Our Godzilla Showa Era February Marathon continues with KING KONG VS. GODZILLA!
King Kong and Godzilla go head-to-head in an epic battle of the beast when the giant gorilla escapes from captivity in Japan and squares up to the recently thawed lizard.
Movie Information: King Kong Vs. Godzilla
Synopsis: A newspaper and television station funded by a pharmaceutical company want a sensation, which happens to be the discovery of King Kong on an island. He is captured and brought to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles Godzilla.
Release date: August 11, 1962
Director: Ishirô Honda
Box office: $200,000 (estimated)
Music by: Akira Ifukube
Screenplay: Shin’ichi Sekizawa, Paul Mason (english version), Bruce Howard (english version), John Beck (uncredited), Willis H. O’Brien (uncredited)
Produced By: John Beck, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Movie Poster: King Kong Vs. Godzilla
Movie Rating: King Kong Vs. Godzilla
Cullen
“The fights are more than just slapping, its a real deal wrestling match!”
Kool
Brandon Peters
“Despite the American news inserts trying their best to sink it, King Kong vs Godzilla is exactly what you’re hoping for this movie to be!”
Kool
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