Varan the Unbelievable
1962, English. Directed by Jerry A. Baerwitz & Ishirō Honda.
From a world below, it came to terrorize - to destroy - to revenge!
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Jerry A. BaerwitzDirector
- Ishirō HondaDirector
- Myron HealeyCmdr. James Bradley
- 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 Katsumoto
- Minosuke YamadaSecretary of Defense
Details
- Released
- 7 December 1962
- Country
- United States of America, Japan
- Written by
- Sid Harris, Ken Kuronuma, Shinichi Sekizawa
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Varan the Unbelievable runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Varan the Unbelievable is streaming on FlixFling in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Varan the Unbelievable?
If you liked Varan the Unbelievable, try Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Gigantis, the Fire Monster, Underwater.
Who directed Varan the Unbelievable?
Varan the Unbelievable (1962) was directed by Jerry A. Baerwitz and Ishirō Honda and stars Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada.