Except for the original film, in which the monster is a metaphor for the devastation caused by the US in Japan, Showa period Godzilla movies are typically light-hearted. * King Kong vs Godzilla, 1962: Godzilla heads for Tokyo, while a drug company discovers Kong on a remote South Pacific island. * Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, 1991: In an intriguing twist, …