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Directed by Ishiro Honda

Varan the Unbelievable

1h 27m

Directed by Ishiro Honda • 1958 • Japan
Starring Kozo Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda, Koreya Senda

Following in the wake of Godzilla and Rodan, Toho and director Ishiro Honda unleashed Varan, another monstrous manifestation of nature’s wrath. When they travel to a remote region of Japan to investigate the mysterious deaths of a pair of butterfly researchers, a reporter (Ayumi Sonoda) and a scientist (Kozo Nomura) discover the titular prehistoric reptile, who rises from a lake and proceeds to rampage his way toward Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.

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