King Kong Appears in Edo
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A rare photo of the lost film King Kong Appears in Edo.
King Kong Appears in Edo (江戸に現れたキングコング Edo ni Arawareta Kingu Kongu?). An unofficial and enigmatic Japanese-made monster/period piece by company Zensho Kinema in which King Kong attacks medieval Edo (modern Tokyo), and arguably Japan's first kaiju (giant monster) film, predating Godzilla by several decades. Although inaccurate to its historical setting, some Caligari-esque expressionistic buildings were added for Kong to climb. The film has been lost since its theatrical run in 1938, but rare photos available in books in Japan prove this film's existence. Fuminori Ohashi, who would go on to create the suit for the titular monster in Godzilla, created the special effects for this film.
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