Alternate versions for
Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956) More at IMDbPro »

• In the original Japanese version, there is no dialogue prior to Rodan's attack on the two honeymooners. The American version later added dialogue in which the young woman was joking about her husband taking pictures of the volcano rather than her.
  
  
• In the American version, the jets bombard the Rodans' volcanic lair prior to their attack on Fukuoka while in the Japanese version the first Rodan flies out of his lair without any provocation.
  
  
• The American version features narration by Shigeru (voiced by Keye Luke) recounting all the events that happened surrounding the first appearance of the Rodans.
  
  
• Much of the original musical score replaced in the US version.
  
  
• The American version has both monsters emerging from the underground lair. However, in the original version, the second Rodan doesn't appear until after the first one begin's his attack on Fukuoka.
  
  
• A prologue which supposedly attempts to link Rodan's origin to the atomic bomb was added to the American version of this film.
  
  

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