About the film
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.
- Directed by
- Ishirō Honda
- Released
- August 11, 1962
- Certification
- NR
- Country
- Japan
- Starring
- Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, Jun Tazaki, Akihiko Hirata, Mie Hama, Akiko Wakabayashi, Akemi Negishi, Yoshio Kosugi
- Language
- Japanese, English
- Origin
- JP
- Studios
- TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory
- Belongs to
- Godzilla (Showa) Collection
- Written by
- Shinichi Sekizawa
- Produced by
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Cinematography
- Hajime Koizumi
- Music
- Akira Ifukube, Hachiro Matsui, Sei Ikeno
- Box office
- $12,550,000
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