King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) - Will you win, Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Will you win, Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!
( Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi )

US Runtime: 97 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Aug 11, 1962 [USA]

Director:	Ishirô Honda [Director]

Writer:	Shinichi Sekizawa [Screenplay]

Producer:	Tomoyuki Tanaka [Producer]

Cinematography:	Hajime Koizumi [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Reiko Kaneko [Editor]

Music Composed by	Akira Ifukube [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Teruaki Abe [Production Design] Takeo Kita [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Eizo Kaimai [Costume Designer] Keizô Murase [Costume Designer] Teizô Toshimitsu [Costume Designer] Kanju Yagi [Costume Designer] Yasuei Yagi [Costume Designer]

Production Companys:	TOHO (JP) Tokyo Laboratory (JP)

Plot Summary:

The advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing the legendary monster King Kong just as Godzilla re-emerges.

Cast:

Tadao Takashima Osamu Sakurai Kenji Sahara Kazuo Fujita Yu Fujiki Kinzaburo Furue Ichirô 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 Yoshibumi Tajima Yukichi Yamamoto captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2 Ikio Sawamura Witch Doctor Somesho Matsumoto Dr. Onuki Ko Mishima Official Sachio Sakai Obayashi Tatsuo Matsumura Dr. Makino Senkichi Omura TTV Translator Konno		Senshô Matsumoto Prime Minister Ren Yamamoto Commander of Operation Burial Haruya Kato Obayashi's assistant Shin Otomo Captain of Vessel Nadao Kirino General's Aide Yasuhisa Tsutsumi General's Aide #2 Kenzo 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 Shoichi Hirose King Kong Haruo Nakajima Godzilla Katsumi Tezuka Godzilla in Iceberg Clifford Harrington

Sound Crew:

Masao Fujiyoshi Sound Recordist Sadamasa Nishimoto Sound Effects		Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Mixer

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Toshiro Aoki Special Effects Assistant Toshiro Aoki Visual Effects Art Director Sadamasa Arikawa Special Effects Sadamasa Arikawa VFX Director of Photography Masakatsu Asai Visual Effects Director Masakatsu Asai Visual Effects Masakatsu Asai Special Effects Assistant Masakatsu Asai Special Effects Sadao Iizuka Visual Effects Yasuyuki Inoue Special Effects Assistant Yasuyuki Inoue Visual Effects Art Director Yoshio Irie Visual Effects Art Director Yoshio Irie Special Effects Assistant Eizo Kaimai Modeling Koichi Kawakita Visual Effects Camera Koichi Kawakita Special Effects Koichi Kawakita Special Effects Assistant Kuichiro Kishida VFX Lighting Artist Yoichi Manoda Special Effects Assistant Yoichi Manoda Visual Effects Camera Yoichi Manoda Special Effects Yukio Manoda Visual Effects Camera Yukio Manoda Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Compositor		Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Assistant Takashi Narita Visual Effects Production Manager Takao Saiwai Visual Effects Fuchimu Shimakura Matte Painter Jiro Shirasaki Visual Effects Art Director Jiro Shirasaki Special Effects Assistant Toru Suzuki Special Effects Toru Suzuki Special Effects Assistant Koichi Takano Special Effects Motoyoshi Tomioka Special Effects Motoyoshi Tomioka VFX Director of Photography Teizo Toshimitsu Modeling Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Director Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects Akira Watanabe Visual Effects Art Director Kanju Yagi Modeling Yasuei Yagi Modeling Taka Yuki Visual Effects

Art Department:

Keizô Murase Sculptor Fuchimu Shimakura Background Designer		Teizô Toshimitsu Sculptor Kyuzo Yamamoto Property Master

Directing Crew:

Koji Hashimoto Assistant Director Koji Kajita First Assistant Director		Seiji Tani Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Kuichiro Kishida Lighting Technician Takashi Nakao Still Photographer		Toshio Takashima Lighting Technician

Other Crew:

Kenji Aoki Choreographer

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