Varan the Unbelievable [43015] Released: 1962-12-07 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 70 mins Popularity: 1.6468 Vote Average: 4.2 Vote Count: 29 Overview: 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. Cast [28] Myron HealeyCmdr. James Brad Tsuruko KobayashiAnna Clifford KawadaCapt. Kishi Derick ShimatsuMatsu, the boy Koreya SendaDr. Sugimoto Kōzō NomuraPaul Isoh Ayumi SonodaShidori Isoh Fumito MatsuoPaul's Friend Akihiko HirataDr. Fujimora Fuyuki MurakamiDr. Majima Yoshio TsuchiyaMilitary Officer Minosuke YamadaSecretary of Def Hisaya ItōIchiro Yoshibumi TajimaCaptain of Urana Nadao KirinoYutaka Wada Akira SeraVillage High Pri Akio KusamaMilitary Officer Noriko HonmaKen's Mom Akira YamadaIssaku Fumindo MatsuoHoriguchi Yoshikazu KawamataJiro Yasuhiro ShigenobuSankichi Shōichi HiroseFisherman Takashi ItôKen Hideo ShibuyaCameraman Toshitsugu SuzukiFisherman Haruo NakajimaVaran Katsumi TezukaVaran Trailers Classic Monster Movie Trailers Varan The Unbelievable