King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Tadao Takashima](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10833-tadao-takashima.webp)
Tadao Takashima
Osamu Sakurai
![Kenji Sahara](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10834-kenji-sahara.webp)
Kenji Sahara
Kazuo Fujita
![Yū Fujiki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10835-yu-fujiki.webp)
Yū Fujiki
Kinsaburo Furue
![Ichirō Arishima](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10836-ichiro-arishima.webp)
Ichirō Arishima
Tako
![Jun Tazaki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10837-jun-tazaki.webp)
Jun Tazaki
General Masami Shinzo
![Akihiko Hirata](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10838-akihiko-hirata.webp)
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Shigezawa
![Mie Hama](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10839-mie-hama.webp)
Mie Hama
Fumiko Sakurai
![Akiko Wakabayashi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10840-akiko-wakabayashi.webp)
Akiko Wakabayashi
Tamiye
![Akemi Negishi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10841-akemi-negishi.webp)
Akemi Negishi
Chikiro's Mother
![Yoshio Kosugi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10842-yoshio-kosugi.webp)
Yoshio Kosugi
Farou Island Chief
![Jun Matsui](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jun Matsui
Commanding General of the JSDF Eastern Army
![Yoshifumi Tajima](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10843-yoshifumi-tajima.webp)
Yoshifumi Tajima
Yukichi Yamamoto captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2
![Ikio Sawamura](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10844-ikio-sawamura.webp)
Ikio Sawamura
Witch Doctor
![Someshō Matsumoto](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Someshō Matsumoto
Dr. Onuki
![Norman Tokar](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/41668-norman-tokar.webp)
Norman Tokar
Director
![Kō Mishima](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/213542-ko-mishima.webp)
Kō Mishima
Official
![Sachio Sakai](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10845-sachio-sakai.webp)
Sachio Sakai
Obayashi
![Tatsuo Matsumura](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10846-tatsuo-matsumura.webp)
Tatsuo Matsumura
Dr. Makino
![Bill Walsh](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/159661-bill-walsh.webp)
Bill Walsh
Producer
![Senkichi Ōmura](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10847-senkichi-omura.webp)
Senkichi Ōmura
TTV Translator Konno
![Senshô Matsumoto](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Senshô Matsumoto
Prime Minister
![Ren Yamamoto](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10848-ren-yamamoto.webp)
Ren Yamamoto
Commander of Operation Burial
![Haruya Katō](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/175967-haruya-kato.webp)
Haruya Katō
Obayashi's assistant
![Shin Ōtomo](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10849-shin-otomo.webp)
Shin Ōtomo
Captain of Vessel
![Nadao Kirino](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10850-nadao-kirino.webp)
Nadao Kirino
General's Aide
![Yasuhisa Tsutsumi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/177162-yasuhisa-tsutsumi.webp)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
General's Aide #2
![Kenzō Tabu](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/198525-kenzo-tabu.webp)
Kenzō Tabu
Dreary Newscaster
![Takuzō Kumagai](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Takuzō Kumagai
Police Executive
![Hideo Shibuya](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10851-hideo-shibuya.webp)
Hideo Shibuya
Member of Press Corp
![Douglas Fein](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Douglas Fein
Commander Roberts
![Harold Conway](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/207118-harold-conway.webp)
Harold Conway
Scientist in Seahawk
![Osman Yusuf](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10852-osman-yusuf.webp)
Osman Yusuf
Submariner
![Shōichi Hirose](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10853-shoichi-hirose.webp)
Shōichi Hirose
King Kong
![Haruo Nakajima](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10854-haruo-nakajima.webp)
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla
![Katsumi Tezuka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10855-katsumi-tezuka.webp)
Katsumi Tezuka
Godzilla in Iceberg
![Akira Ifukube](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/722765-akira-ifukube.webp)
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
![Hajime Koizumi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
![Ishirō Honda](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10856-ishiro-honda.webp)
Ishirō Honda
Director
![Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/172608-tomoyuki-tanaka.webp)
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
![Teruaki Abe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Teruaki Abe
Production Design
Media.
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Details.
Release DateAugust 11, 1962
Original Nameキングコング対ゴジラ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$12,550,000
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
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Wiki.
King Kong vs. Godzilla (Japanese: キングコング対ゴジラ, Hepburn: Kingu Kongu tai Gojira) is a 1962 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it is the third film in both the Godzilla and King Kong franchises, as well as the first Toho-produced film featuring King Kong. It is also the first time that each character appeared on film in color and widescreen. The film stars Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, and Mie Hama, with Shoichi Hirose as King Kong and Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla. In the film, Godzilla is reawakened by an American submarine and a pharmaceutical company captures King Kong for promotional uses, which culminate in a battle with Godzilla on Mount Fuji.
The project began with a story outline devised by King Kong stop motion animator Willis O'Brien around 1960, in which Kong battles a giant Frankenstein Monster; O'Brien gave the outline to producer John Beck for development. Behind O'Brien's back and without his knowledge, Beck gave the project to Toho to produce the film, replacing the giant Frankenstein Monster with Godzilla and scrapping O'Brien's original story.King Kong vs. Godzilla was released theatrically in Japan on August 11, 1962 and grossed ¥352 million, making it the second-highest-grossing Japanese film in history upon its release. The film remains the most attended Godzilla film in Japan to date, and is credited with encouraging Toho to prioritize the continuation of the Godzilla series after seven years of dormancy. A heavily re-edited "Americanized" version of the film was released theatrically in the United States by Universal International Inc. on June 26, 1963.
The film was followed by Mothra vs. Godzilla, released on April 29, 1964.
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