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Varan

“A giant monster greater than Godzilla or Rodan!”

1958 · 1 h 27 min
Directed by Ishiro Honda
HorrorSci-Fi

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

When a rare species of butterfly is hunted, a giant monster, Varan, awakens in a Japanese lake to destroy the country.

Sinekatalog’s take

Ishiro Honda's kaiju film, Daikaijū Baran, with Kozo Nomura and Ayumi Sonoda, is a modest Toho monster film, with a flying squirrel creature and a good atmosphere.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 5.3 / 10 (1,131 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.