Rodan

1956 [JAPANESE]

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

11
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 6604 6.6K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Ishirô Honda Photo
Ishirô Honda

Top cast

Ren Yamamoto Photo
Ren Yamamoto as Soldier in Jeep
Tsuruko Mano Photo
Tsuruko Mano as Osumi, Kiyo's neighbor
Fuyuki Murakami Photo
Fuyuki Murakami as Professor Minami
Akio Kusama Photo
Akio Kusama as Suda
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
754.51 MB
1280*958
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 22 min
Seeds 3
1.37 GB
1444*1080
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 22 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by FilmExpertWannabe 7 / 10

One of the giant monster movie greats

Reviewed by vtcavuoto 7 / 10

Enjoyable Japanese Monster film

There was a period of time when Toho Studios didn't make a film with Godzilla. Rodan was the best of them. I liked the locations and plot. The dubbing was only average although there was excellent voice work by veteran Paul Frees and George(Lt.Sulu)Takai. The story explains several mine disasters caused by giant caterpillar-like monsters. One of the mine engineers gets trapped in a cave-in and discovers two giant eggs which contain giant pterodactyls..They hatch and eat the giant caterpillars before escaping. At the end, the monsters are killed but not before they cause destruction. The ending was kind of poetic, the way one Rodan killed itself to be with the other Rodan killed by the military. Not a great film but one that has enough drama, action and direction.
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