The King Kong That Appeared in Edo

A lost film considered one of Japans first Tokusatsu films The effects were done by Fuminori Ohashi who claims to have been a modeling consultant for Godzilla 1954 this claim is disputed by modeler Eizo Kaimai and art staff member Shinji Hiruma The films synopsis published in the March 1938 issue of Kinema Junpo indicates that the Kong featured in this film was not actually a giant monster