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The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

IMDB:

5.5
The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

Released

3/18/1938

Duration

0h 50m

Genre

Adventure, Action, Horror

Country

Japan

Cast

Eizaburo Matsumoto, Fuminori Ōhashi, Reizaburo Ichikawa

Overview

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.

Cast

Eizaburo Matsumoto

Misato Magonojo

Eizaburo Matsumoto

Fuminori Ōhashi

Anthropoid

Fuminori Ōhashi

Reizaburo Ichikawa

Toba Hyoei

Reizaburo Ichikawa

Reiko Mishima

Chinami

Reiko Mishima

Shojiro Ogata

Kuroami the Hunchback

Shojiro Ogata

Yasutaro Yagi

Inoue Ginbei

Yasutaro Yagi

Noboru Takashima

Kawasaki Yuzuru

Noboru Takashima

Keinosuke Yashiro

Segawa Kinnosuke

Keinosuke Yashiro

Shotaro Shiba

Azuma Tetsusaburo

Shotaro Shiba

Shin Taga

Nakazawa Shinjûro

Shin Taga

Ryutaro Hibiki

Matsudaira Izunokami

Ryutaro Hibiki

Keisuke Matsudaira

Clerk at charcoal shop

Keisuke Matsudaira

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