King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Overview
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $12,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $2,700,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 10.361 |
Directed By
Thomas Montgomery
Ishirō Honda
Crew
Peter Zinner
William L. Stevenson
Eiji Tsuburaya
George Worthing Yates
Hajime Koizumi
Toshio Takashima
Eiji Tsuburaya
Kenji Aoki
Sadamasa Arikawa
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Takeo Kita
Teruaki Abe
Henry Mancini
Herman Stein
Koichi Kawakita
Koichi Kawakita
Masakatsu Asai
Masakatsu Asai
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Akira Watanabe
Koji Kajita
Koji Hashimoto
Seiji Tani
Kuichirô Kishida
Shigeru Nakamura
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Sadamasa Arikawa
Kuichirô Kishida
Eiji Tsuburaya
Takao Saiwai
Yukio Manoda
Yukio Manoda
Koichi Kawakita
Takashi Narita
Willis H. O'Brien
Kyuzo Yamamoto
Teizô Toshimitsu
Takashi Nakao
Teizô Toshimitsu
Kanju Yagi
Yasuei Yagi
Eizo Kaimai
Teruyoshi Nakano
Teruyoshi Nakano
Yôichi Manoda
Yôichi Manoda
Toshiro Aoki
Toshiro Aoki
Jiro Shirasaki
Jiro Shirasaki
Yasuyuki Inoue
Yasuyuki Inoue
Yoshio Irie
Yoshio Irie
Teizô Toshimitsu
Kanju Yagi
Yasuei Yagi
Eizo Kaimai
Sadao Iizuka
Yôichi Manoda
Fuchimu Shimakura
Fuchimu Shimakura
Paul Mason
John Beck
Thomas Montgomery
Hans J. Salter
Heinz Roemheld
Paul Sawtell
Keizô Murase
Keizô Murase
Ishirō Honda
Bruce Howard
Shinichi Sekizawa
Peter Zinner
Reiko Kaneko
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Bert Shefter
Akira Ifukube
Hachiro Matsui
Peter Zinner
William L. Stevenson
Hisashi Shimonaga
Masao Fujiyoshi
Koichi Takano
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Taka Yuki
Haruo Nakajima
Shōichi Hirose
Masakatsu Asai
Masakatsu Asai
Teruyoshi Nakano
Teruyoshi Nakano
Tôru Suzuki
Tôru Suzuki
TOP CAST
Michael Keith
Eric Carter
Harry Holcombe
Dr. Arnold Johnson
James Yagi
Yutaka Omura
Tadao Takashima
Osamu Sakurai
Kenji Sahara
Kazuo Fujita (as Keji Sahaka)
Ichirō Arishima
Mr. Tako (as Ichiro Arishima)
George Takei
Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)
Les Tremayne
Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Byron Morrow
Newscaster (uncredited)
Mie Hama
Fumiko Sakurai (uncredited)
Akiko Wakabayashi
Tamiye (uncredited)
Akemi Negishi
Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)
Yū Fujiki
Kinzaburo Furue (uncredited)
Jun Tazaki
General Masami Shinzo (uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi
Faro Island Chief (uncredited)
Ikio Sawamura
Witch Doctor (uncredited)
Kenzō Tabu
Dreary Newscaster (uncredited)
Tatsuo Matsumura
Dr. Akira Makino (uncredited)
Victor Millan
Rodrigo Infanta (uncredited)
Douglas Fein
Commander Roberts (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
King Kong (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
Godzilla in iceberg (uncredited)
Paul Mason
Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited)
Bruce Howard
Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited)
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