Film · Action, Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction
King Kong Escapes (1967)
The electronic monster Mechani-Kong boldly challenges the ruler of the South Seas, King Kong!!
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
- Writers
- Takeshi Kimura
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- July 22, 1967
- Original title
- キングコングの逆襲
Cast
Akira TakaradaLt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Mie HamaMadame Piranha
Rhodes ReasonCommander Carl Nelson
Linda MillerLieutenant Susan Watson
Hideyo AmamotoDr. Who
Yoshibumi TajimaHenchman
Sachio SakaiHenchman- Ryuji KitaSDF General
Ikio SawamuraNative
Nadao KirinoHenchman
Shōichi HiroseHenchman
Kazuo SuzukiHenchman
Tōru IbukiHenchman
Naoya Kusakawa
Susumu KurobeHenchman
Haruo NakajimaKing Kong- Hiroshi SekitaMechani-Kong/Gorosaurus
Kei Taguchi(voice)
Akiko Santo(voice)
Osman YusufSubmariner (uncredited)
