Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
With Haruo Nakajima, Myron Healey, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshifumi Tajima, Kin Sugai
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Varan the Unbelievable (Japanese: 大怪獣バラン, Hepburn: Daikaijū Baran; lit. 'Giant Monster Varan') is a 1958 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it stars Kōzō Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda, and Koreya Senda, with Haruo Nakajima as Varan. In the film, a reporter's investigation into two mysterious deaths in Japan's mountains leads to the discovery of a giant lake monster, wrecking its way towards civilization.
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