Japan Synopsis
“From a world below, it came to terrorize – to destroy – to revenge!”
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
The 1961–1963 Japan Window
44 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Varan the Unbelievable sits at position #44.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Varan the Unbelievable. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Varan the Unbelievable premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,536 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (1st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #373 of 391 (top 95%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Cory Film Corporation, Dallas Production Inc., Crown International Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 10m |
| Release Date | December 7, 1962 |
| IMDb | tt0056648 |