Original Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.Original Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.Original Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.
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- TriviaThis film began as a direct-to-television co-production between AB-PT and Toho, and thus was shot in black and white in the Academy aspect ratio. AB-PT went bankrupt during production, but a two-part TV film was still completed. The two parts were then edited into a single, longer feature film to be shown in Japanese theaters, which involved extending and re-recording the musical score, shortening scenes and adding new ones. This theatrical feature was then cropped shot by shot and released in an ersatz anamorphic widescreen format apparently adapted from SuperScope called TohoPanScope. Neither the TV version nor the theatrical version of this film exist in the Academy ratio, but the fully mixed audio track for the TV version still exists as of this date.
- GoofsSeveral short clips of Varan's attack on Tokyo are actually stock footage from Gojira (1954), including a shot of Godzilla's tail smashing into a building and a POV shot from inside a warehouse of Godzilla's foot caving the structure in. Similarly, Varan's roar is an amalgamation of various Toho giant monster roars, including that of Godzilla himself.
- Alternate versionsThe scene of Baran (aka Varan) flying is deleted from the American version of the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
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I realize why Varan isn't that popular among kaiju fans
Before I saw this movie, I was very interested in Varan. The monster seemed kinda cool and I realized he wasn't that popular among monster fans and I wondered why Toho didn't used him more. After watching the movie I see why. This movie was just boring, I mean the characters were just shallow, and it really didn't do much for me. This is really not one of Ishiro Honda's best films, however its not his worst. But as I said its just boring. Other than gliding, Varan isn't really an interesting monster and I wished they used him more in other Toho films, but I see why they didn't. The only good thing is that Akira Ifukube once again is great as the composer. The music in this is great and the music was actually used in future Godzilla films. Overall while I think the monster shouldn't been forgotten, this movie is very forgettable.
- zackeryburgedd
- Aug 14, 2011
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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