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King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Credits
Title: King Kong vs. Godzilla
Director: Ishirô Honda
Writers: Shin'ichi Sekizawa
Paul Mason [1]
Bruce Howard [1]
Producers: Tomoyuki Tanaka
John Beck [1]
Composer: Akira Ifukube
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
Editors: Reiko Kaneko
Production
Distributed by: Toho Company, Ltd.
Universal Pictures
Released: August 11th, 1962
Rating: Approved
Running time: 91 min.
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Budget: $12,000+ [2]
Gross: ¥350,000,000 (Japan)
$2,725,000 (US) [3]
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King Kong vs. Godzilla is a Japanese sci-fi/action film and is classified as a Tokusatsu of the daikaiju ("giant monster") subgenre. It is the third film in the Godzilla film series as well as the third film to feature the American giant monster of King Kong. The movie was directed by Ishirô Honda with a script written by Shin'ichi Sekizawa. It was produced by Toho Company, Ltd. and released in Japan on August 11th, 1962. The film was repackaged for released in the United States by Universal International, with heavy editing, re-written scenes by Paul Mason and Bruce Howard and English dubbing.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Tadao Takashima Osamu Sakurai
Kenji Sahara Kazuo Fujita
Yu Fujiki Kinsaburo Furue
Ichiro Arishima Mister Tako
Jun Tazaki Masami Shinzo
Akihiko Hirata Doctor Shigezawa
Mie Hama Fumiko Sakurai
Akiko Wakabayashi Tamiye
Akemi Negishi Chikiro's mother
Yoshio Kosugi Farou Island chief
Yoshifumi Tajima Captain of Fujita's ship
Ikio Sawamura Witch doctor
Somesho Matsumoto Doctor Onuki
Kô Mishima Official
Sachio Sakai Obayashi
Tatsuo Matsumura Doctor Makino
Senkichi Omura TTV translator Konno
Ren Yamamoto Commander of Operation: Burial
Haruya Kato Obayashi's assistant
Shin Otomo Captain of vessel
Nadao Kirino Generald's aide #1
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi General's aide #2
Shôichi Hirose Kingukongu
Haruo Nakajima Godzilla
Katsumi Tezuka Godzilla

Notes[]

  • King Kong vs. Godzilla was released in the United States on June 26th, 1963.
  • The Japanese release of the film had a running time of 1 hour and 38 minutes. The American release of the movie trimmed it by seven minutes for a total running time of 1 hour and 31 minutes.
  • A music score soundtrack for King Kong vs. Godzilla was released in 1993. It contained forty-three tracks with music by composer Akira Ifukube.

Fun Facts[]

  • Taglines for this film include, "The two mightiest monsters of all time!", "The battle of the century!", "The most colossal conflict the screen has ever known!", and "The motion picture screen beckons you to adventure that thrills the emotions with shock and terror!" All of these were used on promotional material for the American release of the film.
  • This is the first movie featuring King Kong that was released in full color.
  • The Japanese version of Kong featured in this film is clearly a different animal than the one scene in the original 1993 Merian C. Cooper film. For starters, the original ape was killed at the end of King Kong, but also, this ape hails from a different island altogether, and is significantly bigger, making him a sizable contemporary to Godzilla.
  • This is quite possibly the first appearance of a unique species of jungle octopus. Yes, a jungle octopus.
  • Rumors have floated around for years, suggesting that the Japanese version of the film and the American version had alternate endings with a different winner emerging victorious from the final battle: Godzilla in the Japanese version and Kong in the American version. In truth, the scenes are relatively unaltered with the last battle ending in an ambiguous draw. Kong emerges from the water and begins stomping back to Farro Island and lets out a mighty roar. Godzilla remains underwater, but also issues a roar of frustration. In the American version, Godzilla's roar was omitted, giving viewers the impression that Kong had succeeded in vanquishing his scaly foe. [5]

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See also[]

Media

The World of Godzilla

Godzilla miscellaneous

External Links[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 This production crew member is associated with the U.S. release of King Kong vs. Godzilla only.
  2. Godzilla Wiki; King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962); Infobox.
  3. IMDB; King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962); Box office & business.
  4. Amazon.com; King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962); Blu-ray
  5. Snopes.com; King Kong vs. Godzilla

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