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Varan the Unbelievable

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382:, the military convince Fujimura to use his new explosive intended for dam construction. As the Defense Force bombards Varan, Kenji drives a truck full of explosives towards the beast. He escapes before the truck detonates beneath Varan but the explosives prove useless. After noticing Varan devouring flares, Sugimoto suggests attaching the explosives onto the flares in the hopes that Varan would swallow them. A helicopter drops the explosive-laced flares into Varan’s mouth, successfully imploding its organs. Varan retreats into the sea, and is killed by the final explosive. 374:
periods. Sugimoto is then asked by the Defense Agency to accompany them to the area. Varan is driven out of the lake with chemicals and attacks the military. Kenji and Yuriko are chased by the monster, but take refuge in a cave where Varan attempts to reach them. At Sugimoto’s suggestion, flares are used to distract Varan. However, Varan sprouts wings and flees into the sea.
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Years later, Honda admitted to being disappointed with the film, stating, "This is not a work I am happy with. If we could have restarted from the beginning, scenes such as those with the Self-Defense Forces might have been more grand. Everything was pretty much shot on set, with maybe a tiny bit of
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on October 14, 1958 Conflicting sources report that Toho completed a theatrical version and an export television version. These reports claim that Ifukube recorded a separate score between August 27 and 29 for the television version and a test print with three reels was shipped to Toho International
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After finding the boy, a giant reptilian monster, whom Kenji identifies as "Varan", surfaces from a nearby lake and attacks the village, crushing the priest in the process. Back in Tokyo, Dr. Sugimoto adds that Varan is a Varanopode, a creature that lived during the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
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interacting with Japanese-American actors. A new story was written by Sid Harris which featured an American military scientist stationed in Japan conducting a de-salinization experiment on the lake where Varan dwells. The American version only features 15 minutes of the original Japanese footage and
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suffered burns while filming the climax scene. The crew rented a cheap soundstage and open set when certain scenes could not be filmed at Toho. Evacuation scenes were filmed on the Toho lot, with some offices and sound-stages visible onscreen. Filming lasted 28 days and wrapped in mid-August. Due to
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commented, "Varan attacks Haneda Airport, but it reminds me of the conclusion of any other old Godzilla. There's nothing new. It's really about all they can do with a monster movie." For the American version, author David Kalat noted that Bradley sees himself as a misunderstood figure who has lent
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had arrived in the US, and a request for another came from to Toho. Tanaka approached me, asking me to come up with something, anything." Sekizawa was tasked with writing the screenplay and was told to keep it "basic and simple." Sekizawa's early drafts used the subtitle "Monster of the East." A
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Two scholars are sent to a region known as the "Tibet of Japan" to study rare butterflies, but they are killed by a landslide triggered by a massive creature. Reporter Yuriko, sister to one of the late scholars, travels to Iwaya Village with scientist Kenji and another colleague to investigate the
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Filming began in July 1958 in black-and-white and in 1.33:1 aspect ratio. However, after AB-PT shut down, Toho changed the film's status in the middle of production from a television project into a theatrical feature. Honda noted that they couldn't start over and had to resort to "blowing up" the
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This change was forced on us. We were shooting things so that they looked big and powerful on the small screen, but suddenly we had to take the same footage and try to make the same impression for the big screen. It just doesn't work that way. And on top of that, we had been shooting based on the
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film for television. It was intended to be a three-part film, each 30 minutes with fade-in/outs for commercial breaks. However, AB-PT collapsed during production and Toho altered the film's status from a television film to a theatrical feature. As a result, the crew faced difficulties and filming
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to be filmed in three parts, 30 minutes each, and with fade ins/outs for commercial breaks. Tanaka purposely gave the film a low budget and low production values to ensure a profit from the ABC sale. The film was intended to be a Japanese/American co-production, however, AB-PT collapsed during
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casualties, after the media pins the blame on a local spirit called “Baradagi”. The trio reach the village but are ordered by its priest to turn back before invoking Baradagi’s wrath. However, against the priest’s demands, the trio chase after a boy pursuing his dog in the forest.
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was one of Toho's last films released on VHS in the 1980s. Film historians Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski deduced that Toho may have withheld on releasing the film on VHS to possibly avoid potential controversy due to the film briefly alluding to
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premise of making it in three episodes. Now we had to...somehow combine it all into one continuous story. Of course it did not work. We had a very hard time adjusting it. The desk-side planners just did not understand how the filming side worked.
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While the Air Force and Navy search for Varan, Sugimoto joins Dr. Fujimura and other scientists to discuss how to defeat the monster. After attacking a fishing boat, the Air Force and Navy proceed to attack Varan. When Varan heads towards
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and noted how the Japan film industry considered it taboo to touch the subject, concluding that the American version "deserves a passing nod for its unusually politicized content."
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The review was of the American version of the film, where they stated that "Neither Harris' scenario nor Baewritz's direction of it can sustain interest". A reviewer for
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his time and efforts to helping a foreign country, only to be attacked by the people he's trying to help. Kalat alluded this to the
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The American version runs at 70 minutes and was theatrically released on December 12, 1962 by Crown International, under the title
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The film was heavily localized for its America release. Produced by Jerry A. Baerwitz, Baerwitz also directed new footage with
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The film was theatrically released in Japan on October 14, 1958. A heavily localized version, with new footage starring
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released the original Japanese version on DVD in the United States on May 10, 2005 under the title
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the film intended for television, Tsuburaya cut corners on the effects and recycled footage from
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referred to the film as an "uninspired monster meller for saturation supporting niches" after
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scene that Sekizawa wrote featured children pretending to be Varan but was cut from the film.
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in the lead, was released in the United States on December 12, 1962 by Crown International as
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Toho proceeded to market the film as a 2.35:1 Toho Pan Scope release. Varan suit actor
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enclave) were cut from early home video releases but restored on the DVD release.
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does not credit any of the Toho crew. Ifukube's music was replaced with cues from
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film to widescreen format, a method that was used for the Japanese release of
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Keep Watching the Skies: American Science Fiction Films of the Fifties
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In 1957, AB-PT Pictures approached Toho to co-produce a new
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film for television. At AB-PT's request, Toho planned for
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Jerry A. Baerwitz – director, producer (American footage)
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Toho 1962 Films "Varan" and "The Human Vapor" Pages
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Jack Marquette – cinematographer (American footage)
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Index


Kanji
Revised Hepburn
Ishirō Honda
Shinichi Sekizawa
Ken Kuronuma
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Koreya Senda
Haruo Nakajima
Akira Ifukube
Toho Co., Ltd
Japanese
Hepburn
kaiju film
Ishirō Honda
Eiji Tsuburaya
Toho Co., Ltd
Koreya Senda
Haruo Nakajima
Varan
American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres
Myron Healey
Destroy All Monsters
Haneda Airport
Koreya Senda
Akihiko Hirata
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Yoshifumi Tajima
Haruo Nakajima
Varan

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