Daikaijû Baran

1958
1h 27min

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B-Horror Kaiju Monster Horror Supernatural Horror Horror Sci-Fi

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaOriginal Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.Original Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.Original Japanese version. Research in the Tohoku region comes across a monster known to the locals as the mountain god Baradagi.

Dirección
- Ishirô Honda
- Motoyoshi Oda
Guión
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa
- Ken Kuronuma
Reparto principal

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5,3/10

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Dirección
- Ishirô Honda
- Motoyoshi Oda
Guión
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa
- Ken Kuronuma
Reparto principal

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Curiosidades
This film began as a direct-to-television co-production between AB-PT and Toho, and thus was shot in black and white in the Academy aspect ratio. AB-PT went bankrupt during production, but a two-part TV film was still completed. The two parts were then edited into a single, longer feature film to be shown in Japanese theaters, which involved extending and re-recording the musical score, shortening scenes and adding new ones. This theatrical feature was then cropped shot by shot and released in an ersatz anamorphic widescreen format apparently adapted from SuperScope called TohoPanScope. Neither the TV version nor the theatrical version of this film exist in the Academy ratio, but the fully mixed audio track for the TV version still exists as of this date.

Pifias
Several short clips of Varan's attack on Tokyo are actually stock footage from Japón bajo el terror del monstruo (1954), including a shot of Godzilla's tail smashing into a building and a POV shot from inside a warehouse of Godzilla's foot caving the structure in. Similarly, Varan's roar is an amalgamation of various Toho giant monster roars, including that of Godzilla himself.

Versiones alternativas
The scene of Baran (aka Varan) flying is deleted from the American version of the film.

Conexiones
Edited into Varan the Unbelievable (1962)

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Good, if slightly generic, monster movie

I think this was Toho's fourth "giant monster on the loose" movie, and it's also probably the least known. The American "version", "Varan the Unbelievable", is a travesty and should be avoided at all costs.

The Japanese original has some really good things about it. It features one of Akira Ifukube's best monster-movie scores, in which he introduced some themes that would be re-used in practically every kaiju eiga that followed... There's also a wonderful "Lovecraft-gone-Japanese" feeling about the protagonists' arrival in the village: they interrupt a strange ceremony, and a sea of masked faces turns to watch them. This is followed by an eerie scene as they follow a mist-shrouded path to the forbidden lake.

Unfortunately, the rest of the movie is a little uninspired. It doesn't have the emotional tension of "Godzilla" or "Rodan", although the monster costume and attack scenes are very, very good.