Rodan Cast and Crew

Rodan

Plot: 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

Release Date: Wednesday, December 26 1956
68 years ago

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Cast

Kenji Sahara. Kenji Sahara was 24 in Rodan as 'Shigeru Kawamura'.

Birthday: Sat, May 14 1932

Yumi Shirakawa. Yumi Shirakawa was 20 in Rodan as 'Kiyo'.

Birthday: Wed, Oct 21 1936 –
Died: Tue, Jun 14 2016

Akihiko Hirata. Akihiko Hirata was 29 in Rodan as 'Professor Kyuichiro Kashiwagi'.

Birthday: Mon, Dec 26 1927 –
Died: Wed, Jul 25 1984

Minosuke Yamada. Minosuke Yamada was 63 in Rodan as 'Mining Chief Osaki'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 13 1893 –
Died: Sat, Aug 03 1968

Yoshifumi Tajima. Yoshifumi Tajima was 38 in Rodan as 'Izeki'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 04 1918 –
Died: Thu, Sep 10 2009

Akio Kobori. Akio Kobori was 36 in Rodan as 'Police Chief Nishimura'.

Birthday: Mon, May 03 1920

Mitsuo Tsuda. Mitsuo Tsuda was 46 in Rodan as 'Staff Officer Takeuchi'.

Birthday: Tue, Sep 13 1910

Ren Imaizumi. Ren Imaizumi was >> in Rodan as 'Sunagawa'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Jun'ichirō Mukai. Jun'ichirō Mukai was 29 in Rodan as 'Military officer'.

Birthday: Mon, Jul 04 1927

Rinsaku Ogata. Rinsaku Ogata was 31 in Rodan as 'Goro'.

Birthday: Tue, Jan 06 1925

Ichirō Chiba. Ichirō Chiba was 27 in Rodan as 'Chief of Police'.

Birthday: Tue, Jul 30 1929

Tsurue Ichimanji. Tsurue Ichimanji was >> in Rodan as 'Haru'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Tateo Kawasaki. Tateo Kawasaki was >> in Rodan as 'Tsunesan'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Kanta Kisaragi. Kanta Kisaragi was 51 in Rodan as 'Suteyan'.

Birthday: Thu, Dec 21 1905 –
Died: Thu, Mar 14 1985

Tsuruko Mano. Tsuruko Mano was 47 in Rodan as 'Osumi'.

Birthday: Thu, Mar 11 1909

Jirô Suzukawa. Jirô Suzukawa was 44 in Rodan as 'Yoshizo'.

Birthday: Sun, Nov 24 1912

Yasuhiro Shigenobu. Yasuhiro Shigenobu was >> in Rodan as 'Sabu'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Keiji Sakakida. Keiji Sakakida was 56 in Rodan as 'Tahei'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 15 1900

Ichirō Nakatani. Ichirō Nakatani was 26 in Rodan as 'Senkichi'.

Birthday: Wed, Oct 15 1930 –
Died: Thu, Apr 01 2004

Kiyoshi Takagi. Kiyoshi Takagi was >> in Rodan as 'Dr. Minakami (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Fuyuki Murakami. Fuyuki Murakami was >> in Rodan as 'Professor Minami (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Mitsuo Matsumoto. Mitsuo Matsumoto was >> in Rodan as 'Professor Isokawa (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Takuzō Kumagai. Takuzō Kumagai was 50 in Rodan as 'Policeman Tashiro (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sat, Nov 03 1906

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi. Yasuhisa Tsutsumi was 34 in Rodan as 'Imamura, F-86F pilot (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Thu, Mar 30 1922

Yutaka Oka. Yutaka Oka was 31 in Rodan as 'Kitahara, F-86F pilot (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jul 11 1925 –
Died: Thu, Jul 27 2000

Shigemi Sunagawa. Shigemi Sunagawa was 28 in Rodan as 'F-86F pilot (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sun, Apr 29 1928

Katsumi Tezuka. Katsumi Tezuka was 44 in Rodan as 'Rodan / Meganulon / Hotel Manager'.

Birthday: Sat, Aug 31 1912

Haruo Nakajima. Haruo Nakajima was 27 in Rodan as 'Rodan / Meganulon'.

Birthday: Tue, Jan 01 1929 –
Died: Mon, Aug 07 2017

Shōichi Hirose. Shōichi Hirose was 38 in Rodan as 'Meganulon / Fighter pilot'.

Birthday: Sun, Jun 23 1918 –
Died: Sat, Jun 20 1998

Saburô Kadowaki. Saburô Kadowaki was 29 in Rodan as 'Sunagawa's colleague (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 28 1927

Yasuko Nakada. Yasuko Nakada was 23 in Rodan as 'Female Honeymooner (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sat, Feb 18 1933

Junnosuke Suda. Junnosuke Suda was >> in Rodan as 'Coroner (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Toshiko Nakano. Toshiko Nakano was >> in Rodan as 'Kiyo's neighbor (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Saburô Iketani. Saburô Iketani was 33 in Rodan as 'News Reader (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 19 1923 –
Died: Sat, Oct 19 2002

Saeko Kuroiwa. Saeko Kuroiwa was >> in Rodan as 'Nurse (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Bontarō Taira. Bontarō Taira was 23 in Rodan as 'Laborer (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 10 1933 –
Died: Fri, Oct 04 2002

Keiichirō Katsumoto. Keiichirō Katsumoto was 54 in Rodan as 'Coal mine employee (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sun, Feb 09 1902 –
Died: Fri, Jan 01 1971

Kamayuki Tsubono. Kamayuki Tsubono was 37 in Rodan as 'Policeman at crime laboratory (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jul 26 1919

Mike Daneen. Mike Daneen was 37 in Rodan as 'Okinawan correspondent (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jan 07 1919 –
Died: Fri, Jun 15 2012

Masaaki Tachibana. Masaaki Tachibana was 31 in Rodan as 'Policeman (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Wed, Mar 18 1925

Tadashi Okabe. Tadashi Okabe was 33 in Rodan as 'Journalist (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Fri, May 11 1923

Kôji Uno. Kôji Uno was 32 in Rodan as 'Reporter (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Mon, Apr 21 1924 –
Died: Mon, Jul 28 2003

Akira Yamada. Akira Yamada was 24 in Rodan as 'Radio operator on jeep (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Tue, Sep 13 1932 –
Died: Thu, Feb 27 2003

Ren Yamamoto. Ren Yamamoto was 26 in Rodan as 'Soldier in jeep (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Mon, May 12 1930 –
Died: Fri, Jun 17 2005

Tokio Ôkawa. Tokio Ôkawa was >> in Rodan as 'Meganulon (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Seiji Onaka. Seiji Onaka was >> in Rodan as 'Nakagawa, male honeymooner'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Crew

Eiji Tsuburaya. Eiji Tsuburaya was 55 in Rodan as 'Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director, Special Effects'

Birthday: Sun, Jul 07 1901 –
Died: Sun, Jan 25 1970

Masakatsu Asai. Masakatsu Asai was >> in Rodan as 'Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Ishirō Honda. Ishirō Honda was 45 in Rodan as 'Director'

Birthday: Fri, May 05 1911 –
Died: Sun, Feb 28 1993

Jun Fukuda. Jun Fukuda was 33 in Rodan as 'First Assistant Director'

Birthday: Sat, Feb 17 1923 –
Died: Sun, Dec 03 2000

Isamu Ashida. Isamu Ashida was >> in Rodan as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Sadamasa Arikawa. Sadamasa Arikawa was 31 in Rodan as 'VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects'

Birthday: Wed, Jun 17 1925 –
Died: Thu, Sep 22 2005

Akira Watanabe. Akira Watanabe was 48 in Rodan as 'Visual Effects Art Director'

Birthday: Wed, May 13 1908 –
Died: Fri, Jan 01 1999

Yasuyuki Inoue. Yasuyuki Inoue was 34 in Rodan as 'Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director'

Birthday: Sun, Nov 26 1922 –
Died: Sun, Feb 19 2012

Tohl Narita. Tohl Narita was 27 in Rodan as 'Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director'

Birthday: Tue, Sep 03 1929 –
Died: Tue, Feb 26 2002

Yoshio Irie. Yoshio Irie was >> in Rodan as 'Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Takeo Murata. Takeo Murata was 49 in Rodan as 'Screenplay'

Birthday: Mon, Jun 17 1907 –
Died: Tue, Jul 19 1994

Takeshi Kimura. Takeshi Kimura was 45 in Rodan as 'Screenplay'

Birthday: Sat, Feb 04 1911 –
Died: Sun, May 03 1987

Tomoyuki Tanaka. Tomoyuki Tanaka was 46 in Rodan as 'Producer'

Birthday: Tue, Apr 26 1910 –
Died: Wed, Apr 02 1997

Kôichi Iwashita. Kôichi Iwashita was >> in Rodan as 'Editor'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Ichirô Minawa. Ichirô Minawa was >> in Rodan as 'Sound Effects, Sound Effects Editor'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Akira Ifukube. Akira Ifukube was 42 in Rodan as 'Original Music Composer'

Birthday: Sun, May 31 1914 –
Died: Mon, Feb 06 2006

Haruo Nakajima. Haruo Nakajima was 27 in Rodan as 'Stunts'

Birthday: Tue, Jan 01 1929 –
Died: Mon, Aug 07 2017

Hiroshi Mukoyama. Hiroshi Mukoyama was 41 in Rodan as 'Special Effects'

Birthday: Tue, Feb 16 1915

Ken Kuronuma. Ken Kuronuma was 54 in Rodan as 'Story'

Birthday: Thu, May 01 1902 –
Died: Fri, Jul 05 1985

Sadao Iizuka. Sadao Iizuka was 22 in Rodan as 'Visual Effects'

Birthday: Wed, Dec 26 1934 –
Died: Fri, Mar 24 2023

Eizo Kaimai. Eizo Kaimai was 27 in Rodan as 'Costume Design, Modeling'

Birthday: Tue, Jan 01 1929 –
Died: Fri, Apr 24 2020

Masanobu Miyazaki. Masanobu Miyazaki was >> in Rodan as 'Sound Recordist'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Yasuaki Sakamoto. Yasuaki Sakamoto was >> in Rodan as 'Visual Effects Production Manager'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Shuzaburo Araki. Shuzaburo Araki was 43 in Rodan as 'Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera'

Birthday: Wed, Jan 01 1913 –
Died: Thu, Feb 02 1961

Teizô Toshimitsu. Teizô Toshimitsu was 47 in Rodan as 'Sculptor, Costume Design, Modeling'

Birthday: Fri, Oct 15 1909 –
Died: Fri, Jan 01 1982

Tatsuo Kita. Tatsuo Kita was >> in Rodan as 'Production Design'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Shigeru Mori. Shigeru Mori was >> in Rodan as 'Lighting Technician'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Teruo Maki. Teruo Maki was >> in Rodan as 'Production Manager'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Masao Shirota. Masao Shirota was >> in Rodan as 'Special Effects'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday