The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

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.

Cast

Eizaburo Matsumoto

Misato Magonojo

Fuminori Ōhashi

Anthropoid

Reizaburo Ichikawa

Toba Hyoei

Reiko Mishima

Chinami

Shojiro Ogata

Kuroami the Hunchback