King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

Released: 1962-08-11 Duration: 1hr 37min
Rating 6.8
Will you win, Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!

Overview

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.

Production Companies

TOHO
TOHO
Tokyo Laboratory

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $12,550,000.00
Original Language ja
Popularity 23.771

Directed By

Ishirō Honda

Crew

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

TOP CAST

Tadao Takashima
Tadao Takashima

Osamu Sakurai

Kenji Sahara
Kenji Sahara

Kazuo Fujita

Yū Fujiki
Yū Fujiki

Kinzaburo Furue

Ichirō Arishima
Ichirō Arishima

Director Tako

Jun Tazaki
Jun Tazaki

General Masami Shinzo

Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata

Dr. Shigezawa

Mie Hama
Mie Hama

Fumiko Sakurai

Akemi Negishi
Akemi Negishi

Chikiro's Mother

Yoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Kosugi

Farou Island Chief

Yoshifumi Tajima
Yoshifumi Tajima

Yukichi Yamamoto captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2

Ikio Sawamura
Ikio Sawamura

Witch Doctor

Kō Mishima
Kō Mishima

Official

Sachio Sakai
Sachio Sakai

Obayashi

Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura

Dr. Makino

Senkichi Ōmura
Senkichi Ōmura

TTV Translator Konno

Senshô Matsumoto
Senshô Matsumoto

Prime Minister

Ren Yamamoto
Ren Yamamoto

Commander of Operation Burial

Haruya Katō
Haruya Katō

Obayashi's assistant

Shin Ōtomo
Shin Ōtomo

Captain of Vessel

Nadao Kirino
Nadao Kirino

General's Aide

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

General's Aide #2

Kenzō Tabu
Kenzō Tabu

Dreary Newscaster

Takuzō Kumagai
Takuzō Kumagai

Police Executive

Hideo Shibuya
Hideo Shibuya

Member of Press Corp

Douglas Fein
Douglas Fein

Captain of Seahawk

Harold Conway
Harold Conway

Scientist in Seahawk

Osman Yusuf
Osman Yusuf

Submariner

Shōichi Hirose
Shōichi Hirose

King Kong

Haruo Nakajima
Haruo Nakajima

Godzilla

Katsumi Tezuka
Katsumi Tezuka

Godzilla in Iceberg

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