King Kong Escapes (1967)
ActionFantasyHorrorScience 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.
Director:
Ishirō Honda
Writer:
Takeshi Kimura
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Akira Takarada as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura |
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Mie Hama as Madame Piranha |
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Rhodes Reason as Commander Carl Nelson |
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Linda Miller as Lieutenant Susan Watson |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Dr. Who |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Henchman |
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Sachio Sakai as Henchman |
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Ryuji Kita as SDF General |
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Ikio Sawamura as Native |
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Nadao Kirino as Henchman |
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Shōichi Hirose as Henchman |
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Kazuo Suzuki as Henchman |
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Tōru Ibuki as Henchman |
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Naoya Kusakawa as |
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Susumu Kurobe as Henchman |
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Haruo Nakajima as King Kong |
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Hiroshi Sekita as Mechani-Kong/Gorosaurus |
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Kei Taguchi as (voice) |
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Akiko Santo as (voice) |
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Osman Yusuf as Submariner (uncredited) |
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Tadashi Okabe as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Seishirō Kuno as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as General (uncredited) |
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Andrew Hughes as Reporter (uncredited) |
| Editing | Ryôhei Fujii | Editor |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Production Design |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Hajime Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| 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 | Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Technician |
| Visual Effects | Kuichiro 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 | Hiroshi Sekita | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Saburo Doi | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Heihachirō Ōkawa | Translator |
