Film
The King Kong That Appeared in Edo
Japan- Director
- Sôya Kumagai
- Year
- 1938
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.
Top cast
Eizaburo Matsumoto
Misato Magonojo
Fuminori Ōhashi
Anthropoid
Reizaburo Ichikawa
Toba Hyoei
Reiko Mishima
Chinami
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
Ryutaro Hibiki
Matsudaira Izunokami
Keisuke Matsudaira
Clerk at charcoal shop
Kikutarô Yoshii
Clerk at soy sauce shop
Do Jitsukawa
Rice Shop Apprentice
Directed by
Sôya Kumagai
Written by
Daijô Aoyama
