Kong wakes up and breaks free from the raft. Meanwhile, Godzilla arrives in Japan and begins terrorizing the countryside. Tako arrives on the ship transporting Kong, but a JSDF ship stops them and orders them to return Kong to Faro Island. Sakurai and Kinsaburo place Kong on a large raft and begin to transport him back to Japan. Kong then drinks some red berry juice that immediately puts him to sleep. The mysterious Faro monster, revealed to be King Kong, arrives and defeats the octopus. On Faro Island, a giant octopus attacks the native village. Universal-Internationals theatrical poster for the 1963 U.S release for King Kong vs. The iceberg collapses, unleashing Godzilla (who, in the Japanese version, had been trapped within since 1955), who then destroys the submarine and a nearby Arctic military base. Meanwhile, the American submarine Seahawk gets caught in an iceberg.
Tako immediately sends two men, Sakurai and Kinsaburo, to find and bring back the monster.
When a doctor tells Tako about a giant monster he discovered on the small Faro Island, Tako believes that it would be a brilliant idea to use the monster to gain publicity. Tako, head of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, is frustrated with the television shows his company is sponsoring and wants something to boost his ratings. The film was released in Japan on August 11, 1962. The American production was released theatrically in the United States in the summer of 1963 by Universal Pictures. Produced as part of Toho's 30th anniversary celebration, this film remains the most attended of all the Godzilla films to date.Īn American production team produced a heavily altered English version that used new scenes, sound and dubbing. The film is directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and stars Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, and Mie Hama, with Shoichi Hirose as King Kong and Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla. It is also the first time both characters appeared on film in color and widescreen.
#KING KONG VS GODZILLA 1962 SERIES#
It is the third film in the Godzilla franchise and Showa series and the first of two Japanese-produced films featuring King Kong. Godzilla is a 1962 Japanese science fiction crossover kaiju film featuring King Kong and Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho.