The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

(1938)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Adventure, Action, Horror

Year: 1938

Runtime: 50 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Sôya Kumagai

Cast: Eizaburo Matsumoto, 大橋史典, Reizaburo Ichikawa, Reiko Mishima, Shojiro Ogata, 八木保太郎, Noboru Takashima, Keinosuke Yashiro, Shotaro Shiba, Shin Taga

Plot

A lost film considered one of Japan's first Tokusatsu films. The effects were done by Fuminori Ohashi, who claims to have been a modeling consultant for Godzilla 1954 (this claim is disputed by modeler Eizo Kaimai and art staff member Shinji Hiruma). The film's synopsis published in the March 1938 issue of Kinema Junpo indicates that the "Kong" featured in this film was not actually a giant monster.