Genres
Duration
72 min
Director
Ishirō Honda
Rating
6.5
Release Date
December 26, 1956
Rodan
Original title: 空の大怪獸 ラドン
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Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
Rodan cast
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Kenji Sahara
Character:
Shigeru Kawamura
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Yumi Shirakawa
Character:
Kiyo
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Akihiko Hirata
Character:
Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
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Minosuke Yamada
Character:
Mining Chief Osaki
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Yoshibumi Tajima
Character:
Izeki
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Akio Kobori
Character:
Police Chief Nishimura
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Mitsuo Tsuda
Character:
Staff Officer Takeuchi
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Ren Imaizumi
Character:
Sunagawa
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Jun'ichirō Mukai
Character:
Military officer
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Rinsaku Ogata
Character:
Goro
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Ichirō Chiba
Character:
Chief of Police
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Tsurue Ichimanji
Character:
Haru
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Tateo Kawasaki
Character:
Tsunesan
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Kanta Kisaragi
Character:
Suteyan
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Tsuruko Mano
Character:
Osumi
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Jirô Suzukawa
Character:
Yoshizo
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Yasuhiro Shigenobu
Character:
Sabu
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Keiji Sakakida
Character:
Tahei
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Ichirō Nakatani
Character:
Senkichi
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Kiyoshi Takagi
Character:
Dr. Minakami (uncredited)
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Fuyuki Murakami
Character:
Professor Minami (uncredited)
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Mitsuo Matsumoto
Character:
Professor Isokawa (uncredited)
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Takuzō Kumagai
Character:
Policeman Tashiro (uncredited)
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Character:
Imamura, F-86F pilot (uncredited)
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Yutaka Oka
Character:
Kitahara, F-86F pilot (uncredited)
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Shigemi Sunagawa
Character:
F-86F pilot (uncredited)
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Katsumi Tezuka
Character:
Rodan / Meganulon / Hotel Manager
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Haruo Nakajima
Character:
Rodan / Meganulon
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Shōichi Hirose
Character:
Meganulon / Fighter pilot
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Saburô Kadowaki
Character:
Sunagawa's colleague (uncredited)
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Yasuko Nakada
Character:
Female Honeymooner (uncredited)
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Junnosuke Suda
Character:
Coroner (uncredited)
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Toshiko Nakano
Character:
Kiyo's neighbor (uncredited)
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Saburô Iketani
Character:
News Reader (uncredited)
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Saeko Kuroiwa
Character:
Nurse (uncredited)
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Bontarō Taira
Character:
Laborer (uncredited)
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Keiichirō Katsumoto
Character:
Coal mine employee (uncredited)
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Kamayuki Tsubono
Character:
Policeman at crime laboratory (uncredited)
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Mike Daneen
Character:
Okinawan correspondent (uncredited)
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Masaaki Tachibana
Character:
Policeman (uncredited)
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Tadashi Okabe
Character:
Journalist (uncredited)
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Kôji Uno
Character:
Reporter (uncredited)
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Akira Yamada
Character:
Radio operator on jeep (uncredited)
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Ren Yamamoto
Character:
Soldier in jeep (uncredited)
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Tokio Ôkawa
Character:
Meganulon (uncredited)
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Seiji Onaka
Character:
Nakagawa, male honeymooner
