King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 37min
- Action, Adventure
- 26 Jun 1963 (USA)
- Movie
A UN reporter covers the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation, while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own.
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Cast
| Michael Keith | ... |
Eric Carter
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| Harry Holcombe | ... |
Dr. Arnold Johnson
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| James Yagi | ... |
Yutaka Omura
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| Tadao Takashima | ... |
Osamu Sakurai
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| Kenji Sahara | ... |
Kazuo Fujita
(as Keji Sahaka)
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| Ichirô Arishima | ... |
Mr. Tako
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Yû Fujiki | ... |
Kinsaburo Furue
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| Jun Tazaki | ... |
General Masami Shinzo
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| Akihiko Hirata | ... |
Dr. Shigezawa
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| Mie Hama | ... |
Fumiko Sakurai
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| Yoshifumi Tajima | ... |
Captain of Fujita's Ship - Japanese version only
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| Akiko Wakabayashi | ... |
Tamiye
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| Akemi Negishi | ... |
Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl)
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Yoshio Kosugi | ... |
Farou Island Chief
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| Ikio Sawamura | ... |
Witch Doctor
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| Someshô Matsumoto | ... |
Dr. Onuki
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Kô Mishima | ... |
Official
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Sachio Sakai | ... |
Obayashi (Mr. Tako's assistant)
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| Tatsuo Matsumura | ... |
Dr. Makino
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Senkichi Ômura | ... |
TTV Translator Konno
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Ren Yamamoto | ... |
Commander of Operation Burial
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Haruya Katô | ... |
Obayashi's assistant
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | ... |
General's Aide #2
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| Yutaka Nakayama |
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| Shin Ôtomo | ... |
Captain of Vessel
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Toshihiko Furuta |
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Nadao Kirino | ... |
General's Aide #1
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Naoya Kusakawa | ... |
Newspaper Reporter
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Mitsuo Tsuda | ... |
Ground Self Defense Force Executive
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Haruko Tôgô |
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Takuzô Kumagai | ... |
Police Executive
(as Jirô Kumagai)
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Shirô Tsuchiya | ... |
Fisherman / Evacuee
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Yasuzô Ogawa |
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| Kenzô Tabu | ... |
Dreary Newscaster
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| Kazuo Suzuki |
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Haruya Sakamoto | ... |
Eastern Army Facility Manager
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Hiromi Mineoka |
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Hideo Shibuya | ... |
Member of Press Corp
(as Shinpei Mitsui)
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Terumi Oka |
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Ichirô Chiba |
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Mieko Kurenai |
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Harold Conway | ... |
Scientist in Sub
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Douglas Fein | ... |
Commander Roberts
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| Osman Yusuf | ... |
Submariner
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| Shôichi Hirose | ... |
King Kong
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| Haruo Nakajima | ... |
Godzilla / Faro Islander of the monitoring base
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| Katsumi Tezuka | ... |
Godzilla
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Bin Furuya | ... |
JSDF correspondent
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Cliff Harrington | ... |
Al the helicopter co-pilot
(as Clifford Harrington)
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Shigeo Katô | ... |
Pacific Pharmaceutical employee, newspaper reporter
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Thomas Korzeniowski | ... |
General (voice)
(as Tom Conrad)
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Akio Kusama | ... |
Ground self-defense force executive
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Junnosuke Suda | ... |
Pacific Pharmaceutical Employee
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Kamayuki Tsubono | ... |
Sailor Daiyasumaru
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| Gary Collins | ... |
Submariner (uncredited)
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| Robert Dunham | ... |
US Navy Pilot (uncredited)
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| Victor Millan | ... |
Rodrigo Infante (uncredited)
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| Les Tremayne | ... |
Commander Roberts / General Shinzo / Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Ishirô Honda | ... | (as Inoshiro Honda) |
| Tom Montgomery | ... | (as Thomas Montgomery) |
Written by
| Shin'ichi Sekizawa | ... | (written by) |
| Paul Mason | ... | (written by) and |
| Bruce Howard | ... | (written by) |
| John Beck | ... | (story "King Kong vs. Prometheus") (uncredited) |
| Willis H. O'Brien | ... | (story "King Kong vs. Frankenstein") (uncredited) |
| Edgar Wallace | ... | (Kingu Kongu Created By) |
Produced by
| John Beck | ... | producer |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | ... | producer |
Music by
| Akira Ifukube | ||
Cinematography by
| Hajime Koizumi | ||
Editing by
| Ishirô Honda | ... | (1970 Champion Festival reissue) |
| Reiko Kaneko | ||
| Peter Zinner | ||
Editorial Department
| Peter Zinner | ... | editorial supervisor: USA |
Production Design by
| Teruaki Abe | ||
| Takeo Kita | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Kôji Hashimoto | ... | third assistant director (as Koji Hashimoto) |
| Kôji Kajita | ... | chief assistant director |
Sound Department
| Sadamasa Nishimoto | ... | sound effects editor |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | ... | sound effects |
| William L. Stevenson | ... | sound effects: USA (as William Stevenson) |
Special Effects by
| Kaimai Eizo | ... | special effects |
| Keizô Murase | ... | special effects |
| Teruyoshi Nakano | ... | assistant director of special effects |
| Koichi Takano | ... | puppet effects |
| Teizô Toshimitsu | ... | special effects suit design |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | ... | director of special effects |
| Akira Watanabe | ... | art director of special effects/gojira and kingukongu suit designs |
| Fuminori Ôhashi | ... | special effects technical advisor (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
| Sadamasa Arikawa | ... | director of special effects photography |
| Sadao Iizuka | ... | visual effects |
| Kôichi Kawakita | ... | assistant special effects cameraman |
| Kyuichirô Kishida | ... | special effects lighting |
| Yukio Manoda | ... | optical effects |
| Hiroshi Mukoyama | ... | matte process |
| Sokei Tomioka | ... | special effects camera operator |
| Taka Yuki | ... | optical effects |
Stunts
| Haruo Nakajima | ... | stunt choreographer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Shoshichi Kojima | ... | lighting technician |
Music Department
| Robert Emmett Dolan | ... | composer: stock music |
| Joseph Gershenson | ... | conductor: USA |
| Herschel Burke Gilbert | ... | composer: stock music |
| Henry Mancini | ... | composer: stock music |
| Heinz Roemheld | ... | stock music: english version |
| Milton Rosen | ... | composer: stock music |
| Hans J. Salter | ... | composer: stock music |
| Paul Sawtell | ... | composer: stock music |
| Bert Shefter | ... | composer: stock music |
| Herman Stein | ... | composer: stock music |
| Peter Zinner | ... | music supervisor: American music |
Additional Crew
| Tom Montgomery | ... | director: American version (as Thomas Montgomery) |
| Gioele Centanni | ... | distributed in italy (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toho (1962) (Japan) (theatrical)
- The Hundred Years Corporation (1963) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1963) (United States) (theatrical) (as Universal-International) (English dubbed)
- Rank Film Distributors (1963) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Universal Pictures Proprietary (1963) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Filmauro Home Video (1965) (World-wide) (tv)
- Empire Universal Films (1962) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Apollo-Film GmbH (1974) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Avis-Filmverleih (1974) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Distribución y Producción Películas Para Menores S.A. (DISCIMIPSA) (1978) (Spain) (theatrical)
- National Film Development Corporation (1987) (India) (theatrical)
- Regent Film Distributors (1974) (Australia) (theatrical) (as 'King Kong vs Godzilla')
- Universal Pictures International (UPI) (1963) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1963) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- AGM Home Video (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (2007) (Germany) (tv)
- Atlas Video (1981) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Filmjuwelen (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Filmjuwelen (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
- GoodTimes Home Video (1987) (United States) (VHS)
- GoodTimes Home Video (1989) (United States) (VHS)
- GoodTimes Home Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
- GoodTimes Home Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- HGV Video Productions (Canada) (VHS)
- Intergroove Media (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
- K & C Video (Australia) (video) (as 'King Kong vs Godzilla')
- Llamentol (2016) (Spain) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (uncredited)
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2008) (Japan) (tv)
- Star Entertainment (2022) (India)
- The Criterion Collection (2019) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Topanga Canyon Films (2018) (Spain)
- Westcoast Motion Pictures (Chile) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Toho Studios (sound stages)
- Waxwork Records (soundtrack available from)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
(Re-edited US Version) Eric Carter, a reporter for the United Nations, reports on a submarine which collides with an iceberg and frees Godzilla. The news of this soon leads to Mr. Tako, the chairman of a pharmaceutical company, to seek a monster of his own to generate publicity. He sends out an expedition to Farou Island where they discover the god of the island in the form of King Kong. The giant ape is capture and returned to Japan, upon which it escapes and heads off on a collision course straight towards Godzilla. The two rivals soon clash in a giant climatic battle.
Written by Scott Hutchins |
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| Taglines | The motion picture screen beckons you to adventure that thrills the emotions with shock and terror! See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $200,000 (estimated) |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $47,821,633, 11 Aug 1962 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The unedited original Japanese version of the film remains the highest attended Godzilla film in Japan. It is also one of the most attended films of all time at the Japanese box office as well as the most successful live-action science fantasy film with admission numbers surpassing Hollywood blockbusters such as Star Wars and Avatar. To this day it remains as the 13th most attended film of all time in Japan. The heavily re-edited US version that inserted new actors and deleted several scenes from the original was just as much of a success at the US box-office as well. See more » |
| Goofs | When being hauled around by the balloons, Kong's right leg is twisted around painfully and sticks out of him at an odd angle. When it cuts to the suit with an actor inside it, the leg is back to its normal shape. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from The Mysterians (1957). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | In the credits for the U.S. version, actor Kenji Sahara is listed as "Keji Sahaka." See more » |
| Quotes |
Mr. Tako:
King Kong can't make a monkey out of us. See more » |