King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 film directed by Ishirō Honda
King Kong vs. Godzilla is a 1962 Japanese comedy-horror action adventure fantasy monster movie. It was produced by Toho Studios. It is the third Godzilla movie and first Japanese King Kong as well as a third movie of the series. It is the first time Godzilla and King Kong appear together in a movie, and the first time they appear in color. The movie involves Godzilla and King Kong fighting on Mount Fuji after King Kong fights a giant octopus and Godzilla attacks Japan.
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Directed by | Ishirō Honda Thomas Montogomery |
Written by | Shinichi Sekizawa George Worthing Yates (original script) Willis O'Brien (original idea) Paul Mason Bruce Howard |
Story by | John Beck |
Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Starring | Tadao Takashima Kenji Sahara Yu Fujiki Ichirō Arishima Mie Hama Shoichi Hirose Haruo Nakajima Michael Keith Harry Holcombe James Yagi Byron Morrow |
Cinematography | Hajime Koizumi |
Edited by | Reiko Kaneko Peter Zinner |
Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Production company | Toho |
Distributed by | Toho (Japan) Universal International (non-Asian territories) |
Release dates | Japan: August 11, 1962 United States: June 17, 1963 |
Running time | Japanese version: 97 minutes English version: 91 minutes |
Countries | Japan United States |
Languages | Japanese, English |
Budget | Japan ¥5,000,000U.S.A $200,000 |
Box office | Japan ¥350,000,000U.S.A $1,250,000[1] |
The movie has the highest box office figures of any Godzilla movie. It sold 11.2 million tickets and made ¥350,000,000. The movie was produced as a part of Toho's 30th anniversary celebration. It was later released in the United States in the summer of 1963.
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