King Kong vs. Godzilla

Kingu Kongu tai Gojira

According to the scenario’s first draft, King Kong was supposed to take on Frankenstein, in San Francisco. Following a series of unfortunate (and not so transparent) events, Japanese studios Toho got their hands on the script and KingKong clashed with Godzilla in Mount Fuji. One of the most legendary monster clashes in cinematic history, which blatantly satirizes post-war Japan’s TV mass culture, while expressing a bitter remark on the still fresh horror of the nuclear devastation.

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Direction: Ishirō Honda
Script: Shinichi Sekizawa
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
Editing: Reiko Kaneko
Sound: Sadamasa Nishimoto, Hisashi Shimonaga
Music: Akira Ifukube
Actors: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, Mie Hama, Shoichi Hirose, Haruo Nakajima
Production: Toho Studios
Producers: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Sets: Teruaki Abe, Takeo Kita
Format: Blu-ray
Color: Color
Production Country: Japan
Production Year: 1962
Duration: 90'
Contact: Fernsehjuwelen

Ishirō Honda

Japanese director Ishirō Honda, a lifelong friend of Akira Kurosawa, established himself as a director with the documentary The Blue Pearl, the first ever Japanese film to feature underwater sequences. The film that earned Honda immense popularity was Godzilla, a huge box office hit produced by the legendary Toho studios. Throughout his career, Honda directed more than 40 films, primarily but not exclusively in the sci-fi genre.

Filmography

1954 Godzilla
1959 Battle in Outer Space
1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla
1968 Destroy All Monsters
1970 Space Amoeba