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King Kong Escapes
The electronic monster Mechani-Kong boldly challenges the ruler of the South Seas, King Kong!!
6.1(116)19671h 44m
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
- Created by
- Tomoyuki Tanaka,Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Writers
- Takeshi Kimura
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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
Yoshibumi Tajima
Henchman
Sachio Sakai
Henchman
Ryuji Kita
SDF General
Ikio Sawamura
Native
Nadao Kirino
Henchman
Shōichi Hirose
Henchman
Kazuo Suzuki
Henchman
Tōru Ibuki
Henchman
Naoya Kusakawa
Susumu Kurobe
Henchman
Haruo Nakajima
King Kong
Hiroshi 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)
Crew
Directing
- Ishirō HondaDirector
- Ken SanoFirst Assistant Director
Writing
- Takeshi KimuraScreenplay
Production
- Tomoyuki TanakaExecutive Producer
- Yasuaki SakamotoProduction Manager
- Arthur Rankin Jr.Executive Producer
Camera
- Hajime KoizumiDirector of Photography
- Takashi NakaoStill Photographer
Editing
- Ryôhei FujiiEditor
Sound
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
- Shoichi YoshizawaSound Recordist
- Hisashi ShimonagaSound Mixer
- Sadamasa NishimotoSound Effects
Art
- Takeo KitaProduction Design
- Fuchimu ShimakuraBackground Designer
- Teizô ToshimitsuSculptor
Costume & Make-Up
- Teizô ToshimitsuCostume Design
- Eizo KaimaiCostume Design
- Kanju YagiCostume Design
- Yasuei YagiCostume Design
- Nobuyuki YasumaruCostume Design
Visual Effects
- Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects
- Teruyoshi NakanoVisual Effects
- Teruyoshi NakanoVisual Effects Director
- Motoyoshi TomiokaVFX Director of Photography
- Yôichi ManodaVFX Director of Photography
- Yoshiyuki TokumasaVisual Effects
- Yoshiyuki TokumasaVisual Effects Camera
- Kuichiro KishidaVFX Lighting Artist
- Hiroshi MukoyamaVisual Effects
- Hiroshi MukoyamaVisual Effects Compositor
- Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects Director
- Sadao IizukaVisual Effects
Crew
- Arthur Rankin Jr.Technical Advisor
- Eiji TsuburayaSpecial Effects
- Teruyoshi NakanoSpecial Effects
- Teruyoshi NakanoSpecial Effects Assistant
- Motoyoshi TomiokaSpecial Effects
- Yôichi ManodaSpecial Effects
- Yasuyuki InoueVisual Effects Art Director
- Jiro ShirasakiSpecial Effects Assistant
- Jiro ShirasakiVisual Effects Art Director
- Haruo NakajimaStunts
- Hiroshi SekitaStunts
- Heihachirō ŌkawaTranslator
Lighting
- Toshio TakashimaLighting Technician
- Kuichiro KishidaLighting Technician