Rodan

Rodan

1956 | 1h 26m | Fantasy, Action | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

When Rodan awakens, destruction follows! The Japanese military desperately tries to stop the giant pterodactyl whose supersonic speed levels everything in its wake.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Ishiro Honda

CAST

Kenji Sahara

Yumi Shirakawa

Akihiko Hirata

Akio Kobori

PRODUCERS

Tomoyuki Tanaka

WRITERS

Takeshi Kimura

Takeo Murata

Host Intros

02:10
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Rodan (1956)
Intro Aired: Oct 2019
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Rodan, 1956.
02:05
Dennis Miller Intro -- Rodan (1958)
Intro Aired: May 2017
Guest host Dennis Miller introduces Rodan, 1958.
01:45
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- Rodan (1958)
Intro Aired: Jan 2017
TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Rodan, 1958.

Related Videos

03:30
Rodan (1957) -- (Movie Clip) There's Nothing We Can Do
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Roll call at the coal mine, engineer Shigeru (Kenji Sawara) worries as three of his colleagues go looking for his missing brother-in-law, still no creatures seen, in Inoshiro Honda's Rodan, 1957.
03:13
Rodan (1958) -- (Movie Clip) That Thing Is The Killer!
Clip
Following the first on-screen appearance of the mostly-larval form of the title character, civilian miners and cops head for the slag heap where engineer Kawamura (Kenji Sahara) and the chief (Akio Kobori) reach the obvious conclusion, in Rodan, 1957.
03:34
Rodan (1957) -- (Movie Clip) They're Going To Have Babies
Clip
Recuperating from his scare with the big nuclear insects, shown two innocuous eggs by his doting girlfriend Kiyo (Yumi Shirakawa), Shigeru (Kenji Sawara) realizes what he really saw underground, in Inoshiro Honda's Rodan, 1957.
03:46
Rodan (1957) -- (Movie Clip) A Strange Beast Inside
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Engineer Shigeru (Kenji Sawara) is taking a shot at reassuring his panicked girlfriend Kiyo (Yumi Shirakawa) when the worm that's been killing miners makes it's first on-screen appearance, in her apartment, in Inoshiro Honda's Rodan, 1957.

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