Varan
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
Kōzō Nomura
Kenji Uozaki
Ayumi Sonoda
Yuriko Shinjô
Koreya Senda
Dr. Sugimoto
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Fujimora, bomb expert
Fuyuki Murakami
Dr. Majima, Sugimoto's aide
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Military Officer Katsumoto
Minosuke Yamada
Secretary of Defense
Hisaya Ito
Ichiro, Yuriko's brother
Yoshifumi Tajima
Captain of Uranami
Nadao Kirino
Yutaka Wada
Akira Sera
Village High Priest
Akio Kusama
Military Officer Kusama
Noriko Honma
Ken's Mom
Akira Yamada
Issaku
Fumindo Matsuo
Horiguchi
Sōji Ubukata
Toku Ihara
Yoshikazu Kawamata
Jiro
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Sankichi
Takashi Itô
Ken, the boy
Mitsuo Tsuda
Takuzō Kumagai
(as Jirô Kumagai)
Shōichi Hirose
Fisherman
Keisuke Yamada
Hideo Shibuya
Cameraman
Toshitsugu Suzuki
Fisherman (as Kôji Suzuki)
Masaki Shinohara
Michiko Kawa
Yasumasa Ônishi
(as Yasuo Ônishi)
Toshiko Nakano
Hiroshi Akitsu
Mitsuo Matsumoto
Toshiko Nomura
Rinsaku Ogata
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Satoko Taira
Eisuke Nakanishi
Takashi Narita
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Haruya Sakamoto
Yōichirō Kitagawa
(as Ryûichi Hosokawa)
Kô Hayami
Tokio Ôkawa
Tsurue Ichimanji
(as Tazue Ichimanji)
Hiroko Terasawa
Toriko Takahara
Katsumi Tezuka
Varan
Haruo Nakajima
Varan
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Ishirō Honda
Director
Akira Watanabe
Special Effects
Kazuji Taira
Editor
Keizô Murase
Costume Design
Ken Kuronuma
Story
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Kiyoshi Shimizu
Production Design
Wataru Konuma
Sound Recordist
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Shôtarô Kawakami
Production Manager
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects
Masanobu Deme
Special Effects
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Masanobu Deme
Special Effects Assistant
Mitsuo Kaneko
Lighting Technician
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Keizô Murase
Modeling
Shuzaburo Araki
VFX Director of Photography
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
VFX Director of Photography
Shuzaburo Araki
Special Effects
Kuichirô Kishida
VFX Lighting Artist
Takashi Nakao
Assistant Camera
Takashi Nakao
Still Photographer
Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling