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| Title: | Varan the Unbelievable |
| Genres: | Sci-fi Horror |
| Directed by: | Ishirô Honda Jerry A. Baerwitz |
| Written by: | Sid Harris Takeshi Kuronuma Shin'ichi Sekizawa |
| Produced by: | Jerry A. Baerwitz |
| Cinematography: | Jack Marquette |
| Edited by: | Jack Ruggiero |
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| Distributed by: | Crown International Pictures |
| Released: | December 7th, 1962 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 70 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Varan the Unbelievable is an American feature film adaptation of a Japanese feature film, Daikaiju Baran, of the science fiction genre. It is classified as a Tokusatsu of the daikaiju ("giant monster") subgenre. It includes most of the Japanese original's special effects, and its ending, but the rest of the principal footage features an American cast in a screenplay based on the original but with different story and character details.
It was directed by Ishirô Honda (the original Japanese footage only) and its producer, Jerry A. Baerwitz, from a screenplay by Sid Harris which was based on the original Japanese film's story by Ken Kuronuma and screenplay Shin'ichi Sekizawa. The movie was produced by Dallas Productions Inc. and Cory Productions Inc,, and premiered in the United States on December 7th, 1962.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Myron Healey | Cdr. James R. Bradley |
| Tsuruko Kobayashi | Anna Bradley |
| Clifford Kawada | Capt. Masataka Kishi |
| Derick Shimatsu | Matsu, the boy |
| Kozo Nomura | Paul Isoh |
| Ayumi Sonada | Shidori Isoh |
| Yoneo Iguchi | Army Radio Man |
| Akira Sera | Koshidu Native Chief |
| ? | Warship Commander |
| ? | Warship Lieutenant |
| Fumido Matsuo | Paul Isoh's Assistant |
| ? | Japanese Scientist |
| Hiroshi Hisasume | Private Zeki |
| Akihiko Hirata | Detonator Man |
| Hideo Imamura | unknown |
| George Sasaki | unknown |
| Michael Sung | unknown |
| Roy K. Ogata | unknown |