King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tadao Takashima
Osamu Sakurai
Kenji Sahara
Kazuo Fujita
Yū Fujiki
Kinsaburo Furue
Ichirō Arishima
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
Norman Tokar
Director
Kō Mishima
Official
Sachio Sakai
Obayashi
Bill Walsh
Producer
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
Commander Roberts
Harold Conway
Scientist in Seahawk
Osman Yusuf
Submariner
Shōichi Hirose
King Kong
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla
Katsumi Tezuka
Godzilla in Iceberg
Ishirō Honda
Director
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Teruaki Abe
Production Design
Reiko Kaneko
Editor
Media.
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
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.