Dr. Fujimura and other scientists to discuss how to defeat the monster. After attacking a fishing boat, the Air Force and Navy proceed to attack Varan. When Varan heads towards Haneda Airport, the military convince Fujimura to use his new explosive intended for dam construction. As the Defense Force bombards Varan, Kenji drives a truck carrying the explosives towards the beast. He escapes before the truck detonates beneath Varan but the explosives prove useless. After noticing Varan devouring flares, Sugimoto suggests attaching the explosives onto the flares in the hopes that Varan would swallow them. A helicopter drops the explosive-laced flares into Varan’s mouth, successfully imploding its organs. Varan retreats into the sea, and is killed by the final explosive. Cast American version Cast taken from A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series. Production Crew Ishirō Honda – director Eiji Tsuburaya – special effects director Kōji Kajita – assistant director Kiyoshi Suzuki – art director Akira Watanabe – special effects art director Hiroshi Mukoyama – optical effects Jerry A. Baerwitz – director, producer (American footage) Jack Marquette – cinematographer (American footage) Sid Harris – writer (American version) Personnel taken from A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series. Development In 1957, AB-PT Pictures approached Toho to co-produced a new kaiju film for television. At AB-PT's request, Toho planned for Varan the Unbelievable to be filmed in three parts, 30 minutes each, and with fade ins/outs for commercial breaks. Tanaka purposely gave the film a low budget and low production values to ensure a profit from the ABC sale. The film was intended to be a Japanese/American co-production, however, AB-PT collapsed during production. Writing Kuronuma was approached by Tanaka to write a new kaiju film, stating, "Rodan had arrived in the US, and a request for another came from [America] to Toho. Tanaka approached me, asking me to come up with something, anything." Sekizawa was tasked with writing the screenplay and was told to keep it "basic and simple." Sekizawa's early drafts used the subtitle "Monster of the East." A scene that Sekizawa wrote featured children pretending to be Varan but was cut from the film. Filming Filming began in July 1958 in black-and-white and in 1.33:1 aspect ratio. However, after AB-PT shut down, Toho changed the film's status in the middle of production from a television project into a theatrical feature. Honda noted that they couldn't start