'Giant Monster of the Sky Radon') is a 1956 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.

Shigeru Kawamura, a tunneling and safety engineer there, later enters the mine and discovers Yoshi's lacerated corpse.

Shigeru, accompanied by police and soldiers, heads into the mine, and discovers Goro's butchered body and is chased by the insect monster.

The next day, Dr. Kashiwagi identifies the giant insect as the Meganulon, an ancient species of dragonfly nymph that was awoken by the mining operation.

Heading to the volcano to investigate the damage caused by the earthquake, the police discover that the only road to the mines has collapsed.

Amid constant news reports of these attacks, a newly married couple disappears around Mount Aso, along with several cattle.

Ruling out the possibility of aircraft, authorities match the photo with a drawing of a prehistoric pteranodon and surmise that the UFO is a living being.

Rodan emerges from the ground near Mount Aso, takes flight, and heads for Kyushu, with a squadron of the JASDF pursuing it.

The JSDF formulate a plan to have the military fire at the base of Mount Aso, burying the Rodans alive.

[4] The main narration provided by the character Shigeru was dubbed over by actor Keye Luke, with additional voices provided by George Takei (who went on to perform similar voice work for another Kaiju film, the 1959 release Gigantis, the Fire Monster) and veteran actor Paul Frees.

"[12] Turner Classic Movies's critic Richard Harland Smith described and wrote the film as "echo[ing] the somber tone of Godzilla, [but] leavening the mixture with a dash of compassion for the behemoths making hash of Japanese real estate values.

"[13] In his AllMovie review, critic Craig Butler wrote that Rodan was "well worth watching" and that "[a]ficionados of this genre will find a lot to like" in the film.

"[15] Vestron Video released the U.S. version of Rodan on all available home media formats (VHS, Betamax, CED, and LaserDisc) simultaneously in mid-1983.