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King Kong Escapes

62 %|Jul 22, 1967|Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.

Featured Crew

Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Ishirō Honda
Director
Takeo Kita
Production Design
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Takeshi Kimura
Writer

Cast

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Akira Takarada
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
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Mie Hama
Madame Piranha
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Rhodes Reason
Commander Carl Nelson
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Linda Miller
Lieutenant Susan Watson
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Sachio Sakai
Henchman
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Ryuji Kita
SDF General
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Nadao Kirino
Henchman
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Kazuo Suzuki
Henchman
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Tôru Ibuki
Henchman
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Yû Sekita
Mechani-Kong/Gorosaurus
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Osman Yusuf
Submariner (uncredited)
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Tadashi Okabe
Soldier (uncredited)
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Seishirō Kuno
Soldier (uncredited)
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
General (uncredited)
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Andrew Hughes
Reporter (uncredited)