| Display title | Varan (1958) |
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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | Varan (大怪獣バラン, Daikaijū Baran, lit. "Giant Monster Varan") is a 1958 tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda and written by Shinichi Sekizawa from a story by Ken Kuronuma, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced by Toho, it was the company's last black-and-white kaiju film. It stars Kozo Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda, Fumito Matsuo, Koreya Senda, Akio Kusama, Yoshio Tsuchiya, and Akihiko Hirata. The film was released to Japanese theaters by Toho on October 14, 1958. Dallas Productions and Cory Productions produced a heavily re-edited English-language version of the film directed by Jerry A. Baerwitz and written by Sid Harris titled Varan the Unbelievable, which starred additional English-speaking actors including Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada, and Derick Shimatsu. Crown International Pictures released this version of the film to American theaters on December 7, 1962. |
