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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.

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King Kong Escapes

July 22, 1967
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Cast (24)

Akira Takarada
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Mie Hama
Madame Piranha
Rhodes Reason
Commander Carl Nelson
Linda Miller
Lieutenant Susan Watson
Sachio Sakai
Henchman
Ryuji Kita
SDF General
Nadao Kirino
Henchman
Kazuo Suzuki
Henchman
Tōru 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)

Crew (58)

Directing

Ishirō Honda
Director
Ken Sano
First Assistant Director

Writing

Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay

Production

Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Executive Producer
Yasuaki Sakamoto
Production Manager

Sound

Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Mixer
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Shoichi Yoshizawa
Sound Recordist
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Sound Effects

Art

Takeo Kita
Production Design
Fuchimu Shimakura
Background Designer

Camera

Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Takashi Nakao
Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design
Yasuei Yagi
Costume Design
Kanju Yagi
Costume Design
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume Design

Crew

Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Technical Advisor
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Assistant
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects
Yû Sekita
Stunts
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects
Fumio Takashiro
Special Effects
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant
Jiro Shirasaki
Visual Effects Art Director

Editing

Lighting

Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician
Toshio Takashima
Lighting Technician

Visual Effects

Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Visual Effects Director
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects Camera
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Motoyoshi Tomioka
VFX Director of Photography
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Visual Effects
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Visual Effects Camera
Takashi Nakao
Visual Effects Camera
Yôichi Manoda
VFX Director of Photography
Kuichirô Kishida
VFX Lighting Artist
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor
Yasuei Yagi
Modeling
Kanju Yagi
Modeling
Saburo Doi
Visual Effects
Fuchimu Shimakura
Matte Painter