Daikaiju Varan (VARAN THE UNBELIEVAVLE)
Sci-Fi Live Action
DVD

Daikaiju Varan (VARAN THE UNBELIEVAVLE)

Sci-Fi Live Action

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Release Date January 21, 2005
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Catalog No.TDV-15010D
JAN/ISBN 4988104032126
Product Type DVD
TV Standard NTSC
Number of Discs 1
Label/DistributorToho
Color Mono
Running Time 87minutes
Original Release Year 1958
Data Format DVD Video
Encoding MPEG-2
Layers single-sided/dual-layered
Aspect Ratio(s) 16:9LB Cinemascope
Region 2
Subtitles Japanese
Audio Track Japanese Dolby Digital 3.0ch Stereo
Japanese Dolby Digital Monaural

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Legend has it that America's ABC-TV network commissioned Toho Studios to produce a monster film for TV. The movie was to be shot in black and white at the standard TV aspect ratio, but almost halfway into production, ABC-TV bailed on the project, forcing Toho to finish the rest of the film for theatrical release. As a result, the remainder of the movie had to be shot in the anamorphic format of Tohoscope, while the footage that was already shot had its tops and bottoms cropped in order to match. When the film reached the U.S., it was butchered beyond belief, used as stock footage for a new film shot in Hollywood starring Myron Healy ("V") with the film's Japanese stars reduced to mere extras. The hallmark of this film was one of Akira Ifukube's greatest scores for a Toho kaiju film, yet only a few seconds survived in the American version. Also cut was the sequence where Varan flies, making this one of Toho's truly lost classics.
Special Feature / Bonus Track: theatrical trailer(s), audio commentary, and more
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Description in Japanese

大怪獣バラン / 特撮

大空を舞う大怪獣が、羽田空港沖で暴れ回る怪獣アクション。
劇場予告編2種、テレビ版音声(日本語)、受験生のための高校造形II(バラン造形実演映像)、オーディオコメンタリー収録

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