King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

Released: 1963-06-26 Duration: 1hr 36min
Rating 6.6
The Terrifying Battle Between The Mightiest Monsters of All Time!

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

Universal International Pictures
Universal International Pictures
Ryder Sound Services, Inc.
TOHO
TOHO
Tokyo Laboratory

Additional Info

Budget $12,000.00
Revenue $2,700,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 14.032

Directed By

Thomas Montgomery

Ishirō Honda

Crew

Sound Effects
William L. Stevenson
Music Supervisor
Peter Zinner
Original Story
George Worthing Yates
Production Design
Takeo Kita
Lighting Technician
Toshio Takashima
Visual Effects
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Special Effects
Eiji Tsuburaya
Director of Photography
Hajime Koizumi
Special Effects
Sadamasa Arikawa
Choreographer
Kenji Aoki
Production Design
Teruaki Abe
Visual Effects
Eiji Tsuburaya
First Assistant Director
Koji Kajita
Visual Effects Director
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Visual Effects Art Director
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Camera
Yukio Manoda
Assistant Director
Koji Hashimoto
Assistant Director
Seiji Tani
Visual Effects
Yukio Manoda
Special Effects
Koichi Kawakita
Special Effects Assistant
Masakatsu Asai
VFX Director of Photography
Sadamasa Arikawa
Production Manager
Shigeru Nakamura
Special Effects Assistant
Koichi Kawakita
Special Effects
Masakatsu Asai
Sound Effects
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Lighting Technician
Kuichirô Kishida
Visual Effects
Takao Saiwai
Visual Effects Production Manager
Takashi Narita
VFX Director of Photography
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Original Story
Willis H. O'Brien
VFX Lighting Artist
Kuichirô Kishida
Visual Effects Camera
Koichi Kawakita
Modeling
Yasuei Yagi
Special Effects Assistant
Toshiro Aoki
Visual Effects Art Director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Costume Designer
Yasuei Yagi
Visual Effects Art Director
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects
Sadao Iizuka
Still Photographer
Takashi Nakao
Costume Designer
Kanju Yagi
Special Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects
Yôichi Manoda
Visual Effects Art Director
Toshiro Aoki
Special Effects Assistant
Teruyoshi Nakano
Property Master
Kyuzo Yamamoto
Costume Designer
Teizô Toshimitsu
Special Effects Assistant
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant
Yoshio Irie
Visual Effects Art Director
Yoshio Irie
Costume Designer
Eizo Kaimai
Special Effects Assistant
Yôichi Manoda
Modeling
Kanju Yagi
Modeling
Eizo Kaimai
Visual Effects Camera
Yôichi Manoda
Background Designer
Fuchimu Shimakura
Matte Painter
Fuchimu Shimakura
Producer
John Beck
Writer
Paul Mason
Sculptor
Keizô Murase
Costume Designer
Keizô Murase
Director
Ishirō Honda
Writer
Bruce Howard
Screenplay
Shinichi Sekizawa
Supervising Film Editor
Peter Zinner
Editor
Reiko Kaneko
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Music Editor
Peter Zinner
Sound Effects Editor
William L. Stevenson
Sound Mixer
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist
Masao Fujiyoshi
Special Effects
Koichi Takano
Visual Effects Compositor
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects
Taka Yuki
Visual Effects
Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects Director
Masakatsu Asai
Visual Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects
Tôru Suzuki
Special Effects Assistant
Tôru Suzuki

TOP CAST

Michael Keith
Michael Keith

Eric Carter

Harry Holcombe
Harry Holcombe

Dr. Arnold Johnson

James Yagi
James Yagi

Yutaka Omura

Tadao Takashima
Tadao Takashima

Osamu Sakurai

Kenji Sahara
Kenji Sahara

Kazuo Fujita (as Keji Sahaka)

Ichirō Arishima
Ichirō Arishima

Mr. Tako (as Ichiro Arishima)

George Takei
George Takei

Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)

Les Tremayne
Les Tremayne

Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Byron Morrow
Byron Morrow

Newscaster (uncredited)

Mie Hama
Mie Hama

Fumiko Sakurai (uncredited)

Akiko Wakabayashi
Akiko Wakabayashi

Tamiye (uncredited)

Akemi Negishi
Akemi Negishi

Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)

Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata

Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited)

Yū Fujiki
Yū Fujiki

Kinzaburo Furue (uncredited)

Jun Tazaki
Jun Tazaki

General Masami Shinzo (uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Kosugi

Faro Island Chief (uncredited)

Ikio Sawamura
Ikio Sawamura

Witch Doctor (uncredited)

Kenzō Tabu
Kenzō Tabu

Dreary Newscaster (uncredited)

Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura

Dr. Akira Makino (uncredited)

Victor Millan
Victor Millan

Rodrigo Infanta (uncredited)

Douglas Fein
Douglas Fein

Commander Roberts (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima
Haruo Nakajima

Godzilla (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose
Shōichi Hirose

King Kong (uncredited)

Katsumi Tezuka
Katsumi Tezuka

Godzilla in iceberg (uncredited)

Paul Mason
Paul Mason

Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited)

Bruce Howard
Bruce Howard

Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited)

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