4K Restoration/1962/Kingu Kongu tai Gojira

aka: King Kong vs. Godzilla (キングコング対ゴジラ)

Criterion's GODZILLA: THE SHOWA ERA (1954-1975)

• "Both the KING KONG VS. GODZILLA and GODZILLA, KING OF MONSTERS will include the Japanese and US versions. All fifteen films in this set are high-definition digital transfers. We are working closely with Toho on this release and the 4K remaster you're referencing was not something that was provided to us for this."

4K Restoration

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• Tokyo Development Laboratory restores 12 frames
• "KING KONG VS. GODZILLA" 4K REMASTER SHOTS Teaser Compares Old Master & New Restoration!
• "King Kong vs. Godzilla" 4K digital remaster full version broadcast, special screening in Shinjuku
• "King Kong vs. Godzilla 4K Digitally Remastered Edition" (1962)
• Complete version of "King Kong vs. Godzilla" in 4K... Broadcast & screening decided in July
• @pasinpasin tweets about KKvG
• Half a century ago "King Kong vs. Godzilla" Carefully restored and cleared 4K digital remastered version
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (4K Digitally Remastered Edition) at Tokyo International Film Festival
  • "24 minutes were cut when the shortened version was created, and the film that had been lost for a long time was discovered this time, making full use of the latest digital technology to restore it. It revived on the screen for the first time in 54 years as a remastered version."
• Naofumi Higuchi's Thousand and One Thousand Nights 64th Night "King Kong vs. Godzilla <4K full version>"
• Why King Kong vs. Godzilla 4K Digital Remaster is a long-cherished desire for monster movie fans
  • "the negative film of "Roll 1", which had been missing for a long time, was discovered, and a project to completely reproduce the full-length version"
  • "made a "lost frame" by referring to the previous and next frames with digital technology, and worked to connect the movements"
  • "The stereo 4ch cine tape miraculously remained, and I was able to reproduce the stereo sound."
• Part 3 of talk with Toshifumi Shimizu
  • "I didn't have the roll 1 part... But I had to get this out, so I was told that I would just blow up the DVD image and release it... . "

Purchase on Amazon

• GODZILLA: THE SHOWA-ERA FILMS, 1954–1975 (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]