King Kong Escapes
キングコングの逆襲
Release: 1967-07-22
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 6.2
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.
Production Countries
Japan
United States of America
Production Companies
TOHO
Rankin/Bass Productions
Tokyo Laboratory
Cast
Naoya Kusakawa
Shōichi Hirose
as Henchman
Kazuo Suzuki
as Henchman
Tōru Ibuki
as Henchman
Akiko Santo
as (voice)
Akira Takarada
as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Mie Hama
as Madame Piranha
Linda Miller
as Lieutenant Susan Watson
Haruo Nakajima
as King Kong
Osman Yusuf
as Submariner (uncredited)
Rhodes Reason
as Commander Carl Nelson
Hideyo Amamoto
as Dr. Who
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Henchman
Sachio Sakai
as Henchman
Ryuji Kita
as SDF General
Susumu Kurobe
as Henchman
Ikio Sawamura
as Native
Nadao Kirino
as Henchman
Kei Taguchi
as (voice)
Tadashi Okabe
as Soldier (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as General (uncredited)
Crew
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Fuchimu Shimakura
Background Designer, Matte Painter
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Technical Advisor, Executive Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume Design, Modeling
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects, Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera
Ishirō Honda
Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
Motoyoshi Tomioka
VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Kuichiro Kishida
Lighting Technician, VFX Lighting Artist
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design, Modeling, Sculptor
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design, Modeling
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Translator
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director