Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
Horror
Science Fiction
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.
Cast
Cmdr. James Bradley
Anna
Military Officer Katsumoto
Secretary of Defense
Ichiro
Captain of Uranami
Yutaka Wada
Village High Priest
Military Officer Kusama
Ken's Mom
Issaku
Horiguchi
Capt. Kishi
Jiro
Sankichi
Fisherman
Ken
Cameraman
Fisherman
Varan
Varan
Matsu, the boy
Dr. Sugimoto
Paul Isoh
Shidori Isoh
Paul's Friend
Dr. Fujimora
Dr. Majima
Crew
Director
Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Makeup Artist
Director
Visual Effects
Screenplay
Story
Screenplay
Sound Mixer
Costumer
Music Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Script Supervisor
Supervising Film Editor
Producer
Assistant Director
Special Effects
Property Master
Assistant Director
