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King Kong vs. Godzilla
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
1962 · Directed by Ishirō Honda · 97 min · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Action · 8 frames
Tagline
Will you win, Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!
Crew
- Screenplay: Shinichi Sekizawa
- Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
- Edited by: Reiko Kaneko
- Music: Akira Ifukube
- Production design: Takeo Kita, Teruaki Abe
- Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cast
- Tadao Takashima as Osamu Sakurai
- Kenji Sahara as Kazuo Fujita
- Yū Fujiki as Kinzaburo Furue
- Ichirō Arishima as Director Tako
- Jun Tazaki as General of the JSDF Eastern Army
- Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa
- Mie Hama as Fumiko Sakurai
- Akiko Wakabayashi as Tamiye
- Akemi Negishi as Chikiro's Mother
- Yoshio Kosugi as Chief of Faro Island
Production
- Country: Japan, United States of America
- Language: Japanese, English
- Studios: TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory
- Box office: $12,550,000
- Themes: island, japan, helicopter, octopus, mutant, giant monster, giant lizard, sequel, jungle, tokyo, japan
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