King Kong Escapes (1967)
1h 44m
Running Time
July 22, 1967Release Date
King Kong Escapes (1967)
1h 44m
Running Time
July 22, 1967Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Edgar Wallace
Writer
Susumu Kurobe
Henchman
Haruo Nakajima
King Kong / Stunts
Yû Sekita
Mechani-Kong/Gorosaurus / Stunts
Kei Taguchi
(voice)
Akiko Santo
(voice)
Osman Yusuf
Submariner (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
Soldier (uncredited)
Mutsumi Toyoshima
ProductionDesigner
Seishirō Kuno
Soldier (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
General (uncredited)
Andrew Hughes
Reporter (uncredited)
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Takeo Kita
Production Design
Ishirō Honda
Director
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects / Special Effects / Visual Effects Director
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Technical Advisor / Executive Producer
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Shoichi Yoshizawa
Sound Recordist
Toshio Takashima
Lighting Technician
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Mixer
Ken Sano
First Assistant Director
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Sound Effects
Yasuaki Sakamoto
Production Manager
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects / Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects / Visual Effects Director
Motoyoshi Tomioka
VFX Director of Photography / Special Effects
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects / VFX Director of Photography
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Visual Effects / Visual Effects Camera
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician / VFX Lighting Artist
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects / Visual Effects Compositor
Fumio Takashiro
Special Effects
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects / Visual Effects Camera
Takashi Nakao
Still Photographer / Visual Effects Camera
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant / Visual Effects Art Director
Fuchimu Shimakura
Background Designer / Matte Painter
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design / Modeling / Sculptor
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design / Modeling
Kanju Yagi
Modeling / Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 22, 1967
Original Nameキングコングの逆襲
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingG
Box Office$2,800,000
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
giant monster
kaiju
japan
mad scientist
giant robot
tokyo japan
dinosaur
united nations
tropical island
foreign agent
tokyo tower
king kong
tokusatsu
coproduction
Wiki.
King Kong Escapes (Japanese: キングコングの逆襲, Hepburn: Kingu Kongu no Gyakushū, lit. 'King Kong's Counterattack') is a 1967 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film was a Japanese–American co-production between Toho and Rankin/Bass, and stars Rhodes Reason, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, Eisei Amamoto, with Haruo Nakajima as King Kong and Hiroshi Sekita as Mechani-Kong and Gorosaurus. The film is loosely based on Rankin/Bass' series The King Kong Show, and was the second and final Toho-produced film featuring King Kong, until its 2021 collaboration with Warner Bros on Godzilla vs. Kong. King Kong Escapes was released in Japan on July 22, 1967, and released in the United States on June 19, 1968. It is the fourth entry in the King Kong franchise.
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