The two mightiest monsters of all time! In the most colossal conflict the screen has ever known!
US version. The re-edited John Beck version of the film: released outside of Japan and restructured with new footage of American actors centering around a news report plot not present in the original. Eric Carter of United Nation News is joined by Dr. Arnold Johnson as a prehistoric monster emerges from hibernation while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with their own monster.
Director
Ishirō Honda, Thomas Montgomery
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Release date
June 26, 1963
Country
Japan, United States of America
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Top billed cast
Michael Keith, Harry Holcombe, James Yagi, Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara
Production companies
TOHO, Universal International Pictures
Keywords
criterion collection, giant monster, dinosaur, kaiju, giant ape, king kong
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