| King Kong vs. Godzilla |
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| Directed by | Ishirō Honda
Thomas Montogomery |
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| Written by | Shinichi Sekizawa
George Worthing Yates (original script)
Willis O'Brien (original idea)
Paul Mason
Bruce Howard |
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| Story by | John Beck |
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| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
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| Starring | Tadao Takashima
Kenji Sahara
Yu Fujiki
Ichirō Arishima
Mie Hama
Shoichi Hirose
Haruo Nakajima
Michael Keith
Harry Holcombe
James Yagi
Byron Morrow |
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| Cinematography | Hajime Koizumi |
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| Edited by | Reiko Kaneko
Peter Zinner |
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| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
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Production
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| Distributed by | Toho (Japan)
Universal International (non-Asian territories) |
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Release dates | Japan:
August 11, 1962
United States:
June 17, 1963 |
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Running time | Japanese version:
97 minutes
English version:
91 minutes |
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| Countries | Japan
United States |
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| Languages | Japanese, English |
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| Budget | Japan ¥5,000,000
U.S.A $200,000 |
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| Box office | Japan ¥350,000,000
U.S.A $1,250,000[1] |
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King Kong vs. Godzilla is a 1962 Japanese comedy-horror action adventure fantasy monster movie. It was produced by Toho Studios. It is the third Godzilla movie and first Japanese King Kong as well as a third movie of the series. It is the first time Godzilla and King Kong appear together in a movie, and the first time they appear in color. The movie involves Godzilla and King Kong fighting on Mount Fuji after King Kong fights a giant octopus and Godzilla attacks Japan.
The movie has the highest box office figures of any Godzilla movie. It sold 11.2 million tickets and made ¥350,000,000. The movie was produced as a part of Toho's 30th anniversary celebration. It was later released in the United States in the summer of 1963.
References
- ↑ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
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