Varan the Unbelievable

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Myron Healey

Cmdr. James Bradley

Age : 82 | Popularity : 6%

Tsuruko Kobayashi

Anna

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Clifford Kawada

Capt. Kishi

Age : 53 | Popularity : 0%

Derick Shimatsu

Matsu, the boy

Age : 72 | Popularity : 0%

Koreya Senda

Dr. Sugimoto

Age : 90 | Popularity : 7%

Kōzō Nomura

Paul Isoh

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Ayumi Sonoda

Shidori Isoh

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Fumito Matsuo

Paul's Friend

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music Editor	Peter Zinner
	Original Music Composer	Akira Ifukube
	Sound Mixer	Victor B. Appel
	Sound Effects Editor	Kurt Hernfeld
Directing	Director	Ishirō Honda Jerry A. Baerwitz
	Assistant Director	Leonard Kunody
	Script Supervisor	Margaret Lawrence
Crew	Special Effects	Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects	Visual Effects	Eiji Tsuburaya
Production	Producer	Tomoyuki Tanaka Jerry A. Baerwitz
Writing	Screenplay	Shinichi Sekizawa Sid Harris
	Story	Ken Kuronuma
Camera	Director of Photography	Jacques R. Marquette
Editing	Supervising Film Editor	Jack Ruggiero
	Editor	Rudolph Cusumano
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Robert Cowan
	Costumer	Robert O'Dell
Art	Property Master	Sam Harris
Department	Role	Name

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