Rodan 1957 US Theatrical Trailer in August 1957. Rodan (Japanese: 空の大怪獣 ラドン, Hepburn: Sora no Daikaijū Radon, lit. 'Giant Monster of the Sky Radon') is a 1956 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it is the debut film of the titular monster Rodan, Toho's first kaiju film to be shot in color, and one of several giant monster films that found an audience outside Japan. Rodan would become a staple monster late

Holocaust Survivor Judy Rodan gifting our film crew a beautiful blessing, a moment none of us will ever forget. Judy Rodan was born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, and at age 6, she and her family were deported to Auschwitz in May 1944. Judy was placed with a Christian rescuer, given a false identity, and hidden in a Catholic convent in Budapest for the remainder of the war. During this time, she lived under a new religious identity and name, and she learned Catholic prayers and rituals to help con