King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
ActionScience FictionComedyAdventureFantasy
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.
Directors:
Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda.
Writer:
Shinichi Sekizawa
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Michael Keith as Eric Carter |
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Harry Holcombe as Dr. Arnold Johnson |
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James Yagi as Yutaka Omura |
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Tadao Takashima as Osamu Sakurai |
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Kenji Sahara as Kazuo Fujita (as Keji Sahaka) |
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Ichirō Arishima as Mr. Tako (as Ichiro Arishima) |
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George Takei as Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited) |
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Les Tremayne as Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Byron Morrow as Newscaster (uncredited) |
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Mie Hama as Fumiko Sakurai (uncredited) |
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Akiko Wakabayashi as Tamiye (uncredited) |
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Akemi Negishi as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited) |
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Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Shigezawa (uncredited) |
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Yū Fujiki as Kinzaburo Furue (uncredited) |
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Jun Tazaki as General Masami Shinzo (uncredited) |
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Yoshio Kosugi as Faro Island Chief (uncredited) |
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Ikio Sawamura as Witch Doctor (uncredited) |
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Kenzō Tabu as Dreary Newscaster (uncredited) |
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Tatsuo Matsumura as Dr. Akira Makino (uncredited) |
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Victor Millan as Rodrigo Infanta (uncredited) |
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Douglas Fein as Commander Roberts (uncredited) |
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Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla (uncredited) |
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Shōichi Hirose as King Kong (uncredited) |
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Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla in iceberg (uncredited) |
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Paul Mason as Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited) |
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Bruce Howard as Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited) |
| Sound | Peter Zinner | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | William L. Stevenson | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Writing | George Worthing Yates | Original Story |
| Camera | Hajime Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Toshio Takashima | Lighting Technician |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Kenji Aoki | Choreographer |
| Crew | Sadamasa Arikawa | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Visual Effects |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Production Design |
| Art | Teruaki Abe | Production Design |
| Sound | Herschel Burke Gilbert | Music |
| Sound | Henry Mancini | Music |
| Sound | Herman Stein | Music |
| Crew | Koichi Kawakita | Special Effects |
| Crew | Koichi Kawakita | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects |
| Crew | Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Motoyoshi Tomioka | Special Effects |
| Crew | Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Directing | Koji Kajita | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Koji Hashimoto | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Seiji Tani | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Shigeru Nakamura | Production Manager |
| Sound | Sadamasa Nishimoto | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | Motoyoshi Tomioka | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Sadamasa Arikawa | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Kuichiro Kishida | VFX Lighting Artist |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Takao Saiwai | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yukio Manoda | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yukio Manoda | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Kawakita | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Narita | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Writing | Willis H. O'Brien | Original Story |
| Art | Kyuzo Yamamoto | Property Master |
| Art | Teizô Toshimitsu | Sculptor |
| Camera | Takashi Nakao | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teizô Toshimitsu | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kanju Yagi | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yasuei Yagi | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eizo Kaimai | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects |
| Crew | Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yôichi Manoda | Special Effects |
| Crew | Yôichi Manoda | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Toshiro Aoki | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Toshiro Aoki | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Jiro Shirasaki | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Jiro Shirasaki | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Inoue | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Yoshio Irie | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Teizô Toshimitsu | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Kanju Yagi | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Yasuei Yagi | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Eizo Kaimai | Modeling |
| Visual Effects | Sadao Iizuka | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yôichi Manoda | Visual Effects Camera |
| Art | Fuchimu Shimakura | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Fuchimu Shimakura | Matte Painter |
| Writing | Paul Mason | Writer |
| Production | John Beck | Producer |
| Directing | Thomas Montgomery | Director |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld | Music |
| Sound | Paul Sawtell | Music |
| Art | Keizô Murase | Sculptor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Keizô Murase | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Writing | Bruce Howard | Writer |
| Writing | Shinichi Sekizawa | Screenplay |
| Editing | Peter Zinner | Supervising Film Editor |
| Editing | Reiko Kaneko | Editor |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Sound | Bert Shefter | Music |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Music |
| Sound | Hachiro Matsui | Music |
| Sound | Peter Zinner | Music Editor |
| Sound | William L. Stevenson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Masao Fujiyoshi | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Koichi Takano | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Mukoyama | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Taka Yuki | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Haruo Nakajima | Stunts |
| Crew | Shōichi Hirose | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Masakatsu Asai | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Teruyoshi Nakano | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Teruyoshi Nakano | Visual Effects Director |
| Crew | Tôru Suzuki | Special Effects |
| Crew | Tôru Suzuki | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Kazuo Sagawa | Special Effects |
| Crew | Kazuo Sagawa | Special Effects Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Kazuo Sagawa | Visual Effects Camera |
| Crew | Sompote Sands | Special Effects |
| Crew | Sompote Sands | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Sompote Sands | Intern |