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Varan the Unbelievable poster
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MASTER SCORE 53.8 / 100
1962·Horror / Sci-Fi / Science Fiction·1h 10m

VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE

“From a world below, it came to terrorize - to destroy - to revenge!”

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.

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Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirô Honda, Motoyoshi Oda·DirectorShinichi Sekizawa·ScreenplaySid Harris·ScreenplayJacques R. Marquette·Director of PhotographyAlbert Glasser·MusicRudolph Cusumano·Editor
Cast
Myron Healey·Cmdr. James BradleyTsuruko Kobayashi·AnnaClifford Kawada·Capt. KishiDerick Shimatsu·Matsu, the boyKoreya Senda·Dr. SugimotoKōzō Nomura·Paul IsohAyumi Sonoda·Shidori IsohFumito Matsuo·Paul's FriendAkihiko Hirata·Dr. FujimoraFuyuki Murakami·Dr. Majima
Full Crew
(23 credits)
Directing· 5
Jerry A. Baerwitz·DirectorIshirō Honda·DirectorKoji Kajita·Assistant DirectorMargaret Lawrence·Script SupervisorLeonard Kunody·Assistant Director
Writing· 3
Shinichi Sekizawa·ScreenplaySid Harris·ScreenplayKen Kuronuma·Story
Camera· 1
Jacques R. Marquette·Director of Photography
Editing· 2
Rudolph Cusumano·EditorJack Ruggiero·Supervising Film Editor
Sound & Music· 5
Albert Glasser·MusicAkira Ifukube·MusicKurt Hernfeld·Sound Effects EditorPeter Zinner·Music EditorVictor B. Appel·Sound Mixer
Art & Design· 3
Robert O'Dell·CostumerSam Harris·Property MasterRobert Cowan·Makeup Artist
Production· 2
Tomoyuki Tanaka·ProducerJerry A. Baerwitz·Producer
Other Departments· 2
Eiji Tsuburaya·Visual EffectsEiji Tsuburaya·Special Effects
By the Numbers
53.8
OF 100
Master Score
4.4
OF 10
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