Rodan
1956
Born from a volcanic crater, the crimson monster bird Rodan tramples the Earth
Directed by Ishirō Honda
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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.
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- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Written by
- Takeo Murata, Takeshi Kimura, Ken Kuronuma
- Produced by
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Composer
- Akira Ifukube
- Cinematographer
- Isamu Ashida
- Editor
- Kôichi Iwashita
- Studios
- TOHO, Far East Laboratory
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Language
- Japanese
- Also known as
- Rodan! The Flying Monster
- TMDB
- 6.5/10 (196 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 75% Fresh
- IMDb
- 6.2/10 (6,198 votes)
Cast
Kenji Sahara
Shigeru Kawamura
Yumi Shirakawa
Kiyo
Akihiko Hirata
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Minosuke Yamada
Mining Chief Osaki
Yoshibumi Tajima
Izeki
Akio Kobori
Police Chief Nishimura
Mitsuo Tsuda
Staff Officer Takeuchi
Ren Imaizumi
Sunagawa
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Military officer
Rinsaku Ogata
Goro
Ichirō Chiba
Chief of Police
Tsurue Ichimanji
Haru
Tateo Kawasaki
Tsunesan
Kanta Kisaragi
Suteyan
Tsuruko Mano
Osumi
Jirô Suzukawa
Yoshizo
Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Sabu
Keiji Sakakida
Tahei
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