King Kong vs. Godzilla
Horror movie by Ishirô Honda from 1962.King Kong vs. Godzilla
Japan, 1962, 91min
Director: Ishirô Honda
Eric Carter - American reporter, Tadao Takashima - , Haruo Nakajima - , Harry Holcome -
A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla.
King Kong vs. Godzilla (Kingu Kongu Tai Gojira) is a 1962 Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring King Kong and Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho. It is the third film in the Godzilla franchise and Showa series and the first of two Japanese-produced films featuring King Kong. It is also the first time both characters appeared on film in color and widescreen. The film is directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and stars Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, and Mie Hama, with Shoichi Hirose as King Kong and Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla. Produced as part of Toho's 30th anniversary celebration, this film remains the most attended of all the Godzilla films to date.
