King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

June 26, 1963 (US) • Action, Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy • 96m

Overview

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.

Directors

Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda

Writers

Paul Mason, Bruce Howard, Shinichi Sekizawa

Top Billed

Michael Keith

Keywords

island iceberg giant monster dinosaur alternate version kaiju giant ape giant octopus godzilla mount fuji, japan king kong tokusatsu

Where to watch

Check streaming options on TMDB

Top Billed Cast

Michael Keith

Eric Carter

Harry Holcombe

Dr. Arnold Johnson

James Yagi

Yutaka Omura

Tadao Takashima

Osamu Sakurai

Kenji Sahara

Kazuo Fujita (as Keji Sahaka)

Ichirō Arishima

Mr. Tako (as Ichiro Arishima)

George Takei

Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)

Les Tremayne

Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Byron Morrow

Newscaster (uncredited)

Mie Hama

Fumiko Sakurai (uncredited)

Akiko Wakabayashi

Tamiye (uncredited)

Akemi Negishi

Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)

Akihiko Hirata

Dr. Kenji Shigezawa (uncredited)

Yū Fujiki

Kinzaburo Furue (uncredited)

Jun Tazaki

General Masami Shinzo (uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi

Chief of Faro Island (uncredited)

Ikio Sawamura

Witch Doctor (uncredited)

Kenzō Tabu

Dreary Newscaster (uncredited)

Tatsuo Matsumura

Dr. Akira Makino (uncredited)

Victor Millan

Rodrigo Infanta (uncredited)

Douglas Fein

Commander Roberts (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose

King Kong (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

Godzilla (uncredited)

Katsumi Tezuka

Godzilla (iceberg scene) (uncredited)

Paul Mason

Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited)

Bruce Howard

Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited)

Clifford Harrington

Al (uncredited)

Crew

William L. Stevenson

Sound Effects

Peter Zinner

Music Supervisor

George Worthing Yates

Original Story

Takeo Kita

Production Design

Toshio Takashima

Lighting Technician

Hiroshi Mukoyama

Visual Effects

Eiji Tsuburaya

Special Effects

Hajime Koizumi

Director of Photography

Sadamasa Arikawa

Special Effects

Kenji Aoki

Choreographer

Teruaki Abe

Production Design

Eiji Tsuburaya

Visual Effects

Koji Kajita

First Assistant Director

Eiji Tsuburaya

Visual Effects Director

Motoyoshi Tomioka

Special Effects

Akira Watanabe

Visual Effects Art Director

Yukio Manoda

Visual Effects Camera

Koji Hashimoto

Assistant Director

Seiji Tani

Assistant Director

Yukio Manoda

Visual Effects

Koichi Kawakita

Special Effects

Herman Stein

Music

Herschel Burke Gilbert

Music

Masakatsu Asai

Special Effects Assistant

Sadamasa Arikawa

VFX Director of Photography

Shigeru Nakamura

Production Manager

Henry Mancini

Music

Koichi Kawakita

Special Effects Assistant

Masakatsu Asai

Special Effects

Sadamasa Nishimoto

Sound Effects

Kuichiro Kishida

Lighting Technician

Takao Saiwai

Visual Effects

Takashi Narita

Visual Effects Production Manager

Motoyoshi Tomioka

VFX Director of Photography

Willis H. O'Brien

Original Story

Kuichiro Kishida

VFX Lighting Artist

Koichi Kawakita

Visual Effects Camera

Yasuei Yagi

Modeling

Toshiro Aoki

Special Effects Assistant

Yasuyuki Inoue

Visual Effects Art Director

Yasuei Yagi

Costume Designer

Jiro Shirasaki

Visual Effects Art Director

Yasuyuki Inoue

Special Effects Assistant

Sadao Iizuka

Visual Effects

Takashi Nakao

Still Photographer

Teizô Toshimitsu

Sculptor

Kanju Yagi

Costume Designer

Teruyoshi Nakano

Special Effects

Yôichi Manoda

Special Effects

Toshiro Aoki

Visual Effects Art Director

Teruyoshi Nakano

Special Effects Assistant

Kyuzo Yamamoto

Property Master

Teizô Toshimitsu

Costume Designer

Jiro Shirasaki

Special Effects Assistant

Yoshio Irie

Special Effects Assistant

Yoshio Irie

Visual Effects Art Director

Eizo Kaimai

Costume Designer

Yôichi Manoda

Special Effects Assistant

Teizô Toshimitsu

Modeling

Kanju Yagi

Modeling

Eizo Kaimai

Modeling

Yôichi Manoda

Visual Effects Camera

Fuchimu Shimakura

Background Designer

Fuchimu Shimakura

Matte Painter

John Beck

Producer

Paul Mason

Writer

Thomas Montgomery

Director

Heinz Roemheld

Music

Paul Sawtell

Music

Hans J. Salter

Music

Keizô Murase

Sculptor

Keizô Murase

Costume Designer

Ishirō Honda

Director

Bruce Howard

Writer

Shinichi Sekizawa

Screenplay

Peter Zinner

Supervising Film Editor

Reiko Kaneko

Editor

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Producer

Bert Shefter

Music

Akira Ifukube

Music

Hachiro Matsui

Music

Peter Zinner

Music Editor

William L. Stevenson

Sound Effects Editor

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Mixer

Masao Fujiyoshi

Sound Recordist

Koichi Takano

Special Effects

Hiroshi Mukoyama

Visual Effects Compositor

Taka Yuki

Visual Effects

Haruo Nakajima

Stunts

Shōichi Hirose

Stunts

Masakatsu Asai

Visual Effects

Masakatsu Asai

Visual Effects Director

Teruyoshi Nakano

Visual Effects

Teruyoshi Nakano

Visual Effects Director

Tôru Suzuki

Special Effects

Tôru Suzuki

Special Effects Assistant

Kazuo Sagawa

Special Effects

Kazuo Sagawa

Special Effects Assistant

Kazuo Sagawa

Visual Effects Camera

Sompote Sands

Special Effects

Sompote Sands

Special Effects Assistant

Sompote Sands

Intern

Kiyoko Ishii

Visual Effects Editor

Fumio Nakadai

Special Effects

Collection

Americanized Godzilla Collection

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Godzilla 1985

Reviews

No reviews available.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$12,000

Revenue

$2,700,000

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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda

Paul Mason, Bruce Howard, Shinichi Sekizawa

Where to watch

Top Billed Cast

Crew

Collection

Americanized Godzilla Collection

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Godzilla 1985

Reviews

Recommended Movies

Toy Story 5