Konuma Sound Recordist
Kazuji Taira Editor
Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
Kiyoshi Shimizu Production Design
Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography
Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
Shôtarô Kawakami Production Manager
Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Compositor
Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects
Varan - O Monstro do Oriente Trailer
Varan - Das Monster aus der Urzeit Trailer
Daikaijû Baran Trailer
Giant Monster Varan Trailer
Tōyō no Kaibutsu Daikaijū Baran Trailer
The Great Monster Baran Trailer
Varan, Monster from the East Trailer
東洋の怪物 大怪獣バラン Trailer
Varan the Unbelievable Trailer
Germany 26 April 2011
Japan 14 October 1958
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