A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO). It is now considered to be a lost film.
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Yasuko Koizumi
Omitsu
Takeshi Sakamoto
Yokoshima
Kotarô Sekiguchi
Seizo
Nagamasa Yamada
Koichi
Isamu Yamaguchi
King Kong
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