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Rodan

6.5

Released December 26, 1956Runtime 1h 12min

Born from a volcanic crater, the crimson monster bird Rodan tramples the Earth

Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.

Genres

Horror

Science Fiction

Production Companies

TOHO

Far East Laboratory

Production Countries

Japan

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $1,333,289
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Videos

Cast

Kenji SaharaShigeru Kawamura

Yumi ShirakawaKiyo

Akihiko HirataProfessor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

Minosuke YamadaMining Chief Osaki

Yoshifumi TajimaIzeki

Akio KoboriPolice Chief Nishimura

Mitsuo TsudaStaff Officer Takeuchi

Ren ImaizumiSunagawa

Jun'ichirō MukaiMilitary officer

Rinsaku OgataGoro

Ichirō ChibaChief of Police

Tsurue IchimanjiHaru

Tateo KawasakiTsunesan

Kanta KisaragiSuteyan

Tsuruko ManoOsumi

Jirô SuzukawaYoshizo

Yasuhiro ShigenobuSabu

Keiji SakakidaTahei

Ichirō NakataniSenkichi

Kiyoshi TakagiDr. Minakami (uncredited)

Fuyuki MurakamiProfessor Minami (uncredited)

Mitsuo MatsumotoProfessor Isokawa (uncredited)

Takuzō KumagaiPoliceman Tashiro (uncredited)

Yasuhisa TsutsumiImamura, F-86F pilot (uncredited)

Yutaka OkaKitahara, F-86F pilot (uncredited)

Shigemi SunagawaF-86F pilot (uncredited)

Katsumi TezukaRodan / Meganulon / Hotel Manager

Haruo NakajimaRodan / Meganulon

Shōichi HiroseMeganulon / Fighter pilot

Saburô KadowakiSunagawa's colleague (uncredited)

Yasuko NakadaFemale Honeymooner (uncredited)

Junnosuke SudaCoroner (uncredited)

Toshiko NakanoKiyo's neighbor (uncredited)

Saburô IketaniNews Reader (uncredited)

Saeko KuroiwaNurse (uncredited)

Bontarō TairaLaborer (uncredited)

Keiichirō KatsumotoCoal mine employee (uncredited)

Kamayuki TsubonoPoliceman at crime laboratory (uncredited)

Mike DaneenOkinawan correspondent (uncredited)

Masaaki TachibanaPoliceman (uncredited)

Tadashi OkabeJournalist (uncredited)

Kôji UnoReporter (uncredited)

Akira YamadaRadio operator on jeep (uncredited)

Ren YamamotoSoldier in jeep (uncredited)

Tokio ÔkawaMeganulon (uncredited)

Seiji OnakaNakagawa, male honeymooner

Crew

Jun FukudaFirst Assistant Director

Ishirō HondaDirector

Ken KuronumaStory

Takeo MurataScreenplay

Takeshi KimuraScreenplay

Tomoyuki TanakaProducer

Teruo MakiProduction Manager

Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects

Tatsuo KitaProduction Design

Isamu AshidaDirector of Photography

Kôichi IwashitaEditor

Shigeru MoriLighting Technician

Masanobu MiyazakiSound Recordist

Ichirô MinawaSound Effects

Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer

Sadamasa ArikawaVFX Director of Photography

Masakatsu AsaiSpecial Effects Assistant

Masakatsu AsaiSpecial Effects

Sadao IizukaVisual Effects

Sadamasa ArikawaSpecial Effects

Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects Director

Eiji TsuburayaSpecial Effects

Akira WatanabeVisual Effects Art Director

Masakatsu AsaiVisual Effects Director

Masakatsu AsaiVisual Effects

Hiroshi MukoyamaSpecial Effects

Yasuaki SakamotoVisual Effects Production Manager

Masao ShirotaSpecial Effects

Haruo NakajimaStunts

Teizô ToshimitsuSculptor

Eizo KaimaiCostume Design

Teizô ToshimitsuCostume Design

Yasuyuki InoueSpecial Effects Assistant

Yasuyuki InoueVisual Effects Art Director

Tohl NaritaSpecial Effects Assistant

Tohl NaritaVisual Effects Art Director

Yoshio IrieSpecial Effects Assistant

Yoshio IrieVisual Effects Art Director

Ichirô MinawaSound Effects Editor

Eizo KaimaiModeling

Teizô ToshimitsuModeling

Shuzaburo ArakiVisual Effects

Shuzaburo ArakiVisual Effects Camera

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