King Kong vs. Godzilla 1963
Directed by Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda
- Action, Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure
- 96 min
- NR
The Terrifying Battle Between The Mightiest Monsters of All Time!
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
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Cast
- Michael KeithEric Carter
- Harry HolcombeDr. Arnold Johnson
- James YagiYutaka Omura
- Tadao TakashimaOsamu Sakurai
- Kenji SaharaKazuo Fujita (as Keji Sahaka)
- Ichirō ArishimaMr. Tako (as Ichiro Arishima)
- George TakeiOsamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)
- Les TremayneMr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Byron MorrowNewscaster (uncredited)
- Mie HamaFumiko Sakurai (uncredited)
Crew
- Thomas MontgomeryDirector
- Ishirō HondaDirector
- Shinichi SekizawaScreenplay
- Paul MasonWriter
- Bruce HowardWriter
- Hajime KoizumiDirector of Photography
- Reiko KanekoEditor
- John BeckProducer
- Tomoyuki TanakaProducer
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