Varan the Unbelievable
Varan the Unbelievable (1958) Japanese Trailer
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- Release Date: 1962
- Runtime: 70 min
- Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
- Starring: Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada, Derick Shimatsu ... see all
- Director: Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirô Honda
- 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... Read more
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Jun 04, 2005
Brandt Sponseller - imdb.com
Jun 04, 2005Brandt Sponseller - imdb.com
This is not a review, but I want to post this here to help stave off some confusion. The DVD called "Varan The Unbelievable", released by Tokyo Shock in May 2005, catalog number TSDVD-0511, is not the film listed on... Full review
Now available
May 31, 2005
kittenpower - imdb.com
May 31, 2005kittenpower - imdb.com
The DVD is now available! The original Japanese film with English subtitles. The classic monster from "Destroy All Monsters" is born or at least awakened. This movie has everything, a great monster, battleships, tanks, and you guessed it explosions! If... Full review
A team of researchers, searching for a strange insect in a remote region of Japan, find a prehistoric monster living in a lake.
May 07, 2005
stanhyde - imdb.com
May 07, 2005stanhyde - imdb.com
Unlike most Toho films, Varan just doesn't have much subtext. He's not a "walking nuclear firestorm" or even a pterodactyl version of the WW2 aerial attacks (RODAN). He shares some of Mothra's qualities . . . natives do revere him... Full review
Ewwwww
Mar 06, 2003
Brian Washington - imdb.com
Mar 06, 2003Brian Washington - imdb.com
Varan was one of the few Japanese monsters that didn't catch on in Japan after the success of Godzilla and Rodan I have seen the original version of the film and it is a very good example of the kaiju... Full review
I believe it...
Dec 28, 2002
seashellz - imdb.com
Dec 28, 2002seashellz - imdb.com
This came out paired with CIPs also POSSIBLY recut version of the East German etc FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS-Der Schwagen Stern- (or SILENT STAR) In a theater full of candy and popcorn munching kids, i was in pure heaven -not... Full review
Enjoyable Film
Jun 22, 2002
kevzilla - imdb.com
Jun 22, 2002kevzilla - imdb.com
Varan The Unbelievable is a very enjoyable Japanese giant monster movie. This movie was practically re-shot for it's American audience so if you enjoy the American version then you diffenently need to check out the original Japanese version. It will... Full review
He's Varan! And he is UNBELIEVABLE!
Feb 27, 2001
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Feb 27, 2001- imdb.com
VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE was pretty scary stuff when I first saw it as a kid in 1962. A few years ago I picked the original Japanese version and the must say it proceeds at a ponderous pace and is much... Full review
Critics Reviews
| May 10, 2005DVD Talk
Although the movie shows that Toho was apparently already running out of ideas for giant monster movies just four years after Gojira , Varan the Unbelievable is what Kaiju -ologists (a not-so-rare breed) call, "an interesting subject for discussion.
To start with, the good news is that the movie on this DVD from Media Blaster's Tokyo Shock label is technically Daikaiju Baran and not Varan the Unbelievable , a name which really belongs to the much better known cut-down, Americanized 1962 version... ... Full Review
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