Varan the Unbelievable (1961)
- Starring:
- Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishiro Honda, (more)
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Varan the Unbelievable
Director Jerry A. Baerwitz created this uninspired, problematical monster story by using footage from a similar but different Japanese monster flic by Inoshira Honda (he who started off Godzilla and followed up with Rodan, Mothra, Monster Zero and more). Viewer opinion overwhelmingly sides with Honda's film. In this story, the Japanese and U.S. military are working together in the Pacific on a Japanese island with a salt water lake, trying out an experiment to desalinate the water. Their desalination technique wakes up a prehistoric monster, Baran, from the longest nap on record. Understandably piqued, the monster sets off to trample down Tokyo in revenge. Some audiences may feel that Baerwitz' treatment of the Japanese in this film should have set the monster against Hollywood. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 87 mins
Complete Cast of Varan the Unbelievable
- Clifford Kawada - Capt. Kishi
- Myron Healey - Cmdr. James Bradley
- Koreya Senda
- Derick Shimatsu - Matsu
- George Sasaki
- Hideo Imamura
- Katsumi Tezuka - Varan (archival footage)
- Director(s):
- Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishiro Honda
- Writer(s):
- Shinichi Sekizawa, Sid Harris
- Producer(s):
- Jerry A. Baerwitz
- Categories:
- Horror
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