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King Kong vs. Godzilla

6.6

Released June 26, 1963Runtime 1h 36min

The Terrifying Battle Between The Mightiest Monsters of All Time!

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.

Genres

Action

Science Fiction

Comedy

Adventure

Fantasy

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Ryder Sound Services, Inc.

TOHO

Tokyo Laboratory

Production Countries

United States of America

Japan

Finances

Budget: $12,000
Revenue: $2,700,000
Profit/Loss: $2,688,000

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Cast

Michael KeithEric Carter

Harry HolcombeDr. Arnold Johnson

James YagiYutaka Omura

Tadao TakashimaOsamu Sakurai

Kenji SaharaKazuo Fujita (as Keji Sahaka)

Ichirō ArishimaMr. Tako (as Ichiro Arishima)

George TakeiOsamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)

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

Byron MorrowNewscaster (uncredited)

Mie HamaFumiko Sakurai (uncredited)

Akiko WakabayashiTamiye (uncredited)

Akemi NegishiChikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)

Akihiko HirataDr. Shigezawa (uncredited)

Yū FujikiKinzaburo Furue (uncredited)

Jun TazakiGeneral Masami Shinzo (uncredited)

Yoshio KosugiFaro Island Chief (uncredited)

Ikio SawamuraWitch Doctor (uncredited)

Kenzō TabuDreary Newscaster (uncredited)

Tatsuo MatsumuraDr. Akira Makino (uncredited)

Victor MillanRodrigo Infanta (uncredited)

Douglas FeinCommander Roberts (uncredited)

Haruo NakajimaGodzilla (uncredited)

Shōichi HiroseKing Kong (uncredited)

Katsumi TezukaGodzilla in iceberg (uncredited)

Paul MasonMisc. Characters (voice) (uncredited)

Bruce HowardMisc. Characters (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Koji KajitaFirst Assistant Director

Koji HashimotoAssistant Director

Seiji TaniAssistant Director

Thomas MontgomeryDirector

Ishirō HondaDirector

George Worthing YatesOriginal Story

Willis H. O'BrienOriginal Story

Paul MasonWriter

Bruce HowardWriter

Shinichi SekizawaScreenplay

Shigeru NakamuraProduction Manager

John BeckProducer

Tomoyuki TanakaProducer

Peter ZinnerMusic Supervisor

William L. StevensonSound Effects

Toshio TakashimaLighting Technician

Hiroshi MukoyamaVisual Effects

Kenji AokiChoreographer

Sadamasa ArikawaSpecial Effects

Teruaki AbeProduction Design

Hajime KoizumiDirector of Photography

Eiji TsuburayaSpecial Effects

Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects

Takeo KitaProduction Design

Koichi KawakitaSpecial Effects Assistant

Akira WatanabeVisual Effects Art Director

Motoyoshi TomiokaSpecial Effects

Sadamasa ArikawaVFX Director of Photography

Yukio ManodaVisual Effects Camera

Herman SteinMusic

Masakatsu AsaiSpecial Effects

Henry ManciniMusic

Koichi KawakitaVisual Effects Camera

Takashi NaritaVisual Effects Production Manager

Motoyoshi TomiokaVFX Director of Photography

Sadamasa NishimotoSound Effects

Koichi KawakitaSpecial Effects

Takao SaiwaiVisual Effects

Herschel Burke GilbertMusic

Kuichiro KishidaVFX Lighting Artist

Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects Director

Kuichiro KishidaLighting Technician

Masakatsu AsaiSpecial Effects Assistant

Yukio ManodaVisual Effects

Yasuyuki InoueVisual Effects Art Director

Eizo KaimaiModeling

Toshiro AokiSpecial Effects Assistant

Yoshio IrieSpecial Effects Assistant

Yasuei YagiModeling

Yôichi ManodaSpecial Effects

Teizô ToshimitsuModeling

Kyuzo YamamotoProperty Master

Teizô ToshimitsuCostume Designer

Eizo KaimaiCostume Designer

Kanju YagiCostume Designer

Toshiro AokiVisual Effects Art Director

Kanju YagiModeling

Takashi NakaoStill Photographer

Yasuyuki InoueSpecial Effects Assistant

Yôichi ManodaVisual Effects Camera

Yasuei YagiCostume Designer

Jiro ShirasakiVisual Effects Art Director

Sadao IizukaVisual Effects

Teizô ToshimitsuSculptor

Teruyoshi NakanoSpecial Effects

Teruyoshi NakanoSpecial Effects Assistant

Yôichi ManodaSpecial Effects Assistant

Jiro ShirasakiSpecial Effects Assistant

Yoshio IrieVisual Effects Art Director

Fuchimu ShimakuraMatte Painter

Fuchimu ShimakuraBackground Designer

Paul SawtellMusic

Heinz RoemheldMusic

Hans J. SalterMusic

Keizô MuraseSculptor

Keizô MuraseCostume Designer

Peter ZinnerSupervising Film Editor

Reiko KanekoEditor

Bert ShefterMusic

Akira IfukubeMusic

Hachiro MatsuiMusic

Peter ZinnerMusic Editor

William L. StevensonSound Effects Editor

Hisashi ShimonagaSound Mixer

Masao FujiyoshiSound Recordist

Koichi TakanoSpecial Effects

Hiroshi MukoyamaVisual Effects Compositor

Taka YukiVisual Effects

Haruo NakajimaStunts

Shōichi HiroseStunts

Masakatsu AsaiVisual Effects

Masakatsu AsaiVisual Effects Director

Teruyoshi NakanoVisual Effects

Teruyoshi NakanoVisual Effects Director

Tôru SuzukiSpecial Effects

Tôru SuzukiSpecial Effects Assistant

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