

King Kong Escapes
1967 Directed by Ishirō HondaAn 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.
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Akira Takarada
....................................................Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura

Mie Hama
....................................................Madame Piranha

Rhodes Reason
....................................................Commander Carl Nelson

Linda Miller
....................................................Lieutenant Susan Watson

Hideyo Amamoto
....................................................Dr. Who

Yoshibumi Tajima
....................................................Henchman

Sachio Sakai
....................................................Henchman
Director
...........................................................Ishirō Honda
Executive Producer
...........................................................Tomoyuki Tanaka
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Director of Photography
...........................................................Hajime Koizumi
Editor
...........................................................Ryôhei Fujii
Production Design
...........................................................Takeo Kita
Original Music Composer
...........................................................Akira Ifukube
Production Companies
...................................................TOHO
Rankin/Bass Productions
Tokyo Laboratory
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
日本語
Genres
....................................................Action
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
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