King Kong vs. Godzilla
The Terrifying Battle Between The Mightiest Monsters of All Time!
1963 | 96m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda |
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| Writer: | Paul Mason, George Worthing Yates, Bruce Howard, Shinichi Sekizawa, Willis H. O'Brien |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 26, 1963 |
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| Director: | Thomas Montgomery, Ishirō Honda |
| Writer: | Paul Mason, George Worthing Yates, Bruce Howard, Shinichi Sekizawa, Willis H. O'Brien |
| Genres: | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | island, iceberg, giant monster, dinosaur, alternate version, kaiju, giant ape, giant octopus, godzilla, mount fuji, japan, king kong, tokusatsu |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Universal International Pictures, Ryder Sound Services, Inc., Tokyo Laboratory |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,700,000
Budget: $12,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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. Shigezawa (uncredited) |
| Yū Fujiki | Kinzaburo Furue (uncredited) |
| Jun Tazaki | General Masami Shinzo (uncredited) |
| Yoshio Kosugi | Faro Island Chief (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) |
| Haruo Nakajima | Godzilla (uncredited) |
| Shōichi Hirose | King Kong (uncredited) |
| Katsumi Tezuka | Godzilla in iceberg (uncredited) |
| Paul Mason | Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited) |
| Bruce Howard | Misc. Characters (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Mason | Writer |
| Sadamasa Arikawa | Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography |
| Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Hiroshi Mukoyama | Visual Effects, Visual Effects Compositor |
| Teruaki Abe | Production Design |
| Thomas Montgomery | Director |
| Paul Sawtell | Music |
| Peter Zinner | Supervising Film Editor, Music Supervisor, Music Editor |
| Kenji Aoki | Choreographer |
| Heinz Roemheld | Music |
| William L. Stevenson | Sound Effects, Sound Effects Editor |
| Toshio Takashima | Lighting Technician |
| Takeo Kita | Production Design |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director |
| George Worthing Yates | Original Story |
| Hajime Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Koji Kajita | First Assistant Director |
| Motoyoshi Tomioka | Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography |
| Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Yukio Manoda | Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera |
| Koji Hashimoto | Assistant Director |
| Koichi Kawakita | Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera |
| Herman Stein | Music |
| Herschel Burke Gilbert | Music |
| Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects, Visual Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Director |
| Shigeru Nakamura | Production Manager |
| Henry Mancini | Music |
| Sadamasa Nishimoto | Sound Effects |
| Takao Saiwai | Visual Effects |
| Takashi Narita | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Yasuei Yagi | Costume Designer, Modeling |
| Toshiro Aoki | Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director |
| Yasuyuki Inoue | Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director |
| Jiro Shirasaki | Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director |
| Sadao Iizuka | Visual Effects |
| Takashi Nakao | Still Photographer |
| Teizô Toshimitsu | Sculptor, Costume Designer, Modeling |
| Kanju Yagi | Costume Designer, Modeling |
| Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects, Visual Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Director |
| Yôichi Manoda | Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera |
| Kyuzo Yamamoto | Property Master |
| Yoshio Irie | Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director |
| Eizo Kaimai | Costume Designer, Modeling |
| Fuchimu Shimakura | Matte Painter, Background Designer |
| Keizô Murase | Sculptor, Costume Designer |
| Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Bruce Howard | Writer |
| Shinichi Sekizawa | Screenplay |
| Reiko Kaneko | Editor |
| Bert Shefter | Music |
| Akira Ifukube | Music |
| Hachiro Matsui | Music |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Mixer |
| Masao Fujiyoshi | Sound Recordist |
| Taka Yuki | Visual Effects |
| Haruo Nakajima | Stunts |
| Shōichi Hirose | Stunts |
| Tôru Suzuki | Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant |
| Seiji Tani | Assistant Director |
| Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Technician, VFX Lighting Artist |
| Willis H. O'Brien | Original Story |
| Koichi Takano | Special Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John Beck | Producer |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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