King Kong vs. Godzilla

(1963)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 283 votes

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Year: 1963

Runtime: 96 мин

Country: United States of America, Japan

Director: Thomas Montgomery, Исиро Хонда

Cast: Michael Keith, Harry Holcombe, James Yagi, 高島忠夫, 佐原健二, 有島一郎, Джордж Такеи, Les Tremayne, Byron Morrow, Мие Хама

Plot

When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.

(Re-edited US Version) Eric Carter, a reporter for the United Nations, reports on a submarine which collides with an iceberg and frees Godzilla. The news of this soon leads to Mr. Tako, the chairman of a pharmaceutical company, to seek a monster of his own to generate publicity. He sends out an expedition to Farou Island where they discover the god of the island in the form of King Kong. The giant ape is capture and returned to Japan, upon which it escapes and heads off on a collision course straight towards Godzilla. The two rivals soon clash in a giant climatic battle.