
The King Kong That Appeared in Edo
IMDB:
5.5
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.

The King Kong That Appeared in Edo
IMDB:
5.5Released
3/18/1938
Genre
Adventure, Action, Horror
Cast
Eizaburo Matsumoto, Fuminori Ōhashi, Reizaburo Ichikawa
Duration
0h 50m
Country
Japan
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

Misato Magonojo
Eizaburo Matsumoto

Anthropoid
Fuminori Ōhashi

Toba Hyoei
Reizaburo Ichikawa

Chinami
Reiko Mishima

Kuroami the Hunchback
Shojiro Ogata

Inoue Ginbei
Yasutaro Yagi

Kawasaki Yuzuru
Noboru Takashima

Segawa Kinnosuke
Keinosuke Yashiro

Azuma Tetsusaburo
Shotaro Shiba

Nakazawa Shinjûro
Shin Taga

Matsudaira Izunokami
Ryutaro Hibiki

Clerk at charcoal shop









