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Wasei Kingu Kongu (和製キング・コング, lit. Japanese-made King Kong) is a lost 1933 Japanese black-and-white silent film directed by Torajiro Saito. [1] A silent, three-reel comedy short, it uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story [2] [3] and was produced by Shochiku Studios (which released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO).
The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (江戸に現れたキングコング, Edo ni Arawareta Kingu Kongu), commonly erroneously translated as King Kong Appears in Edo, is a 1938 Japanese two-part silent jidaigeki film produced by Zenshō Cinema. [1] [2] It is now considered to be a lost film. [3] [4]
Chūichi "King Kong" Hara (原 忠一, Hara Chūichi, 15 March 1889 – 17 February 1964) was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.Heavier and taller than the average Japanese person, he was nicknamed "King Kong" by his friends earlier in his career (after 1933, when the film King Kong premiered).
In the 1960s, Japanese studio Toho licensed the character from RKO and produced two films that featured the character, King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) and King Kong Escapes (1967). Toho's interpretation of King Kong as a kaiju , [ 108 ] differed greatly from the original in size and abilities.
King Kong vs. Godzilla (Japanese: キングコング対ゴジラ, Hepburn: Kingu Kongu tai Gojira) is a 1962 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd , it is the third film in both the Godzilla and King Kong franchises, as well as the first Toho-produced ...
There were other unofficial movies to have borne the "King Kong" name: A lost silent Japanese short, Japanese King Kong (和製キングコング, Wasei Kingu Kongu), directed by Torajiro Saito, featuring an all-Japanese cast and produced by the Shochiku company, was released in 1933. The plot revolves around a down-on-his-luck man who plays ...
King Kong Escapes (Japanese: キングコングの逆襲, Hepburn: Kingu Kongu no Gyakushū, lit. ' King Kong's Counterattack ' ) is a 1967 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda , with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya .
King Kong [196] King Kong: 2005 United States, New Zealand King Kong [197] King Kong Appears in Edo: 1938 Japan King Kong [198] King Kong Escapes: 1967 Japan, United States King Kong, Mechani-Kong, Gorosaurus [199] King Kong Lives: 1986 United States King Kong [200] [201] [202] King of the Lost World: 2005 United States Giant ape [203] King ...