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About
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.
Theatrical
Jun 26, 1963
Box Office
$2.7M
Budget
$12K
Return
225.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 29, 2019
Directors
Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda
Writer
Producers
Studio
Universal International Pictures, Ryder Sound Services, Inc., TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory
Cast
Full credits →H
Harry Holcombe
Dr. Arnold Johnson
J
James Yagi
Yutaka Omura
T
Tadao Takashima
Osamu Sakurai
K
Kenji Sahara
Kazuo Fujita (as Keji Sahaka)
I
Ichirō Arishima
Mr. Tako (as Ichiro Arishima)
G
George Takei
Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)
L
Les Tremayne
Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
B
Byron Morrow
Newscaster (uncredited)
M
Mie Hama
Fumiko Sakurai (uncredited)
A
Akiko Wakabayashi
Tamiye (uncredited)
A
Akemi Negishi
Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
A
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)
Y
Yū Fujiki
Kinzaburo Furue (uncredited)
J
Jun Tazaki
General Masami Shinzo (uncredited)
Y
Yoshio Kosugi
Chief of Faro Island (uncredited)
I
Ikio Sawamura
Witch Doctor (uncredited)
K
Kenzō Tabu
Dreary Newscaster (uncredited)
T
Tatsuo Matsumura
Dr. Akira Makino (uncredited)
V
Victor Millan
Rodrigo Infanta (uncredited)
S
Shōichi Hirose
King Kong (uncredited)
Americanized Godzilla Collection
Because of the Godzilla franchise success in Japan, heavily re-edited "Americanized" versions of some films were made for a theatrical release more suitable for the American audience.
Quotes
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Quotes about King Kong vs. Godzilla
* Robert Biondi, "The Evolution of Godzilla – G-Suit Variations Throughout the Monster King’s Twenty One Films", G-FAN #16 (July/August 1995)
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Evolution of the Kingoji Godzilla Design
Quotes about King Kong vs. Godzilla
One of the most popular Godzilla designs, the Kingoji was radically different from any Godzilla suit before or since. The costume was more reptilian in appearance and the build was very stocky, especially in the lower half. The head was small and streamlined, with a strange combination of human-like eyes placed on the sides of the head in a reptilian manner. Other distinctive features for the Kingoji included large hands with spike-like claws and thumbs nearly as large as the three other fingers. The Kingoji also had several features that would be common to all Godzilla suits until the rebirth of the Godzilla series in 1984. These were a lack of ears, no fangs, three toes, smooth underside for the tail, and one main row of dorsal plates flanked by two small rows.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
