Rodan

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.

Horror Science Fiction

Kenji Sahara

(Shigeru Kawamura)

Yumi Shirakawa

Akihiko Hirata

(Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi)

Minosuke Yamada

(Mining Chief Osaki)

Yoshibumi Tajima

Akio Kobori

(Police Chief Nishimura)

Mitsuo Tsuda

(Staff Officer Takeuchi)

Ren Imaizumi

Jun'ichirō Mukai

(Military officer)

Rinsaku Ogata

Ichirō Chiba

(Chief of Police)

Tsurue Ichimanji

Tateo Kawasaki

Kanta Kisaragi

Tsuruko Mano

Jirô Suzukawa

Yasuhiro Shigenobu

Keiji Sakakida

Ichirō Nakatani

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)