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King Kong Vs. Godzilla [VHS] | ![King Kong Vs. Godzilla [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510J9P26RVL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Ishirô Honda
Actors: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki, Ichirô Arishima, Jun Tazaki
Studio: Gaiam, Inc.
Category: Video
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Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 12212
Format: Color, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 630362572X
UPC: 018713041203
EAN: 9786303625720
ASIN: 630362572X
Theatrical Release Date: June 26, 1963
Release Date: July 31, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 102
 well..... June 26, 2010
Johnny Dangeroussly (TUCSON AZ)
i gave this one a 3 out of 5 because its one of the originals, but i will agree with an earlier review, KING KONG does look terrible in this and the effects were not very good. again this was done in the late 50's or earlier 60's so i must cut it some slack. this movie is great for true fans only, fly by nighters shouldnt bother.
 Godzilla January 18, 2009
J. Cardwell
This was the first Godzilla movie I saw before I saw the first one. Yes it looks really cheaply done but it's still a really good movie if you get passed that. What do you expect from people dressed up in costumes.
 A silly but fun 92 minutes August 27, 2008
Graves (Pennsylvania)
I am always amused when people say this is a terrible movie. I want to ask "What were you expecting? The title is `King Kong vs. Godzilla' not `King Lear.'" It is a movie with two guys in rubber suits or giant puppets tap dancing on a model Tokyo and beating the snot out of each other. There is no great philosophical debate going on. There is no look into the human soul for answers or guilt.
When I was a little kid there were lots of movies like this. If I was lucky I'd catch them on channel 9 in NYC on a Saturday afternoon, and this was always the best. This was the one that my brother and I would get most excited about.
The model Kong lacks the realism of the original RKO ape, yeah I know think about that phrase, and this Godzilla lacks the cinematic art and sadness of that monster's theatrical debut, but this film still has its moments. From here came a wide number of increasingly cheesy monster movies but this was its birth. And for plot and development this was the best of them.
It tries to be self consistent and for the most part it succeeds, though I will admit to laughing out loud when people are told to evacuate a bullet train because Godzilla is heading right for them. The conductor vainly says "Don't panic" and I want to say "What else is there to do?"
If you are looking for great acting, plots or heck even FX this is sooo not for you. However if you love this genre or like me, you have fond memories of the Japanese rubber suit movies, then this is a gem for your collection.
Fight of the century! March 25, 2008
L. Bristow (Texas, USA)
Fun for the whole family! The kids love it! Easy menus, english dubbing available as well as original Japanese version! Worth the money for a classic movie lover!
 Plotless and pointless December 14, 2007
F. J. Harvey (Birmingham England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is possible to view this movie -or at least its eponymous monsters -as symbolising the clash between US and Japanese cultures .Yes ,true .It is also possible to see it as another excruciatingly awful entry in a very silly and technically inept ,shoddy Japanese monster cycle ,Let me be blunt-these movies are for addicts not adults.
This is based on an early draft by Willis O'Brien ,the creator of King Kong,but was completely rewritten by the Japanese as a vehivle for "their"monster Godzilla and works best if seen as a comedy ,not horror or fantasy.Godzilla is woken from frozen hybernation by an atomic submarine and makes unerringly for Tokyo.Kong after making mincemeat of a giant octopus threatening Japanese fishermen is sedated and flown to Tokyo to take on the marauding lizard and they come together in a Battle of the Giants near Mount Fuji .
The story is trite ,the effects risible and the dubbing execrable .To those who love this sort of thing -good on you -but it simply makes me realise that as P T Barnum once said "nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the audience"
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