King Kong Escapes (1967)
Overview
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 Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $2,800,000.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 14.021 |
Directed By
Ishirō Honda
Crew
Ishirō Honda
Akira Ifukube
Hajime Koizumi
Ryôhei Fujii
Takeo Kita
Eiji Tsuburaya
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Takeshi Kimura
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Shoichi Yoshizawa
Toshio Takashima
Hisashi Shimonaga
Ken Sano
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Yasuaki Sakamoto
Eiji Tsuburaya
Teruyoshi Nakano
Teruyoshi Nakano
Teruyoshi Nakano
Teruyoshi Nakano
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Yôichi Manoda
Yôichi Manoda
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Yasuyuki Inoue
Kuichirô Kishida
Kuichirô Kishida
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Fumio Takashiro
Eiji Tsuburaya
Sadao Iizuka
Koichi Kawakita
Koichi Kawakita
Takashi Nakao
Takashi Nakao
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jiro Shirasaki
Jiro Shirasaki
Fuchimu Shimakura
Fuchimu Shimakura
Teizô Toshimitsu
Teizô Toshimitsu
Teizô Toshimitsu
Eizo Kaimai
Eizo Kaimai
Kanju Yagi
Kanju Yagi
Yasuei Yagi
Yasuei Yagi
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Haruo Nakajima
Yû Sekita
TOP CAST
Akira Takarada
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Mie Hama
Madame Piranha
Rhodes Reason
Commander Carl Nelson
Linda Miller
Lieutenant Susan Watson
Hideyo Amamoto
Dr. Who
Yoshifumi Tajima
Henchman
Sachio Sakai
Henchman
Ryuji Kita
SDF General
Ikio Sawamura
Native
Nadao Kirino
Henchman
Shōichi Hirose
Henchman
Kazuo Suzuki
Henchman
Tôru Ibuki
Henchman
Susumu Kurobe
Henchman
Haruo Nakajima
King Kong
Yû Sekita
Mechani-Kong/Gorosaurus
Kei Taguchi
(voice)
Akiko Santo
(voice)
Osman Yusuf
Submariner (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
Soldier (uncredited)
Seishirō Kuno
Soldier (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
General (uncredited)
Andrew Hughes
Reporter (uncredited)
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