King Kong Escapes
The electronic monster Mechani-Kong boldly challenges the ruler of the South Seas, King Kong!!
19671h 44mNo ratings yet
- Action
- Science Fiction
- Fantasy
- Horror
Overview
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.
Keywords
- dinosaur
- mad scientist
- japan
- tokyo
- giant monster
- giant robot
- kaiju
- tropical island
- king kong
- united nations
- tokusatsu
- tokyo tower
- foreign agent
- coproduction
- tokyo, japan
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 22, 1967
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- English, Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Cast
- Akira Takarada,Mie Hama,Rhodes Reason,Linda Miller,Hideyo Amamoto,Yoshibumi Tajima,Sachio Sakai,Ryuji Kita,Ikio Sawamura,Nadao Kirinoand 14 more
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Writer
- Takeshi Kimura
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka,Arthur Rankin, Jr.
- Cinematography
- Hajime Koizumi
- Music
- Akira Ifukube
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $2,800,000
- IMDb
- tt0061868