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King Kong vs. Godzilla( 1962)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tadao Takashima

      Osamu Sakurai

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      Kenji Sahara

      Kazuo Fujita

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      Yū Fujiki

      Kinzaburo Furue

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      Ichirō Arishima

      Director Tako

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      Jun Tazaki

      General Masami Shinzo

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      Akihiko Hirata

      Dr. Shigezawa

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      Mie Hama

      Fumiko Sakurai

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      Akiko Wakabayashi

      Tamiye

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      Akemi Negishi

      Chikiro's Mother

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      Yoshio Kosugi

      Farou Island Chief

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      Yoshifumi Tajima

      Yukichi Yamamoto captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2

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      Ikio Sawamura

      Witch Doctor

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      Someshō Matsumoto

      Dr. Onuki

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      Kō Mishima

      Official

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      Sachio Sakai

      Obayashi

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      Tatsuo Matsumura

      Dr. Makino

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      Senkichi Ōmura

      TTV Translator Konno

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      Senshô Matsumoto

      Prime Minister

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      Ren Yamamoto

      Commander of Operation Burial

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      Haruya Katō

      Obayashi's assistant

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      Shin Ōtomo

      Captain of Vessel

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      Nadao Kirino

      General's Aide

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      Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

      General's Aide #2

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      Kenzō Tabu

      Dreary Newscaster

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      Takuzō Kumagai

      Police Executive

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      Hideo Shibuya

      Member of Press Corp

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      Douglas Fein

      Captain of Seahawk

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      Harold Conway

      Scientist in Seahawk

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      Osman Yusuf

      Submariner

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      Shōichi Hirose

      King Kong

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      Haruo Nakajima

      Godzilla

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      Katsumi Tezuka

      Godzilla in Iceberg

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      Clifford Harrington

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    A review by insanenerd101

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    Written by insanenerd101 on Fri Oct 28 2016
    What is there to say about an early monster movie where two of the worlds biggest monsters come together and beat each other up in clunky looking rubber suits? Alright, well it may not be up to the high tech standards of film we're so use to today, King Kong vs. Godzilla is credited as being one of the first "versus" films to start the now very popular trend of bringing franchises together. What an interesting idea. You take a character from one film and another character from another film and bring them together, now to do what is beyond them. But now studios are taking interest in something t...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    12550000.00

    Keywords

    • island
    • japan
    • helicopter
    • octopus
    • mutant
    • giant monster
    • giant lizard
    • sequel
    • jungle
    • tokyo, japan
    • dinosaur
    • gojira
    • kaiju
    • giant ape
    • giant octopus
    • lost world
    • godzilla
    • mount fuji, japan
    • king kong
    • tokusatsu