The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

Mar 18, 1938

0h 50m

★ 5.5

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.

Genres

Adventure

Action

Horror

Production Companies

Zensho Kinema

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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

Keisuke Matsudaira

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