King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Kingu Kongu tai Gojira
Will you win, Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!
97 min
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.
- Release date
- August 11, 1962
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Box office
- $12,550,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Tadao Takashima as Osamu Sakurai
- Kenji Sahara as Kazuo Fujita
- Yū Fujiki as Kinsaburo Furue
- Ichirô Arishima as Tako
- Jun Tazaki as Commanding General of the JSDF Eastern Army
- Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Shigesawa
- Mie Hama as Fumiko Sakurai
- Akiko Wakabayashi as Tamiye
- Akemi Negishi as Chikiro's Mother
- Yoshio Kosugi as Chief of Faro Island
- Yoshifumi Tajima as Captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2
- Ikio Sawamura as Witch Doctor
- Someshô Matsumoto as Dr. Onuki
- Kô Mishima as Official
- Sachio Sakai as Obayashi
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Dr. Makino
- Senkichi Ōmura as Interpreter Konno
- Ren Yamamoto as Commander of Operation Burial
- Haruya Katô as Obayashi's assistant
- Shin Ôtomo as Captain of Vessel
- Nadao Kirino as General's Aide
- Kenzō Tabu as Dreary Newscaster
- Takuzô Kumagai as Police Executive
- Harold Conway as Scientist in Seahawk
- Osman Yusuf as Submariner
- Shôichi Hirose as King Kong
Crew
- Ishirō Honda · Director
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa · Writer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka · Producer
- Bill Walsh · Producer
- Akira Ifukube · Composer
- Hajime Koizumi · Cinematographer
- Reiko Kaneko · Editor
- Teruaki Abe · Production designer
- Takeo Kita · Production designer