King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962 • 1h 37m •

Science Fiction Fantasy Action

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★ 6.9/10

355 reviews

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The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.

"Will you win, Godzilla? Will you win, Kong? The battle of the century!"

Top Billed Cast

Tadao Takashima

Osamu Sakurai

Kenji Sahara

Kazuo Fujita

Yū Fujiki

Kinzaburo Furue

Ichirō Arishima

Director Tako

Jun Tazaki

General of the JSDF Eastern Army

Akihiko Hirata

Dr. Shosuke Shigezawa

Mie Hama

Fumiko Sakurai

Akiko Wakabayashi

Tamiye

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

I insanenerd101 Verified TMDB Critic

2016-10-28

What is there to say about an early monster movie where two of the worlds biggest monsters come together and beat each other up in clunky looking rubber suits? Alright, well it may not be up to the high tech standards of film we're so use to today, King Kong vs. Godzilla is credited as being one of the first "versus" films to start the now very popular trend of bringing franchises together. What an interesting idea. You take a character from one film and another character from another film and bring them together, now to do what is beyond them. But now studios are taking interest in something ...

N nuttyhuddy Verified TMDB Critic

2023-09-06

The original clash of the Titans you think the first crossover with these two would take a long time, but no it happened in 1962 and was both monsters third movie but their first in color the characters in this movie are actually pretty entertaining. Definitely better than the characters in raids again. Mr Tako definitely being the stand out in the movie

Godzilla’s design looks pretty good although if you do look at him face on, he doesn’t look that great but him profile he does look pretty incredible. I like them more hunchback to look and this is the first Godzilla movie where we got...