Varan
1958-10-14
87 mins
The Plot
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 and Crew
Kōzō Nomura
Kenji Uozaki
Ayumi Sonoda
Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima, Sugimoto's aide
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Itō
Ichiro, Yuriko's brother
Yoshibumi Tajima
Captain of Uranami
Nadao Kirino
Yutaka Wada
Akira Sera
Village High Priest
Akio Kusama
Military Officer Kusama
Noriko Honma
Ken's Mom
Akira Yamada
Issaku
Fumindo Matsuo
Horiguchi
Sōji Ubukata
Toku Ihara
Yoshikazu Kawamata
Jiro
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Sankichi
Takashi Itô
Ken, the boy
Mitsuo Tsuda
Takuzō Kumagai
(as Jirô Kumagai)
Shōichi Hirose
Fisherman
Keisuke Yamada
Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman (as Kôji Suzuki)
Masaki Shinohara
Michiko Kawa
Yasumasa Ônishi
(as Yasuo Ônishi)
Toshiko Nakano
Hiroshi Akitsu
Mitsuo Matsumoto
Toshiko Nomura
Rinsaku Ogata
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Satoko Taira
Eisuke Nakanishi
Takashi Narita
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Haruya Sakamoto
Yōichirō Kitagawa
(as Ryûichi Hosokawa)
Kô Hayami
Tokio Ôkawa
Tsurue Ichimanji
(as Tazue Ichimanji)
Hiroko Terasawa
Toriko Takahara
Katsumi Tezuka
Varan
