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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.
Keywords
japan
monster
bomb
giant monster
tokyo, japan
butterfly
kaiju
military
giant
1950s
monster movie
daikaiju
tokusatsu
Casts
Kōzō Nomura
Kenji Uozaki
Ayumi Sonoda
Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora
Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Ito
Ichiro
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
Mitsuo Tsuda
Takuzō Kumagai
Shōichi Hirose
Fisherman
Keisuke Yamada
Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman
Masaki Shinohara
Michiko Kawa
Yasumasa 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
Kô Hayami
Tokio Ôkawa
Tsurue Ichimanji
Hiroko Terasawa
Toriko Takahara
Katsumi Tezuka
Varan
Haruo Nakajima
Varan
Crews
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Ishirō Honda
Director
Ken Kuronuma
Story
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Kazuji Taira
Editor
Kiyoshi Shimizu
Production Design
Shôtarô Kawakami
Production Manager
Wataru Konuma
Sound Recordist
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
Akira Watanabe
Special Effects
Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
Keizô Murase
Costume Design
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects
Kuichiro Kishida
Lighting Technician
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Masanobu Deme
Special Effects
Masanobu Deme
Special Effects Assistant
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
Mitsuo Kaneko
Lighting Technician
Shuzaburo Araki
VFX Director of Photography
Shuzaburo Araki
Special Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
VFX Director of Photography
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Kuichiro Kishida
VFX Lighting Artist
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling
Keizô Murase
Modeling
Takashi Nakao
Still Photographer
Takashi Nakao
Assistant Camera
Backdrops & Posters
