Rodan

Rodan

72 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Dec. 26, 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.

Rodan

72 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Dec. 26, 1956

Rodan
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 空の大怪獸 ラドン
Directors Jun Fukuda, Ishirō Honda
Writers Ken Kuronuma, Takeshi Kimura, Takeo Murata

Cast

Kenji Sahara

as Shigeru Kawamura

Yumi Shirakawa

as Kiyo

Akihiko Hirata

as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

Minosuke Yamada

as Mining Chief Osaki

Yoshifumi 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

Ichirô Chiba

as Chief of Police

Tateo Kawasaki

as Tsunesan

Kanta Kisaragi

as Suteyan

Tsuruko Mano

as Osumi

Jirô Suzukawa

as Yoshizo

Keiji Sakakida

as Tahei

Ichirô Nakatani

as Senkichi

Kiyoshi Takagi

as Dr. Minakami (uncredited)

Fuyuki Murakami

as Professor Minami (uncredited)

Mitsuo Matsumoto

as Professor Isokawa (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

as Policeman Tashiro (uncredited)

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

as Imamura, F-86F pilot (uncredited)

Yutaka Oka

as Kitahara, F-86F pilot (uncredited)

Shigemi Sunagawa

as F-86F pilot (uncredited)

Katsumi Tezuka

as Rodan / Meganulon / Hotel Manager

Haruo Nakajima

as Rodan / Meganulon

Shôichi Hirose

as Meganulon / Fighter pilot

Saburô Kadowaki

as Sunagawa's colleague (uncredited)

Kiyoharu Onaka

as Male Honeymooner, Sunagawa's friend (uncredited)

Yasuko Nakata

as Female Honeymooner (uncredited)

Junnosuke Suda

as Coroner (uncredited)

Toshiko Nakano

as Kiyo's neighbor (uncredited)

Saburô Iketani

as News Reader (uncredited)

Saeko Kuroiwa

as Nurse (uncredited)

Bontarô Taira

as Laborer (uncredited)

Keiichirô Katsumoto

as Coal mine employee (uncredited)

Kamayuki Tsubono

as Policeman at crime laboratory (uncredited)

Mike Danning

as Okinawan correspondent (uncredited)

Masaaki Tachibana

as Policeman (uncredited)

Tadashi Okabe

as Journalist (uncredited)

Kôji Uno

as Reporter (uncredited)

Akira Yamada

as Radio operator on jeep (uncredited)

Ren Yamamoto

as Soldier in jeep (uncredited)

Tokio Ôkawa

as Meganulon (uncredited)