Rodan backdrop

Rodan 1956 Directed by Ishirō Honda 空の大怪獸 ラドン

Born from a volcanic crater, the crimson monster bird Rodan tramples the Earth

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Languages Japanese , Mandarin , Tagalog
Production Companies TOHO , Far East Laboratory
Revenue $1,333,289
Release Date 26 December 1956
72 mins
Cast
Kenji Sahara Shigeru Kawamura
Akihiko Hirata Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
Minosuke Yamada Mining Chief Osaki
Akio Kobori Police Chief Nishimura
Mitsuo Tsuda Staff Officer Takeuchi
Ren Imaizumi Sunagawa
Jun'ichirō Mukai Military officer
Ichirō Chiba Chief of Police
Tateo Kawasaki Tsunesan
Kiyoshi Takagi Dr. Minakami (uncredited)
Fuyuki Murakami Professor Minami (uncredited)
Mitsuo Matsumoto Professor Isokawa (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai Policeman Tashiro (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi Imamura, F-86F pilot (uncredited)
Yutaka Oka Kitahara, F-86F pilot (uncredited)
Shigemi Sunagawa F-86F pilot (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka Rodan / Meganulon / Hotel Manager
Haruo Nakajima Rodan / Meganulon
Shōichi Hirose Meganulon / Fighter pilot
Saburô Kadowaki Sunagawa's colleague (uncredited)
Yasuko Nakada Female Honeymooner (uncredited)
Junnosuke Suda Coroner (uncredited)
Toshiko Nakano Kiyo's neighbor (uncredited)
Saburô Iketani News Reader (uncredited)
Saeko Kuroiwa Nurse (uncredited)
Bontarō Taira Laborer (uncredited)
Keiichirō Katsumoto Coal mine employee (uncredited)
Kamayuki Tsubono Policeman at crime laboratory (uncredited)
Mike Daneen Okinawan correspondent (uncredited)
Masaaki Tachibana Policeman (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe Journalist (uncredited)
Kôji Uno Reporter (uncredited)
Akira Yamada Radio operator on jeep (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto Soldier in jeep (uncredited)
Tokio Ôkawa Meganulon (uncredited)
Seiji Onaka Nakagawa, male honeymooner