King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Tadao Takashima
Osamu Sakurai
Kenji Sahara
Kazuo Fujita
Yū Fujiki
Kinsaburo Furue
Michael Keith
Eric Carter
Harry Holcombe
Dr. Arnold Johnson
Byron Morrow
Newscaster
James Yagi
Yutaka Omura
Les Tremayne
Commander Roberts / General Masami Shinzo / Narrator (voice)
Ichirō Arishima
Mr. Tako
Jun Matsui
General Masami Shinzo
Jun Tazaki
General Masami Shinzo
George Takei
Osamu Sakurai (voice)
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Shigezawa
Akiko Wakabayashi
Tamiye (uncredited)
Mie Hama
Fumiko Sakurai
Ishirō Honda
Director
Akemi Negishi
Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
Shinichi Sekizawa
Writer
Bruce Mason
Misc. characters (voice)
Paul Mason
Writer
Paul Howard
Misc. characters (voice)
Bruce Howard
Writer
Edgar Wallace
Writer
John Beck
Producer
Yoshio Kosugi
Farou Island Chief (uncredited)
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Ikio Sawamura
Witch Doctor (uncredited)
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Kenzō Tabu
Dreary Newscaster (uncredited)
Victor Millan
Rodrigo Infante (uncredited)
Hajime Koizumi
Cinematographer
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla
Reiko Kaneko
Editor
Shōichi Hirose
King Kong
Peter Zinner
Editor
Teruaki Abe
ProductionDesigner
Takeo Kita
ProductionDesigner
Thomas Montgomery
Director
Heinz Roemheld
Music
Paul Sawtell
Music
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 26, 1963
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
Budget$12,000
Box Office$2,700,000
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
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, it received mostly positive reviews from critics and audiences 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.