In 1962, the Japanese film studio Toho released King Kong Vs Godzilla, an ambitious monster movie that pitted two of the most popular creatures in cinema history against each other in supposedly mortal combat.
The movie boasted a drunken Kong, cringeworthy brownface (Japanese actors darkened their faces to play South Pacific "natives") and a battle with a giant octopus - played by real octopuses.
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