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

Tadao Takashima
Osamu Sakurai
Kenji Sahara
Kazuo Fujita
Yū Fujiki
Kinsaburo Furue
Ichirō Arishima
Tako
Jun Tazaki
General Masami Shinzo
Akihiko Hirata
Dr. Shigezawa
Mie Hama
Fumiko Sakurai
Akiko Wakabayashi
Tamiye
Akemi Negishi
Chikiro's Mother
Yoshio Kosugi
Farou Island Chief
Yoshifumi Tajima
Yukichi Yamamoto captain of the Shinsei-Maru No. 2
Ikio Sawamura
Witch Doctor
Someshō Matsumoto
Dr. Onuki
Kō Mishima
Official
Sachio Sakai
Obayashi
Tatsuo Matsumura
Dr. Makino
Senkichi Ōmura
TTV Translator Konno
Senshô Matsumoto
Prime Minister
Ren Yamamoto
Commander of Operation Burial
Haruya Katō
Obayashi's assistant
Shin Ōtomo
Captain of Vessel
Nadao Kirino
General's Aide
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
General's Aide #2
Kenzō Tabu
Dreary Newscaster
Takuzō Kumagai
Police Executive
Hideo Shibuya
Member of Press Corp
Douglas Fein
Commander Roberts
Harold Conway
Scientist in Seahawk
Osman Yusuf
Submariner
Shōichi Hirose
King Kong
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla
Katsumi Tezuka
Godzilla in Iceberg

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A review by insanenerd101

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...