DAIKAIJU BARAN (1958)

Film details

Featuring

Myron Healey Tsuruko Kobayashi Clifford Kawada
Country

Japan
Year

1958
Genres

Horror Science Fiction
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE Alternative

Synopsis

Prehistoric monster rises out of lake, threatens Tokyo and is finally destroyed by explosives it swallows. Additional scenes were shot for U.S. distribution.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Commander James Bradley
    
    Myron Healey
  - Anne Bradley
    
    Tsuruko Kobayashi
  - Captain Kishi
    
    Clifford Kawada
  - Matsu
    
    Derick Shimatsu
  - cast member
    
    Kozo Nomura
  - cast member
    
    Ayumi Sonoda
  - cast member
    
    Koreya Senda
  - cast member
    
    Akihiko Hirata
  - cast member
    
    Hideo Imamura
  - cast member
    
    George Sasaki
  - cast member
    
    Hiroshi Hisamune
  - cast member
    
    Yoneo Iguchi
  - cast member
    
    Michael Sung
  - cast member
    
    Roy K. Ogata
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Ishiro Honda
  - Director of US version
    
    Jerry A. Baerwitz
  - Production Company
    
    Toho Co. Ltd.
  - US version production company
    
    Dallas Productions
  - US version production company
    
    Cory Productions
  - Producer of US version
    
    Jerry A. Baerwitz
  - Assistant director of US version
    
    Leonard Kunody
  - Script
    
    Shinichi Sekizawa
  - Screenplay of US version
    
    Sid Harris
  - Director of Photography
    
    Hajime Koizumi
  - Original story
    
    Hajime Koizumi
  - Photography of US version
    
    Jacques R. Marquette
  - Special Effects
    
    Eiji Tsuburaya
  - Special effects of US version
    
    Howard A. Anderson
  - Editor of US version
    
    Jack Ruggiero
  - Editor of US version
    
    Ralph Cushman
  - Art Director
    
    K. Shimizu
  - Costumes of US version
    
    Robert O'Dell
  - Makeup of US version
    
    Robert Cowan
  - Music
    
    Akira Ifukube
  - Music editor of US version
    
    Peter Zinner
  - Sound recorder of US version
    
    Victor Appel
  - Sound of US version
    
    Glen Glenn