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Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956)
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August 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
Never a Horror Like It! morePlot:
When a village is besieged by giant caterpillars, a more horrifying discovery is made in their underground home... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
One of the early movies with great special effects more (38 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Kenji Sahara | ... | Shigeru Kawamura, colliery engineer (as Kenji Sawara) | |
| Yumi Shirakawa | ... | Kiyo, Shigeru's lover | |
| Akihiko Hirata | ... | Professor KYUichiro Kashiwagi (biology) | |
| Akio Kobori | ... | Police Chief Nishimura | |
| Yasuko Nakata | ... | Female Honeymooner | |
| Minosuke Yamada | ... | Colliery Chief Osaki | |
| Yoshifumi Tajima | ... | Izeki, reporter of Seibu Nippou | |
| Kiyoharu Onaka | ... | Male Honeymooner, Sunagawa's friend (as Kiyoharu Ohnaka) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ichirô Chiba | ... | Chief of police station | |
| Mike Daneen | ... | American Soldier Typing | |
| Tazue Ichimanji | ... | Haru, Kiyo's neighbor (as Tsurue Ichimanji) | |
| Saburo Iketani | ... | News Reader | |
| Saburo Kadowaki | ... | Sunagawa's colleague | |
| Katao Kawasaki | ... | Tsunesan, miner | |
| Kanta Kisaragi | ... | Suteyan, miner | |
| Takuzo Kumagaya | ... | Policeman Tashiro (as Jirô Kumagai) | |
| Saeko Kuroiwa | ... | Nurse | |
| Tsuruko Mano | ... | Osumi, Kiyo's neighbor | |
| Mitsuo Matsumoto | ... | Professor Isokawa | |
| Hideo Mihara | ... | Commander of JASDF | |
| Kiyomi Mizunoya | ... | Otami, Yoshizo's wife | |
| Junichirô Mukai | ... | Military officer | |
| Toshiko Nakano | ... | Kiyo's neighbor | |
| Rinsaku Ogata | ... | Goro, miner, Kiyo's older brother | |
| Keiji Sakakida | ... | Tahei, miner | |
| Yasuhiro Shigenobu | ... | Sabu, miner | |
| Junnosuke Suda | ... | Coroner | |
| Shigemi Sunagawa | ... | F-86F pilot | |
| Jiro Suzukawa | ... | Yoshizo, miner | |
| Masaaki Tachibana | ... | Policeman | |
| Bontaro Taira | ... | Laborer | |
| Kiyoshi Takagi | ... | Dr.Minakami (colliery) | |
| Kamayuki Tsubono | ... | Policeman of the crime laboratory | |
| Mitsuo Tsuda | ... | Staff officer Takeuchi | |
| Hideo Unagami | |||
| Akira Yamada | ... | Radio operator on jeep | |
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Also Known As:
RadonRadon, Monster from the Sky (literal English title)
Rodan
Rodan! The Flying Monster (USA)
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
82 min | USA:70 min (16 mm television syndication prints) | USA:72 min (English dubbed version) | USA:74 minCountry:
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Fun Stuff
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Among the people doing the voice over work for this film are Paul Frees, Keye Luke and a young George Takei. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Shigeru and Kashiwagi are in the helicopter searching for Rodan, Kashiwagi is wearing a tie and his head isn't bandaged, but when they go to see the planes bombard Rodan's lair Kashiwagi is no longer wearing a tie and the bandage mysteriously reappears. However, the scene of Kashiwagi and Shigeru in the helicopter was actually from later in the picture and was rearranged by the producers of the American version so that it would make it look as if they were starting the search. moreFAQ
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I think this was the second movie I've seen as a child that had special effects (first was King Kong vs Godzilla). The idea of super sonic flying reptile was pretty original and the special effects were very believable with roof tiles flying off houses when Rodan passed above them. The movie looks dated now because the houses and buildings looks like vintage '50s, but the quality of production was very high (if you compare it to the U.S. made "The Giant Claw" of the same era it's obvious these people knew what they were doing), and probably set the bases of Toho as the only surviving Japanese movie studio in the '90s.
I wish the honeymooner Yasuko Nakata had bigger roles in this movie and on subsequent Toho movies. She was a better actor than the leading lady Yumi Shirakawa (but Shirakawa was a big star back then) and could have brought more goods to the franchise.