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1933 promotional flyer (one of two).

Status: Lost

Wasei Kingu Kongu (aka Japanese King Kong) is a 1933 silent Japanese short film directed by Torajira Saito, written by Akira Fushimi, and featuring Isamu Yamaguchi.

The film is noteworthy for being one of the first Japanese monster movies. It's believed that there are no special effects in the film, as the plot involves a man trying to earn money to woo his girlfriend by playing the King Kong character on stage.^[1]^[2]

It was distributed by Shochiku, who also handled the Japanese distribution rights of the original, although this film was possibly made without RKO's permission. The film has been lost and unseen for many years and was believed to have been one of the many movies destroyed in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All that has survived are two stills and several flyers.

Gallery

King Kong Japanese.jpg

Still one of two.
999566 3186740523303 1842035604 n.jpg

Still two of two.
Full 2Wasei Kingu Kongu.jpg

1933 promotional flyer (two of two).

References

↑ October 21, 1933 issue of Kinema Junpo
↑ December 1934 issue of Kagaku no Nihon. Pg.85

[1] October 21, 1933 issue of Kinema Junpo

[2] December 1934 issue of Kagaku no Nihon. Pg.85

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-[[File:Waseikingkong.jpg|thumb|215px|1933 promotional flyer (one of two).]]
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-'''''Wasei Kingu Kongu''''' (aka ''Japanese King Kong'') was a 1933 silent Japanese short film Written by Akira Fushimi, directed by Torajira Saito and featuring Isamu Yamaguchi as the title character.
+|image=Waseikingkong.jpg
+|imagecaption=1933 promotional flyer (one of two).
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-[[File:999566_3186740523303_1842035604_n.jpg|thumb|215px|left|Still two of two.]]
+'''''Wasei Kingu Kongu''''' (aka ''Japanese King Kong'') is a 1933 silent Japanese short film directed by Torajira Saito, written by Akira Fushimi, and featuring Isamu Yamaguchi.
-[[File:Full 2Wasei Kingu Kongu.jpg|thumb|215px|right|1933 promotional flyer (two of two).]]
-The film is noteworthy for possibly being the first Japanese monster movie ever made, (said title originally being thought to have been held by Toho's 1954 ''Gojira'' -aka ''Godzilla''-) although its believed that there are no actual special effects in the film as the plot involves a man trying to earn money to woo his girlfriend by playing the King Kong character on stage<ref>October 21, 1933 issue of ''Kinema Junpo''</ref><ref>December 1934 issue of ''Kagaku no Nihon''. Pg.85</ref>.
-It was distributed by Shochiku, who also handled the Japanese distribution rights of the original, although this film was possibly made without RKO's permission. The film has been lost and unseen for many years and was believed to have been one of the many movies destroyed in the 1945 American atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. To this day, all that remains are two small still pictures and a few flyers.
+The film is noteworthy for being one of the first Japanese monster movies. It's believed that there are no special effects in the film, as the plot involves a man trying to earn money to woo his girlfriend by playing the King Kong character on stage.<ref>October 21, 1933 issue of ''Kinema Junpo''</ref><ref>December 1934 issue of ''Kagaku no Nihon''. Pg.85</ref>
+It was distributed by Shochiku, who also handled the Japanese distribution rights of the original, although this film was possibly made without RKO's permission. The film has been lost and unseen for many years and was believed to have been one of the many movies destroyed in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All that has survived are two stills and several flyers.
+<br /><br /><br />
+==Gallery==
+<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
+File:King_Kong_Japanese.jpg|Still one of two.
+File:999566_3186740523303_1842035604_n.jpg|Still two of two.
+File:Full 2Wasei Kingu Kongu.jpg|1933 promotional flyer (two of two).
+</gallery>
 ==References==