Synopsis
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) is director Ishirō Honda's kaiju showdown — watch it online on iFILM. The first colour entry in the Godzilla franchise pits Japan's most famous giant lizard against cinema's most famous giant ape, and both are in a bad mood.
A pharmaceutical company's ratings-hungry executive sends a crew to Faro Island to capture King Kong as a publicity stunt. Around the same time, Godzilla breaks free from an Arctic iceberg and heads straight for the Japanese coast. The collision course is set, and Tokyo will absorb the damage as usual. The tagline "The battle of the century!" is not entirely wrong.
Honda was already using kaiju as a lens for media spectacle and Cold War anxieties years before that became a recognisable directorial move. At 97 minutes, this 1962 co-production between Toho and Universal stands as a foundational genre document — rough around the edges and completely earnest about two men in rubber suits destroying a miniature city. Stream King Kong vs. Godzilla online on iFILM.
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