King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes

104 mins | Action, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy | July 22, 1967

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.

King Kong Escapes

104 mins | Action, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy | July 22, 1967

King Kong Escapes
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.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Rankin/Bass Productions, Toho Company, Ltd., Tokyo Laboratory
Original title キングコングの逆襲
Directors Ken Sano, Ishirō Honda
Writers Takeshi Kimura

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

Yoshifumi Tajima

as Henchman

Sachio Sakai

as Henchman

Ryuji Kita

as SDF General

Ikio Sawamura

as Native

Nadao Kirino

as Henchman

Shôichi Hirose

as Henchman

Kazuo Suzuki

as Henchman

Tôru Ibuki

as Henchman

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)

Seishirô Kuno

as Soldier (uncredited)

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

as General (uncredited)

Andrew Hughes

as Reporter (uncredited)