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King Kong vs. Godzilla
(キングコング対ゴジラ)
Will you win, Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!
( Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi )


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US Runtime: 97 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Aug 11, 1962   [USA]
 
Director: Ishirô Honda
 
Writer: Shinichi Sekizawa   [Screenplay]
 
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
 
Edited by: Reiko Kaneko
 
Music Composed by Akira Ifukube
 
Production Design: Teruaki Abe
Takeo Kita
 
Costume Design: Eizo Kaimai
Keizô Murase
Teizô Toshimitsu
Kanju Yagi
Yasuei Yagi
 
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: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

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
 
 

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Tech Info:

Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$12,550,000

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