King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

97 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Aug. 11, 1962

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.

King Kong vs. Godzilla

97 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Aug. 11, 1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla
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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Tokyo Laboratory
Original title キングコング対ゴジラ
Directors Ishirō Honda
Writers George Worthing Yates, Shinichi Sekizawa, Willis H. O'Brien

Cast

Tadao Takashima

as Osamu Sakurai

Kenji Sahara

as Kazuo Fujita

Yū Fujiki

as Kinsaburo Furue

Jun Tazaki

as General Masami Shinzo

Akihiko Hirata

as Dr. Shigezawa

Mie Hama

as Fumiko Sakurai

Akiko Wakabayashi

as Tamiye

Akemi Negishi

as Chikiro's Mother

Yoshio Kosugi

as Farou Island Chief

Yoshifumi Tajima

as Yukichi Yamamoto captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2

Ikio Sawamura

as Witch Doctor

Someshô Matsumoto

as Dr. Onuki

Kō Mishima

as Official

Sachio Sakai

as Obayashi

Tatsuo Matsumura

as Dr. Makino

Senkichi Ômura

as TTV Translator Konno

Senshô Matsumoto

as Prime Minister

Ren Yamamoto

as Commander of Operation Burial

Haruya Katō

as Obayashi's assistant

Shin Ôtomo

as Captain of Vessel

Nadao Kirino

as General's Aide

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

as General's Aide #2

Kenzô Tabu

as Dreary Newscaster

Takuzō Kumagai

as Police Executive

Hideo Shibuya

as Member of Press Corp

Douglas Fein

as Commander Roberts

Harold Conway

as Scientist in Seahawk

Osman Yusuf

as Submariner

Shôichi Hirose

as King Kong

Haruo Nakajima

as Godzilla

Katsumi Tezuka

as Godzilla in iceberg