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King Kong Escapes

Ishirō Honda

1967 • 1h 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 le...

King Kong Escapes

Cast

Akira Takarada

Akira TakaradaLt. Commander Jiro Nomura

Mie Hama

Mie HamaMadame Piranha

Rhodes Reason

Rhodes ReasonCommander Carl Nelson

Linda Miller

Linda MillerLieutenant Susan Watson

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo AmamotoDr. Who

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshibumi TajimaHenchman

Sachio Sakai

Sachio SakaiHenchman

Ryuji KitaSDF General

Ikio Sawamura

Ikio SawamuraNative

Nadao Kirino

Nadao KirinoHenchman

Shōichi Hirose

Shōichi HiroseHenchman

Kazuo Suzuki

Kazuo SuzukiHenchman

Tōru Ibuki

Tōru IbukiHenchman

Naoya Kusakawa

Susumu Kurobe

Susumu KurobeHenchman

Crew

Ishirō Honda

Ishirō HondaDirector

Akira Ifukube

Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer

Hajime Koizumi

Hajime KoizumiDirector of Photography

Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Arthur Rankin, Jr.Technical Advisor

Takeshi Kimura

Takeshi KimuraScreenplay

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki TanakaExecutive Producer

Teruyoshi Nakano

Teruyoshi NakanoSpecial Effects

Motoyoshi Tomioka

Motoyoshi TomiokaVFX Director of Photography

Yôichi Manoda

Yôichi ManodaSpecial Effects

Yasuyuki Inoue

Yasuyuki InoueVisual Effects Art Director

Kuichiro Kishida

Kuichiro KishidaLighting Technician

Sadao Iizuka

Sadao IizukaVisual Effects

Koichi Kawakita

Koichi KawakitaVisual Effects

Jiro Shirasaki

Jiro ShirasakiSpecial Effects Assistant

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