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Varan (1958) | SpawnScore

Varan

Varan

Movies / Japanese

Varan1958

Original title: 大怪獣バラン

A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!

IMDb

5.3/101.1K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

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Metacritic

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TMDB

58%38 votes

SpawnScore

Released: October 14, 1958
Runtime: 1h 27m
Language: Japanese
Director: Ishirō Honda

Science Fiction
Horror

Story

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.

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

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Yoshio Tsuchiya

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Minosuke Yamada

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Noriko Honma

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Akira Yamada

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Toku Ihara

Yoshikazu Kawamata

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Jiro

Yasuhiro Shigenobu

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Takashi Itô

Ken

Crew

Ishirō Honda
Director
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Ken Kuronuma
Story
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
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Details

Spoken languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

Production

TOHO

1996★7.5

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