The King Kong That Appeared in Edo Poster

The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

Not Rated Adventure Action Horror

Starring: Eizaburo Matsumoto, Fuminori Ōhashi, Reizaburo Ichikawa, Reiko Mishima, Shojiro Ogata

Writer: Daijô Aoyama

Release Date:
March 18, 1938
Ratings:
5.5 / 10
Director:
Sôya Kumagai
Companies:
Zensho Kinema

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.