The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

55%% | Mar 18, 1938 | Adventure, Action, Horror

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.

Featured Cast

Fuminori Ōhashi
Special Effects
Daijô Aoyama
Writer

Cast

Eizaburo Matsumoto
Misato Magonojo
Fuminori Ōhashi
Anthropoid
Shojiro Ogata
Kuroami the Hunchback
Yasutaro Yagi
Inoue Ginbei
Noboru Takashima
Kawasaki Yuzuru
Keinosuke Yashiro
Segawa Kinnosuke
Shotaro Shiba
Azuma Tetsusaburo
Shin Taga
Nakazawa Shinjûro

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