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The film opens in 1944 during World War II, where two planes crash onto a mysterious island in the South Pacific. Their respective pilots, American soldier Hank Marlow and Japanese soldier Gunpei Ikari, find themselves amid a chaotic encounter that begins a fierce chase through the island's dense jungles. Their struggle culminates at a cliff's edge when a colossal gorilla hand suddenly appears, signaling the presence of Kong, the movie's iconic creature.