#king kong vs godzilla
Some of my King Kong vs. Godzilla prints. My favorite Godzilla film, and one of my most important movies of all time.
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Today would have been Tadao Takashima’s 90th birthday. Godzilla fans know Takashima as Osamu Sakurai in King Kong vs. Godzilla and Dr. Kusumi in Son of Godzilla. He also starred in AtragonandFrankenstein vs. Baragon, and had a humorous cameo in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II where he meets Kazuma Aoki, played by his son Masahiro Takashima. Takashima’s other son Masanobu played the character Sho Kuroki in Godzilla vs. Biollante, a role his brother Masahiro played in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. Tadao Takashima passed away last June 26.
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As John LeMay discusses in his Kong Unmade book, the Heisei King Kong vs. Godzilla remake fell through because Toho could not come to an agreement with Turner Entertainment for the use of the character of King Kong. Toho evidently mistakenly believed Turner owned Kong, even though the company only held the rights to the 1933 film. As you can see, Turner is credited here for the character of Kong on the tag for this 1993 Bandai figure of the monster.
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In celebration of its 55th anniversary, wouldn’t it be lovely if that 4K restoration of King Kong vs. Godzilla popped up somewhere? Anywhere? Anyone?
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