My feeling is Adam Wingard’s upcoming Godzilla vs. Often these team-ups look impressive on paper, posters, and in trailers, but the final execution leaves a lot to desire. It was released as a part of Tohos 30th anniversary celebration. The film was released to Japanese theaters on August 11, 1962,4 and to American theaters on June 26th, 1963.
#KING KONG VS. GODZILLA 1962 SERIES#
Since then, the “team-up” has become commonplace among big studios with a vast intellectual property library. Godzilla (, Kingu Kongu tai Gojira) is a 1962 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Toho, and the third installment in the Godzilla series as well as the Showa series.
Knowing little about the history of the film, I think it would be safe to assume that teaming up King Kong and Godzilla was a move to reinvigorate the Kaiju genre and create a connection with the West. After a 7 year hiatus, Godzilla returned to the screen to take on King Kong in the 3rd film in the Godzilla franchise. Toho Studios continues to evolve the storytelling potential of the Kaiju drama. Not to be outdone, Tako brings King Kong to Tokyo for a monster “wrestling” match versus Godzilla. This event is captured on a rival science show and becomes an instant ratings hit. Soon, the Seawolf is caught in an iceberg containing an awakening Godzilla. It is an eccentric departure from the visual effects style of the original 1933 film King Kong, this film features a man in a gorilla suit playing Kong instead of stop-motion. It was the third installment in the Japanese series of kaiju films featuring the monster Godzilla. Meanwhile, somewhere in the Arctic, a United Nations submarine, Seawolf, investigates strange Geiger readings and an increase in temperature. Godzilla is a 1962 tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda with visual effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. “… brings King Kong to Tokyo for a monster ‘wrestling’ match versus Godzilla. Their quest is to find the island’s legendary giant beast, King Kong, and to bring back a native berry found to have extraordinary healing powers and is non-addictive. Tako sends two of the show’s personalities, Osamu Sakurai (Tadao Takashima) and Kinsaburo Furue (Yū Fujiki), to the unexplored Faro Island to boost its ratings. Tako (Ichirō Arishima), president of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, feels the pressure as his “Wonderful World” series is slipping rapidly in the ratings.
#KING KONG VS. GODZILLA 1962 LICENSE#
Did Toho catch lightning in a bottle in this fight of a century by getting the license for the mighty gorilla from RKO pictures? Is this the team-up we’ve been waiting for?ĭr. Returning to our series on the cinematic history of Kaiju Monsters, Toho Studios brings us the giant monster battle King Kong vs.
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