Rodan (1956)
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.
Director:
Ishirō Honda
Writers:
Takeo Murata, Takeshi Kimura.
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Kenji Sahara as Shigeru Kawamura |
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Yumi Shirakawa as Kiyo |
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Akihiko Hirata as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi |
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Minosuke Yamada as Mining Chief Osaki |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Izeki |
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Akio Kobori as Police Chief Nishimura |
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Mitsuo Tsuda as Staff Officer Takeuchi |
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Ren Imaizumi as Sunagawa |
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Jun'ichirō Mukai as Military officer |
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Rinsaku Ogata as Goro |
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Ichirō Chiba as Chief of Police |
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Tsurue Ichimanji as Haru |
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Tateo Kawasaki as Tsunesan |
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Kanta Kisaragi as Suteyan |
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Tsuruko Mano as Osumi |
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Jirô Suzukawa as Yoshizo |
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Yasuhiro Shigenobu as Sabu |
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Keiji Sakakida as Tahei |
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Ichirō Nakatani as Senkichi |
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Kiyoshi Takagi as Dr. Minakami (uncredited) |
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Fuyuki Murakami as Professor Minami (uncredited) |
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Mitsuo Matsumoto as Professor Isokawa (uncredited) |
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Takuzō Kumagai as Policeman Tashiro (uncredited) |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Imamura, F-86F pilot (uncredited) |
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Yutaka Oka as Kitahara, F-86F pilot (uncredited) |
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Shigemi Sunagawa as F-86F pilot (uncredited) |
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Katsumi Tezuka as Rodan / Meganulon / Hotel Manager |
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Haruo Nakajima as Rodan / Meganulon |
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Shōichi Hirose as Meganulon / Fighter pilot |
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Saburô Kadowaki as Sunagawa's colleague (uncredited) |
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Yasuko Nakada as Female Honeymooner (uncredited) |
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Junnosuke Suda as Coroner (uncredited) |
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Toshiko Nakano as Kiyo's neighbor (uncredited) |
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Saburô Iketani as News Reader (uncredited) |
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Saeko Kuroiwa as Nurse (uncredited) |
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Bontarō Taira as Laborer (uncredited) |
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Keiichirō Katsumoto as Coal mine employee (uncredited) |
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Kamayuki Tsubono as Policeman at crime laboratory (uncredited) |
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Mike Daneen as Okinawan correspondent (uncredited) |
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Masaaki Tachibana as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Tadashi Okabe as Journalist (uncredited) |
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Kôji Uno as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Akira Yamada as Radio operator on jeep (uncredited) |
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Ren Yamamoto as Soldier in jeep (uncredited) |
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Tokio Ôkawa as Meganulon (uncredited) |
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Seiji Onaka as Nakagawa, male honeymooner |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Directing | Jun Fukuda | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Writing | Ken Kuronuma | Story |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Camera | Isamu Ashida | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tatsuo Kita | Production Design |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |
| Writing | Takeo Murata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Takeshi Kimura | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects |
| Production | Teruo Maki | Production Manager |
| Lighting | Shigeru Mori | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Masanobu Miyazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Director |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Sadamasa Arikawa | VFX Director of Photography |
| Crew | Sadamasa Arikawa | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Sadao Iizuka | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yasuaki Sakamoto | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Crew | Masao Shirota | Special Effects |
| Crew | Haruo Nakajima | Stunts |
| Art | Teizô Toshimitsu | Sculptor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eizo Kaimai | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teizô Toshimitsu | Costume Design |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Tohl Narita | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Tohl Narita | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Eizo Kaimai | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Teizô Toshimitsu | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Shuzaburo Araki | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Shuzaburo Araki | Visual Effects Camera |
