Varan the Unbelievable

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

Dec 7 1962 Unrated 1h 10m
Horror, Sci-Fi

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Sid Harris, Ken Kuronuma, Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Directed by

Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirô Honda, Motoyoshi Oda

Cast

Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan, United States of America

Production Companies

Dallas Production Inc., Cory Film Corporation, Crown International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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Average Rating
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