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: (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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