The King Kong That Appeared in Edo
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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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Cast
14 people
Eizaburo Matsumoto
Misato Magonojo
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Tsuchigumo tôge
Fuminori Ōhashi
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Yojimbo
Throne of Blood
Reizaburo Ichikawa
Toba Hyoei
Reiko Mishima
Chinami
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King Kong Appears in Edo: The Episode of Gold
Shojiro Ogata
Kuroami the Hunchback
Yasutaro Yagi
Inoue Ginbei
Noboru Takashima
Kawasaki Yuzuru
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Nani ga kanojo o koroshita ka
Hurray to the Farmers
Keinosuke Yashiro
Segawa Kinnosuke
Shotaro Shiba
Azuma Tetsusaburo
Shin Taga
Nakazawa Shinjûro
Ryutaro Hibiki
Matsudaira Izunokami
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Kaibyô abura jigoku
Keisuke Matsudaira
Clerk at charcoal shop
Sôya Kumagai Director · Daijô Aoyama Writer
First release March 18, 1938 · Produced in Japan · Original title 江戸に現れたキングコング
Production
Zensho Kinema
Production
Japan
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Original title
江戸に現れたキングコング
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 18, 1938
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