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International Title

Japanese Title

キングコング対ゴジラ
[Kingu Kongu Tai Gojira]

Production: Toho
Distributor: Toho	Japan: 1962
	Time: 98 minutes

Initial US Title

King Kong vs. Godzilla

US Distributor: Universal (1963)	Time: 91 minutes
Alternate Movie Titles:
The Return of King Kong [German] The Triumph of King Kong [Italian]
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Staff
Directed by Ishiro Honda Writing credits Shinichi Sekizawa, Willis O'Brien, George Worthing Yates Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, John Beck Music by Akira Ifukube Stock Music by Sei Ikeno, Hachiro Matsui Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi Film Editing by Reiko Kaneko Production Design by Teruaki Abe, Takeo Kita Assistant Director Koji Kajita Director of Special Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Assistant Director of Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano
Cast
Osamu Sakurai Tadao Takashima Kazuo Fujita Kenji Sahara Kinsaburo Furue Yu Fujiki Mr. Tako Ichiro Arishima Fumiko Sakurai Mie Hama Masami Shinzo, General Jun Tazaki Tamiye Akiko Wakabayashi Shigezawa, Prime Minister Akihiko Hirata Chikiro's Mother, Faro Island Native Akemi Negishi Konno, TTV Translator Senkichi Omura Obayashi, Mr. Tako's Assistant Sachio Sakai Obayashi's Assistant Haruya Kato General's Aide Nadao Kirino Faro Island Chief Yoshio Kosugi Ship Captain Shin Otomo Scientist on Submarine Harold Conway
Monster Appearances	Aliens, SDF, Misc
Godzilla, King Kong, Giant Octopus, Giant Lizard	M4A3E8 Sherman Tanks, Sikorsky H-19 Helicopter, KV-107 II Helicopter

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Box Office

Release Date: August 11th, 1962 (Japan)
Initial Attendance: 11,200,000 (Japan)
Initial Distribution Earning: ¥350,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)
Release Date: March 21st, 1970 (Japan, Re-Issue)
Re-Issue Attendance: 870,000 (Japan)
Release Date: March 19th, 1977 (Japan, Second Re-Issue)
Second Re-Issue Attendance: 480,000 (Japan)
Attendance Total: 12,550,000 (Japan)

Release Date: June 26th, 1963 (US)
Budget: $12,000 (US)

DVDs and Blu-Ray

Region 1 King Kong vs. Godzilla Goodtimes (1998)
Region 1 King Kong vs. Godzilla Universal (2005)
Region 2 King Kong vs. Godzilla Toho (2001)

CD Soundtracks

Godzilla Soundtrack Perfect Collection - Box 1
(GB1)

King Kong vs. Godzilla
(LLLCD-1041)

Compilations

The History of Godzilla Vol. 1
(APCF-5096)

Space Monster Dogora
(TYCY-5503)

Akira Ifukube's Film Music 50th Anniversary Toho
(VPCD-81223/4)

The Best of Godzilla 1954-1975
(GNPD-8055)

Godzilla the Best 1954-1998
(TYCY-5617)

Millennium Godzilla Best
(TYCY-10043)

Godzilla Song Book
(VPCD-81381)

Godzilla Soundtrack Perfect Collection: Godzilla 2
(GX-2)

Godzilla Soundtrack Perfect Collection: Godzilla 3
(GX-3)

Reviews

Miles Imhoff [Universal]

August 15, 2005

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