King Kong Escapes (1967)
Kingu Kongu no gyakushû
The electronic monster Mechani-Kong boldly challenges the ruler of the South Seas, King Kong!!
96 min
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.
- Release date
- July 22, 1967
- Country of origin
- Japan, United States
- Box office
- $2,800,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Akira Takarada as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
- Mie Hama as Madame Piranha (Madame X)
- 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
- Ryūji Kita as SDF General
- Ikio Sawamura as Native
- Nadao Kirino as Henchman
- Shôichi Hirose as Henchman
- Kazuo Suzuki as Henchman
- Tôru Ibuki as Henchman
- Naoya Kusakawa
- Susumu Kurobe as Henchman
- Haruo Nakajima as King Kong
- Akiko Santô as (voice)
- Osman Yusuf as Submariner (uncredited)
- Tadashi Okabe as Soldier (uncredited)
- Seishirô Kuno as Soldier (uncredited)
- Andrew Hughes as Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
- Ishirō Honda · Director
- Takeshi Kimura · Writer
- Edgar Wallace · Writer
- Arthur Rankin Jr. · Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka · Producer
- Akira Ifukube · Composer
- Hajime Koizumi · Cinematographer
- Ryōhei Fujii · Editor
- Takeo Kita · Production designer
- Mutsumi Toyoshima · Production designer