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Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962)
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26 June 1963 (USA) moreTagline:
The motion picture screen beckons you to adventure that thrills the emotions with shock and terror! morePlot:
A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
One of the best Sci-fi monster movie of the 20th century moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tadao Takashima | ... | Osamu Sakurai |
| Kenji Sahara | ... | Kazuo Fujita |
| Yu Fujiki | ... | Kinsaburo Furue |
| Ichirô Arishima | ... | Mr. Tako |
| Jun Tazaki | ... | General Masami Shinzo |
| Akihiko Hirata | ... | Dr. Shigezawa |
| Mie Hama | ... | Fumiko Sakurai |
| Akiko Wakabayashi | ... | Tamiye |
| Akemi Negishi | ... | Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) |
| Senshô Matsumoto | ... | Prime Minister |
| Senkichi Omura | ... | TTV Translator Konno |
| Sachio Sakai | ... | Obayashi (Mr. Tako's assistant) |
| Haruya Kato | ... | Obayashi's assistant |
| Nadao Kirino | ... | General's Aide |
| Kenzo Tabu | ... | Dreary Newscaster |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
Germany:82 min | Japan:98 min | USA:91 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo (Japan theatrical release) | Mono (Westrex Recording System) (US version)Fun Stuff
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Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya deliberately gave King Kong a semi-comical personality, because he did not want Kong to frighten young children, and wanted the general audience to root for Kong over the more frightening Godzilla. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: The soldiers climbing all over Kong to attach the harness and balloons to him are badly animated "soldiers" (you can see the buildings through them). moreQuotes:
Rescue Copter Pilot: [the iceberg is breaking open] What's that Al?[a large creature emerges]
Rescue Copter Pilot: Ah! It's Gojira!
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King Kong vs Godzilla was and still is one of the best Japanese monster movie ever. As we all know everyone loves these two monsters that have terrorized Japan with their huge menacing bodies. And we all want to know who wins, right? So 10 years after the first Godzilla movie was made, the King Kong vs Godzilla was the next hit. I love the whole idea of the story that sounds suitable and convincing enough to attract the audiences and two huge menacing monsters.
The special effects and animation is very powerful for a movie made in the 60's. The Japanese actors are very persuasive and you can think that they're in a real event. The total destruction of Tokyo could never be any better. The imagination of the director's mind speaks for itself in this movie. He totally wants you to get the whole idea of the monster battle between King Kong and Godzilla. The direction is realistic. So is the acting. But character development was never shown in this movie. But I guess that the battle is what it's all about.
The monsters were perfectly destructive and when they fought they sure crushed the city to its knees. This aspect of the movie makes the characters interact with the eventual situation well. That idea was well thought of. Some movies like these never show good interaction.
Except for my favorite scene being the battle between King Kong and Godzilla another was when the musical natives put King Kong to sleep. That was funny. Now about the hilarious moments in the movie. Well the movie was indeed serious business but some jokes relieve you from all the excitement which is good otherwise your head would start thinking what will happen next.
Most of the characters in the story play a good enough role but some are very useless. That is one of the worst part of the movie. Another is we still don't who won. This made me really mad because I was rooting for Godzilla. I mean that guy's got fire for breath, a long tail and huge teeth. What chance does Kong have.
Other than that this is a movie worth seeing if you love to see cities crumble.