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Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

1962 · Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirō Honda · 70 min · United States of America, Japan · Edited by 1

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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.

A 1962 title built around Giant, J-horror and Monsters. Directed by Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirō Honda.

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Varan the Unbelievable

French: Varan, le monstre géant
German: Varan, das Monster aus der Urzeit
Chinese: 大怪獸巴朗
Japanese: 大怪獣バラン

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