Kingu Kongu tai Gojira

"The Terrifying Battle Between The Mightiest Monsters of All Time!"

Jun 26 1963 Approved 1h 37m

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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.

Plot

(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

Shin'ichi Sekizawa, Paul Mason, Bruce Howard

Directed by

Ishirô Honda, Tom Montgomery

Cast

Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Japan

Production Companies

Toho, Universal International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers

King Kong vs. Godzilla - ( 1963 U.S. Version)

Teasers

King Kong vs. Godzilla - U.S. TV Spot

Scores

# of Votes

11,997

Average Rating

5.7 out of 10

Metascore

Popularity

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