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
Ishirō Honda
Director
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Takeo Kita
Production Design
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Technical Advisor
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Cast
Akira Takarada
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Mie Hama
Madame Piranha
Rhodes Reason
Commander Carl Nelson
Linda Miller
Lieutenant Susan Watson
Hideyo Amamoto
Dr. Who
Yoshifumi Tajima
Henchman
Sachio Sakai
Henchman
Ryuji Kita
SDF General
Ikio Sawamura
Native
Nadao Kirino
Henchman
Shōichi Hirose
Henchman
Kazuo Suzuki
Henchman
Tôru Ibuki
Henchman
Susumu Kurobe
Henchman
Haruo Nakajima
King Kong
Yû Sekita
Mechani-Kong/Gorosaurus
Kei Taguchi
(voice)
Akiko Santo
(voice)
Osman Yusuf
Submariner (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
Soldier (uncredited)
Seishirō Kuno
Soldier (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
General (uncredited)
Andrew Hughes
Reporter (uncredited)