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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) [NR]

Release Date:
June 26, 1963

Original Title:
King Kong vs. Godzilla

Alternate Titles:
Godzilla - Schlachtfest der Giganten
Godzilla 3 - King Kong vs. Godzilla
Il trionfo di King Kong
King Kong Versus Godzilla
King Kong Vs. Godzilla
King Kong Vs. Godzilla US version
King Kong contre Godzilla - US Version
King Kong kommt zurück
Kingu Kongu tai Gojira
La Revancha de King Kong
Κινγκ Κονγκ: Ο Κυρίαρχος της Γης
Κινγκ-Κονγκ Εναντίον Γκοτζίλα
キングコング対ゴジラ

Genres:
Action | Comedy | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Ryder Sound Services, Inc.
TOHO
Universal International Pictures

Production Countries:
Japan | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 18  US: NR 

Runtime: 96

The Terrifying Battle Between The Mightiest Monsters of All Time!

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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.

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Production

Assistant Director:
Koji Hashimoto
Seiji Tani

Background Designer:
Fuchimu Shimakura

Choreographer:
Kenji Aoki

Compositing Artist:
Hiroshi Mukoyama

Costume Designer:
Yasuei Yagi
Kanju Yagi
Teizô Toshimitsu
Eizo Kaimai

Director:
Ishirō Honda
Thomas Montgomery

Director of Photography:
Hajime Koizumi

Editor:
Peter Zinner
Reiko Kaneko

First Assistant Director:
Koji Kajita

Lighting Technician:
Toshio Takashima
Kuichirô Kishida

Matte Painter:
Fuchimu Shimakura

Modeling:
Yasuei Yagi
Teizô Toshimitsu
Kanju Yagi
Eizo Kaimai

Music:
Herman Stein
Herschel Burke Gilbert
Henry Mancini
Hachiro Matsui
Heinz Roemheld
Paul Sawtell
Hans J. Salter

Music Supervisor:
Peter Zinner

Original Music Composer:
Akira Ifukube

Original Story:
George Worthing Yates
Willis H. O'Brien

Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
John Beck

Production Design:
Takeo Kita
Teruaki Abe

Production Manager:
Shigeru Nakamura

Property Master:
Kyuzo Yamamoto

Screenplay:
Shinichi Sekizawa

Sculptor:
Teizô Toshimitsu

Sound Effects:
William L. Stevenson
Sadamasa Nishimoto

Sound Mixer:
Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Recordist:
Masao Fujiyoshi

Special Effects:
Eiji Tsuburaya
Sadamasa Arikawa
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Koichi Kawakita
Masakatsu Asai
Teruyoshi Nakano
Yôichi Manoda
Koichi Takano

Special Effects Assistant:
Masakatsu Asai
Koichi Kawakita
Toshiro Aoki
Yasuyuki Inoue
Teruyoshi Nakano
Jiro Shirasaki
Yoshio Irie
Yôichi Manoda

Still Photographer:
Takashi Nakao

Supervising Editor:
Peter Zinner

VFX Director of Photography:
Sadamasa Arikawa
Motoyoshi Tomioka

VFX Lighting Artist:
Kuichirô Kishida

Visual Effects:
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Eiji Tsuburaya
Yukio Manoda
Takao Saiwai
Sadao Iizuka

Visual Effects Art Director:
Akira Watanabe
Yasuyuki Inoue
Jiro Shirasaki
Toshiro Aoki
Yoshio Irie

Visual Effects Camera:
Yukio Manoda
Koichi Kawakita
Yôichi Manoda

Visual Effects Director:
Eiji Tsuburaya

Visual Effects Production Manager:
Takashi Narita

Writer:
Bruce Howard
Paul Mason

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