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
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
Yoshibumi 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
Tōru Ibuki
as Henchman
Naoya Kusakawa
Susumu Kurobe
as Henchman
Haruo Nakajima
as King Kong
Kei Taguchi
as (voice)
Akiko Santo
as (voice)
Osman Yusuf
as Submariner (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
as Soldier (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as General (uncredited)
Crew
Ishirō Honda
Director
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Technical Advisor
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Assistant
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects Director
Motoyoshi Tomioka
VFX Director of Photography
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects
Yôichi Manoda
VFX Director of Photography
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician
Kuichirô Kishida
VFX Lighting Artist
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects Camera
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Executive Producer
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant
Jiro Shirasaki
Visual Effects Art Director
Fuchimu Shimakura
Background Designer
Fuchimu Shimakura
Matte Painter
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling
Teizô Toshimitsu
Sculptor
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume Design
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Modeling
Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
Heihachirō Ōkawa
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