Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yu Fujiki

A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla.

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Directed by: Ishirô Honda

Release Date: June 26, 1963

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DVD Release Date: May 12, 1998

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  • August 21, 2007
    Cool to see them match up two classic monsters in one movie.
  • December 25, 2006
    Oh Boy.... This looked like a couple of little of little boys who were playing with a monkey and dinosaur toy.
  • January 17, 2008
    The Japanese version is better, in fact it was kind of ahead of it's time in terms of media and advertisers being parodied, but the American version is still good, dumb fun.
  • May 24, 2007
    I prefer the Japanese version where Godzilla wins.
  • November 25, 2009
    I remember when I was a kid and every summer a Godzilla vs. Somebody movie came out. This was the first one. They showed them at the little theater in Perry, Oklahoma but I never went to see any of them. After seeing this movie I see why. I was a smarter kid than I thought. ...( read more)This is the ugliest King Kong I ever saw. The story was silly. The Japanese actors were silly and the American narrators were pointless. Most of the movie was spent getting King Kong and Godzilla in the same place. They fight for a few minutes then fall into the ocean. King Kong swims away and Godzilla vanishes. The whole thing was more of a live action cartoon. It was guys in rubber monster suits wrestling and trashing miniatures for no reason. Maybe I would have enjoyed it when I was six or seven. My friends at school seemed to have, it just didn't occur to me back then to ask my parents to take me. By the time I was aware of Godzilla they were promoting "Godzilla vs. The Thing" and "Godzilla vs. It".
  • July 25, 2009
    best ol' skool fight
  • January 30, 2009
    king kong in no way possible could beat godzilla this movie is the worst of the godzilla series. "this is some hollywood made up bullshit"
  • January 25, 2009
    CAN'T BELIEVE AN OVERGROWN CHIMP KICKED ZILLAS ASS.
  • January 3, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • December 12, 2008
    Giant gorilla vs. fire-breathing lizard. I wonder who wins.

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  • gatorbuck
    August 7, 2009
    This was the 1st Godzilla movie I bought and saw when I was about 5. Been a fan ever since.
  • twirlyracoon
    August 28, 2006
    This was a good movie but for some reason there is more talking than fighting. For almost 3 quarters of thew movie you see people talking then for 1 quarter you see fighting

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