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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [NR]

Release Date:
August 11, 1962

Original Title:
キングコング対ゴジラ

Alternate Titles:
Jīngāng dòu kǒnglóng
King Kong Fighting Dinosaur
King Kong contre Godzilla - JP Version
King Kong vs. Godzilla Japanese-Release Version
Kingu Kongu tai Gojira
金剛鬥恐龍

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
TOHO
Tokyo Laboratory

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 97

Will you win, Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!

Overview from TheMovieDB

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.

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Performers

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Production

Assistant Director:
Seiji Tani
Koji Hashimoto

Background Designer:
Fuchimu Shimakura

Choreographer:
Kenji Aoki

Costume Designer:
Yasuei Yagi
Kanju Yagi
Teizô Toshimitsu
Eizo Kaimai
Keizô Murase

Director:
Ishirō Honda

Director of Photography:
Hajime Koizumi

Editor:
Reiko Kaneko

First Assistant Director:
Koji Kajita

Lighting Technician:
Kuichirô Kishida
Toshio Takashima

Matte Painter:
Fuchimu Shimakura

Modeling:
Teizô Toshimitsu
Eizo Kaimai
Kanju Yagi
Yasuei Yagi

Music:
Hachiro Matsui
Sei Ikeno

Original Music Composer:
Akira Ifukube

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

Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka

Production Design:
Takeo Kita
Teruaki Abe

Production Manager:
Shigeru Nakamura

Property Master:
Kyuzo Yamamoto

Screenplay:
Shinichi Sekizawa

Sculptor:
Teizô Toshimitsu
Keizô Murase

Sound Effects:
Sadamasa Nishimoto

Sound Mixer:
Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Recordist:
Masao Fujiyoshi

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

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

Still Photographer:
Takashi Nakao

VFX Director of Photography:
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Sadamasa Arikawa

VFX Lighting Artist:
Kuichirô Kishida

Visual Effects:
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Yukio Manoda
Takao Saiwai
Sadao Iizuka
Eiji Tsuburaya
Masakatsu Asai
Teruyoshi Nakano
Taka Yuki

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

Visual Effects Camera:
Yukio Manoda
Koichi Kawakita
Yôichi Manoda

Visual Effects Compositor:
Hiroshi Mukoyama

Visual Effects Director:
Eiji Tsuburaya
Masakatsu Asai
Teruyoshi Nakano

Visual Effects Production Manager:
Takashi Narita

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