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King Kong vs. Godzilla

Poster for King Kong vs. Godzilla
Released
10 Aug 1962
Runtime
97 min
Japanese title
キングコング対ゴジラ
Kingukongu Tai Gojira
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Series
No. 3
Godzilla Series
  1. Godzilla (1954)
  2. Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
  3. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
  4. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
  5. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
  6. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
  7. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
  8. Son of Godzilla (1967)
  9. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
  10. All Monsters Attack (1969)
  11. Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
  12. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
  13. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
  14. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
  15. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
  16. The Return of Godzilla (1985)
  17. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
  18. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
  19. Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
  20. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
  21. Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
  22. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
  23. Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
  24. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
  25. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
  26. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
  27. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
  28. Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
  29. Shin Godzilla (2016)
  30. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
  31. Godzilla Minus Zero (2026)

Preceded by Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Followed by Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Studio
Toho Co., Ltd.
Staff
Director
SFX Director
Producer
Screenplay
Photography
Art
Kita Takeo
Abe Teruaki
Sound
Fujiyoshi Masao
Lighting
Takashima Toshio
Music
Editor
Kaneko Reiko
SFX Photography
Credits
製作Producer
田中友幸Tanaka Tomoyuki
脚本Screenplay
関沢新一Sekizawa Shin’ichi
撮影Photography
小泉一Koizumi Hajime
美術Art
北猛夫Kita Takeo
安倍輝明Abe Teruaki
録音Recording
藤好昌生Fujiyoshi Masao
照明Lighting
高島利雄Takashima Toshio
音楽Music
伊福部昭Ifukube Akira
整音Dubbing
下永尚Shimonaga Hisashi
監督助手Assistant Director
梶田興治Kajita Kôji
編集Editing
兼子玲子Kaneko Reiko
音響効果Sound Effects
西本定正Nishimoto Sadamasa
現像Developing
東京現像所Tokyo Laboratory
製作担当者Production Manager
中村茂Nakamura Shigeru
特殊技術Special Technology
撮影Photography
有川貞昌Arikawa Sadamasa
富岡素敬Tomioka Mototaka
光学撮影Optical Photography
幸隆生Miyuki Takao
真野田幸雄Manoda Yukio
美術Art
渡辺明Watanabe Akira
照明Lighting
岸田九一郎Kishida Kuichirô
合成Composition
向山宏Mukôyama Hiroshi
製作担当者Production Manager
成田貫Narita Kan
出演者Performers
高島忠夫Takashima Tadao
佐原健二Sahara Kenji
藤木悠Fujiki Yû
有島一郎Arishima Ichirô
田崎潤Tazaki Jun
平田昭彦Hirata Akihiko
浜美枝Hama Mie
若林映子Wakabayashi Akiko
根岸明美Negishi Akemi
小杉義男Kosugi Yoshio
田島義文Tajima Yoshibumi
沢村いき雄Sawamura Ikio
松本染升Matsumoto Someshô
三島耕Mishima Kô
堺左千夫Sakai Sachio
松村達雄Matsumura Tatsuo
大村千吉Ômura Senkichi
山本廉Yamamoto Ren
加藤春哉Katô Haruya
大友伸Ôtomo Shin
桐野洋雄Kirino Nadao
堤康久Tsutsumi Yasuhisa
中山豊Nakayama Yutaka
古田俊彦Furuta Toshihiko
草川直也Kusakawa Naoya
津田光男Tsuda Mitsuo
東郷晴子Tôgô Haruko
田武謙三Tabu Kenzô
熊谷二良Kumagai Jirô
土屋詩朗Tsuchiya Shirô
小川安三Ogawa Yasuzô
鈴木和夫Suzuki Kazuo
三井紳平Mitsui Shinpei
橘正晃Tachibana Masaaki
坂本晴哉Sakamoto Haruya
峯丘ひろみMineoka Hiromi
平野治男Hirano Haruo
丘照美Oka Terumi
千葉一郎Chiba Ichirô
紅美恵子Kurenai Mieko
ダグラス・フェーンDouglas Fein
ハロルド・コンウェイHarold Conway
オスマン・ユセフOsman Yusuf
広瀬正一Hirose Shôichi
中島春雄Nakajima Haruo
手塚勝巳Tezuka Katsumi
東宝芸能学校生徒Toho Performing Arts School Students
振付Choreography
青木賢二Aoki Kenji
特技監督Special Effects Director
円谷英二Tsuburaya Eiji
監督Director
本多猪四郎Honda Ishirô
Cast

Top billed

Negishi Akemi
Islander
Negishi Akemi
Douglas Fein
Submarine Captain
Douglas Fein

Supporting

Kaiju
Home Video

VHS

King Kong vs. Godzilla
GoodTimes Home Video · 1987
  • US Version
King Kong vs. Godzilla: 35th Anniversary Edition
GoodTimes Entertainment · 1998
  • US Version

DVD

King Kong vs. Godzilla: 35th Anniversary Edition
GoodTimes Entertainment · 1998
  • US Version
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Universal Studios · 2009
  • US Version

Blu-ray

King Kong vs. Godzilla
Universal Studios · 2014
  • US Version
Godzilla: The Showa Films, 1954-1975
Criterion Collection · 2019
Box set · 15 films
10 special features
  • Audio Commentaries by David Kalat
  • Ishiro Honda Interview
  • Special Effects Featurette
  • Alex Cox Interview
  • Bin Furuya Interview
  • Tsugutoshi Komada Interview
  • Haruo Nakajima Interview
  • Akira Takarada Interview
  • Akira Ifukube Interview
  • "The Unluckiest Dragon" Audio Essay by Greg Pflugfelder