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Rodan (Japanese: 空の大怪獣 ラドン, Hepburn: Sora no Daikaijū Radon, lit. ' Giant Monster of the Sky Radon ' ) is a 1956 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda , with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya .
Varan the Unbelievable (Japanese: 大怪獣バラン, Hepburn: Daikaijū Baran, lit. ' Giant Monster Varan ') is a 1958 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
Rodan's debut appearance was the first and only time the character was given a chestnut color. It originally had a menacing face with a jagged, toothed beak, which would disappear in later incarnations as the character became more heroic. Rodan was portrayed via a combination of suitmation and wire
Toho had an English-language version of Dogora prepared in Hong Kong by Ted Thomas's Axis Productions. Because Robert Dunham primarily spoke Japanese for his role in the film, his voice was dubbed into English by another actor. In April 1965, Dogora played at the Toho Theatre in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Japanese with English subtitles.
With all of the monsters under the control of the UNSC, the Kilaaks call King Ghidorah, who is dispatched to protect the alien stronghold at Mount Fuji, battling Godzilla, Minilla, Mothra, Rodan, Gorosaurus, Anguirus, Kumonga and Varan. While seemingly invincible, Ghidorah is eventually overpowered by the combined strength of the Earth monsters ...
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦, San Daikaijū Chikyū Saidai no Kessen, lit. Three Giant Monsters: Earth's Greatest Battle) is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
The fourth, Rodan, was Honda's first-ever film shot in color and depicted a winged monster named Rodan wreaking havoc in Japan after its awakening by nuclear bomb testing. [75] Although Japanese cinema is known for its samurai films, Honda did not show any interest in directing a jidaigeki film since his stage was contemporary Japan. [76]
Rodan (1956) Be Happy, These Two Lovers (1957) The Mysterians (1957) The H-Man (1958) The Badger Palace (大当り狸御殿, Ōatari tanuki goten) aka The Princess of Badger Palace (1958) A Holiday in Tokyo (1958) Man Against Man aka Otoko tai otoko (1960) The Secret of the Telegian (1960) Challenge to Live (1961) The Last War (1961) The End of ...