King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Tadao Takashima
Osamu Sakurai
Kenji Sahara
Kazuo Fujita
Yū Fujiki
Kinzaburo Furue
Ichirō Arishima
Director Tako
Jun Tazaki
General Masami Shinzo
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Shigezawa
Mie Hama
Fumiko Sakurai
Akiko Wakabayashi
Tamiye
Akemi Negishi
Chikiro's Mother
Yoshio Kosugi
Farou Island Chief
Yoshifumi Tajima
Yukichi Yamamoto captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2
Ikio Sawamura
Witch Doctor
Someshō Matsumoto
Dr. Onuki
Kō Mishima
Official
Sachio Sakai
Obayashi
Tatsuo Matsumura
Dr. Makino
Senkichi Ōmura
TTV Translator Konno
Senshô Matsumoto
Prime Minister
Ren Yamamoto
Commander of Operation Burial
Haruya Katō
Obayashi's assistant
Shin Ōtomo
Captain of Vessel
Nadao Kirino
General's Aide
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
General's Aide #2
Kenzō Tabu
Dreary Newscaster
Takuzō Kumagai
Police Executive
Hideo Shibuya
Member of Press Corp
Douglas Fein
Captain of Seahawk
Harold Conway
Scientist in Seahawk
Osman Yusuf
Submariner
Shōichi Hirose
King Kong
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla
Katsumi Tezuka
Godzilla in Iceberg
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Ishirō Honda
Director
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Takeo Kita
Production Design
Teruaki Abe
Production Design
Reiko Kaneko
Editor
Kenji Aoki
Choreographer
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Sound Effects
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects / Visual Effects Director / Visual Effects
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects / Visual Effects Compositor
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects / VFX Director of Photography
George Worthing Yates
Original Story
Koji Kajita
First Assistant Director
Seiji Tani
Assistant Director
Koji Hashimoto
Assistant Director
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects / VFX Director of Photography
Yukio Manoda
Visual Effects Camera / Visual Effects
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects Camera / Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant
Shigeru Nakamura
Production Manager
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects / Visual Effects Director
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician / VFX Lighting Artist
Takashi Narita
Visual Effects Production Manager
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Mixer
Takao Saiwai
Visual Effects
Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling / Sculptor / Costume Designer
Yasuei Yagi
Costume Designer / Modeling
Kanju Yagi
Costume Designer / Modeling
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling / Costume Designer
Toshiro Aoki
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Art Director
Takashi Nakao
Still Photographer
Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Art Director
Yôichi Manoda
Visual Effects Camera / Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant
Yoshio Irie
Visual Effects Art Director / Special Effects Assistant
Kyuzo Yamamoto
Property Master
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects / Visual Effects Director
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Art Director
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Fuchimu Shimakura
Background Designer / Matte Painter
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 11, 1962
Original Nameキングコング対ゴジラ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Box Office$12,550,000
Filming LocationsJapan
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This Movie Is About.
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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 Shoichi Hirose as King Kong and Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla with Shoichi Hirose, Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, and Mie Hama playing other prominent roles. In the film, Godzilla is reawakened by an American submarine and a pharmaceutical company captures King Kong for promotional uses, culminating in a battle 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's 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's 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.