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Rodan

Name: Rodan
Director: Ishirō Honda
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1956
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata, Minosuke Yamada, Yoshibumi Tajima

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.

1956 · Directed by Ishirō Honda · 72 min · Horror · Science Fiction · 8 frames

Tagline

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

Crew

Screenplay: Takeo Murata, Takeshi Kimura
Cinematography: Isamu Ashida
Edited by: Kôichi Iwashita
Music: Akira Ifukube
Production design: Tatsuo Kita
Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka

Cast

Kenji Sahara as Shigeru Kawamura
Yumi Shirakawa as Kiyo
Akihiko Hirata as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Minosuke Yamada as Mining Chief Osaki
Yoshibumi Tajima as Izeki
Akio Kobori as Police Chief Nishimura
Mitsuo Tsuda as Staff Officer Takeuchi
Ren Imaizumi as Sunagawa
Jun'ichirō Mukai as Military officer
Rinsaku Ogata as Goro

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, Tagalog, Mandarin
Studios: TOHO, Far East Laboratory
Box office: $1,333,289
Themes: monster, giant monster, volcano, giant insect, kaiju, pteranodon, tokusatsu

More by Ishirō Honda

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster — 1964
Godzilla — 1954
King Kong vs. Godzilla — 1962
Mothra vs. Godzilla — 1964
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! — 1956
Terror of Mechagodzilla — 1975
Invasion of Astro-Monster — 1965
Destroy All Monsters — 1968
The War of the Gargantuas — 1966
King Kong Escapes — 1967
Mothra — 1961

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