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Varan the Unbelievable AKA Daikaijû Baran AKA The Monster Varan AKA Baran: Monster from the East (1958)
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint US-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monsterDirector: Ishirô Honda, Jerry A. Baerwitz (US-version)
Year of Copyright: 1958
Year of Production: 1958
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The US R1 and the Japanese R2 have identical extras, but note the US is English friendly. Note the German release has some exclusive German extras.
General note (IMDB):
This movie was originally released in Japan as "Daikaijû Baran (1958)". The US version has a heavily altered plot, lots of additional footage featuring American actors, and most of Akira Ifukube's music is replaced (this version is not included on DVD). The US version is available on multiple public domain DVDs, but we currently don't have specs for any of those releases.
Also note, that the IMDB-link is for the Japanese-version of the film, and here's the link for the US-version:
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Media Blasters - No cuts - Original Japanese theatrical version (86:34 NTSC) and the unused television version (54:03 NTSC)
- R2 Germany- 8 Films - No cuts - Japanese theatrical version (86:34 NTSC > PAL)
- R2 Japan- Toho - No cuts - Original Japanese theatrical version (86:34 NTSC), and the unused television version (54:03 NTSC)
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 22/07/05
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 17/06/22UPDATE LOG:
27/12/15: Addition of Germany, updated Japan runtimes, added US ASIN.
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18/06/22: Tidyup.
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