Wasei Kingu Kongu (Lost 1933 Silent Japanese Short Film)

"Wasei Kingu Kongu" (Japanese King Kong) was a 1933 silent Japanese short film Written by Akira Fushimi, directed by Torajira Saito and featuring Isamu Yamaguchi as the title character. Not much is known about the film, but it is believed to basically be the same story as the American original, with the character of Kong running amok in Japan instead of the U.S.

The film is noteworthy for possibly being the first Japanese monter movie ever made. It was distributed by Shochiku, who also handled the Japanese distribution rights of the original, although this film was possibly made without RKO's permission. The film has been lost and unseen for many years and was believed to have been one of the many movies destroyed in the 1945 American atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to this day, all that remains is a small still picture.