
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.
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

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

Tōru Ibuki
Henchman

Naoya Kusakawa
N/A

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
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

Heihachirō Ōkawa
Translator

Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Technical Advisor

Haruo Nakajima
Stunts

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

Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
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

Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling

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

Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Modeling

Fuchimu Shimakura
Matte Painter