King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes (1967)

The electronic monster Mechani-Kong boldly challenges the ruler of the South Seas, King Kong!!

  • Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
  • Release Date: 1967-07-22
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 104 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan, United States of America
  • Director: Ishirō Honda
star 6.2/10
From 104 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Akira Takarada

    as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
  • Mie Hama

    as Madame Piranha
  • Rhodes Reason

    as Commander Carl Nelson
  • Linda Miller

    as Lieutenant Susan Watson
  • Hideyo Amamoto

    as Dr. Who
  • Yoshifumi Tajima

    as Henchman
  • Sachio Sakai

    as Henchman
  • Ryuji Kita

    as SDF General
  • Ikio Sawamura

    as Native
  • Nadao Kirino

    as Henchman
  • Shōichi Hirose

    as Henchman
  • Kazuo Suzuki

    as Henchman
  • Tôru Ibuki

    as Henchman
  • Naoya Kusakawa

    as
  • Susumu Kurobe

    as Henchman
  • Haruo Nakajima

    as King Kong
  • Yû Sekita

    as Mechani-Kong/Gorosaurus
  • Kei Taguchi

    as (voice)
  • Akiko Santo

    as (voice)
  • Osman Yusuf

    as Submariner (uncredited)
  • Tadashi Okabe

    as Soldier (uncredited)
  • Seishirō Kuno

    as Soldier (uncredited)
  • Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

    as General (uncredited)
  • Andrew Hughes

    as Reporter (uncredited)
Directing Ishirō Honda Director
Camera Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography
Editing Ryôhei Fujii Editor
Art Takeo Kita Production Design
Sound Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects
Crew Arthur Rankin, Jr. Technical Advisor
Writing Takeshi Kimura Screenplay
Production Tomoyuki Tanaka Executive Producer
Sound Shoichi Yoshizawa Sound Recordist
Lighting Toshio Takashima Lighting Technician
Sound Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Mixer
Directing Ken Sano First Assistant Director
Sound Sadamasa Nishimoto Sound Effects
Production Yasuaki Sakamoto Production Manager
Crew Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects
Crew Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects
Crew Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Assistant
Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects
Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director
Visual Effects Motoyoshi Tomioka VFX Director of Photography
Crew Motoyoshi Tomioka Special Effects
Crew Yôichi Manoda Special Effects
Visual Effects Yôichi Manoda VFX Director of Photography
Visual Effects Yoshiyuki Tokumasa Visual Effects
Visual Effects Yoshiyuki Tokumasa Visual Effects Camera
Crew Yasuyuki Inoue Visual Effects Art Director
Lighting Kuichirô Kishida Lighting Technician
Visual Effects Kuichirô Kishida VFX Lighting Artist
Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects
Visual Effects Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Compositor
Crew Fumio Takashiro Special Effects
Visual Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Director
Visual Effects Sadao Iizuka Visual Effects
Visual Effects Koichi Kawakita Visual Effects
Visual Effects Koichi Kawakita Visual Effects Camera
Camera Takashi Nakao Still Photographer
Visual Effects Takashi Nakao Visual Effects Camera
Production Arthur Rankin, Jr. Executive Producer
Crew Jiro Shirasaki Special Effects Assistant
Crew Jiro Shirasaki Visual Effects Art Director
Art Fuchimu Shimakura Background Designer
Visual Effects Fuchimu Shimakura Matte Painter
Costume & Make-Up Teizô Toshimitsu Costume Design
Visual Effects Teizô Toshimitsu Modeling
Art Teizô Toshimitsu Sculptor
Costume & Make-Up Eizo Kaimai Costume Design
Visual Effects Eizo Kaimai Modeling
Visual Effects Kanju Yagi Modeling
Costume & Make-Up Kanju Yagi Costume Design
Visual Effects Yasuei Yagi Modeling
Costume & Make-Up Yasuei Yagi Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Nobuyuki Yasumaru Costume Design
Visual Effects Nobuyuki Yasumaru Modeling
Crew Haruo Nakajima Stunts
Crew Yû Sekita Stunts

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