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6.5Mining 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.
Released: 1956-12-2672 minDir: Ishirō HondaHorror, Science FictionBox office: $1.3M
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Cast
- Kenji Sahara as Shigeru Kawamura
- Yumi Shirakawa as Kiyo
- Akihiko Hirata as Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi
- Minosuke Yamada as Mining Chief Osaki
- Yoshibumi Tajima as Izeki
- Akio Kobori as Police Chief Nishimura
Themes
- monster
- giant monster
- volcano
- giant insect
- kaiju
- pteranodon
- tokusatsu
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
6,198 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
- Year
- 1956
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 110416
- Image
- Rodan poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1958-09-26
- title
- 空の大怪獣ラドン
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Categories
1950s monster movies1956 fantasy films1956 films1956 horror films1956 Japanese films1956 Japanese-language films1956 science fiction filmsDreamWorks ClassicsFiction about pterosaursFilms about dinosaursFilms about insectsFilms directed by Ishirō HondaFilms produced by Tomoyuki TanakaFilms scored by Akira IfukubeFilms set in Aso, KumamotoFilms set in FukuokaFilms set in Nagasaki PrefectureGiant monster filmsJapanese kaiju filmsJapanese natural horror filmsRodanTemplate film date with 1 release dateToho tokusatsu films