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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 Toho's best films... moreCast
(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 | |
| Akira Yamada | ... | Radio operator on jeep | |
Additional Details
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:
Revealing mistakes: When the Japanese Air Force attacks Rodan at the bridge, the shadows of the planes can be seen against the backdrop of the sky. moreFAQ
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Giant Monster from the Skies: Radon (literal title) has to be one of Toho's greatest films ever. The American and international version is okay, but they inserted annoying narration and deleted some of the simple but cool special effects that were in the original version. The film plays much more like a horror film in its original Japanese version than the American, which deletes some of the music and effects that give the Japanese version its punch. The original doesn't turn to an all out Kaiju romp until about the last 45 minutes, where we are shown some of Toho's best effects work ever. Both the Americanized version and the original Japanese are available from yours truely, email if you have questions. Definate classic of the genre.