Japanese King Kong: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
ILoveBaragon (talk | contribs) (→Plot) |
||
Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
{{Plot Missing}} | {{Plot Missing}} | ||
Isamu Yamaguchi, the main character, after becoming jobless and poor gets denied by his crush's father. Later he is inspired by seeing how successful the film King Kong was to dress up as an ape, playing as King Kong in a vaudeville theater. The show he makes out of this becomes an instant success, however after seeing said crush and his used to be friend, now being rich, with her in the audience he gets angry and starts chasing after them while still wearing his gorilla suit. After going outside of the theatre he creates panic in the town as firemen and hunters chase him down, thinking he is and escaped gorilla from a zoo. Eventually, Yamaguchi catches up to his friend and knocks him unconscious. He puts the gorilla suit on the his unconscious body and leaves him laying in the streets. The owner of the theatre gives him a lot of money for his performances and with this newfound richness marries his crush. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Like 90% of all Japanese films produced before 1945,<ref name="JT">{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/14/books/uncovering-lost-worlds-of-japanese-film/ |title=Uncovering lost worlds of Japanese film |author=Richie, Donald |date=14 September 2003 |work=The Japan Times}}</ref> ''Japanese King Kong'' is considered a lost film. | Like 90% of all Japanese films produced before 1945,<ref name="JT">{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/14/books/uncovering-lost-worlds-of-japanese-film/ |title=Uncovering lost worlds of Japanese film |author=Richie, Donald |date=14 September 2003 |work=The Japan Times}}</ref> ''Japanese King Kong'' is considered a lost film. |
Revision as of 02:43, 29 September 2021
|
Japanese King Kong (和製キング・コング is a lost Wasei Kingu Kongu)Japanese comedy short film produced by Shochiku Kinema. It serves as something of a parody of the original King Kong and was produced to coincide with Shochiku's Japanese distribution of the film. It was released to Japanese theaters on October 5, 1933.
Plot
“I knew that『plot』wasn't up to much.” This plot synopsis is missing or incomplete. Please help by editing this section. |
Isamu Yamaguchi, the main character, after becoming jobless and poor gets denied by his crush's father. Later he is inspired by seeing how successful the film King Kong was to dress up as an ape, playing as King Kong in a vaudeville theater. The show he makes out of this becomes an instant success, however after seeing said crush and his used to be friend, now being rich, with her in the audience he gets angry and starts chasing after them while still wearing his gorilla suit. After going outside of the theatre he creates panic in the town as firemen and hunters chase him down, thinking he is and escaped gorilla from a zoo. Eventually, Yamaguchi catches up to his friend and knocks him unconscious. He puts the gorilla suit on the his unconscious body and leaves him laying in the streets. The owner of the theatre gives him a lot of money for his performances and with this newfound richness marries his crush.
History
Like 90% of all Japanese films produced before 1945,[1] Japanese King Kong is considered a lost film.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Torajiro Saito
- Written by Akira Fushimi
- Cinematography by Yoshio Taketomi
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Isamu Yamaguchi as Santa
- Yasuko Koizumi as Omitsu
- Takeshi Sakamoto as Yokoshima
- Kotaro Sekiguchi as Seizo
- Nagamasa Yamada as Koichi
Gallery
- Main article: Japanese King Kong/Gallery.
References
This is a list of references for Japanese King Kong. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
|
|
Comments
Showing 20 comments. When commenting, please remain respectful of other users, stay on topic, and avoid role-playing and excessive punctuation. Comments which violate these guidelines may be removed by administrators.