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The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (1938)
Directed by Sôya Kumagai
Adventure, Action, Horror · 50m
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
E
Eizaburo Matsumoto
Misato Magonojo
Fuminori Ōhashi
Anthropoid
R
Reizaburo Ichikawa
Toba Hyoei
R
Reiko Mishima
Chinami
S
Shojiro Ogata
Kuroami the Hunchback
Yasutaro Yagi
Inoue Ginbei
N
Noboru Takashima
Kawasaki Yuzuru
K
Keinosuke Yashiro
Segawa Kinnosuke
S
Shotaro Shiba
Azuma Tetsusaburo
S
Shin Taga
Nakazawa Shinjûro
R
Ryutaro Hibiki
Matsudaira Izunokami
K
Keisuke Matsudaira
Clerk at charcoal shop
Crew
- Director
- Sôya Kumagai
- Writer
- Daijô Aoyama
Details
- Original title
- 江戸に現れたキングコング
- Release date
- 1938-03-18
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Adventure, Action, Horror
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Zensho Kinema