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The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (1938)

The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (1938)

Action Adventure Horror
Release Date: 1938, March 18
Directors: Sôya Kumagai
Countries: Japan
Production: Zensho Kinema
Cast: Fuminori Ōhashi, Eizaburo Matsumoto, Reizaburo Ichikawa, Reiko Mishima, Shojiro Ogata, Noboru Takashima, Keinosuke Yashiro, Shotaro Shiba, Shin Taga, Ryutaro Hibiki, Keisuke Matsudaira, Kikutarô Yoshii

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.

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kaiju lost film