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Film / 1967
King Kong Escapes
Directed by
Ishirō Honda
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Akira TakaradaLt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Mie HamaMadame Piranha
Rhodes ReasonCommander Carl Nelson
Linda MillerLieutenant Susan Watson
Hideyo AmamotoDr. Who
Yoshibumi TajimaHenchman
Sachio SakaiHenchman
Ryuji KitaSDF General
Ikio SawamuraNative
Nadao KirinoHenchman
Shōichi HiroseHenchman
Kazuo SuzukiHenchman
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Tōru IbukiHenchman
Naoya Kusakawa
Susumu KurobeHenchman
Haruo NakajimaKing Kong
Hiroshi SekitaMechani-Kong/Gorosaurus
Kei Taguchi(voice)
Akiko Santo(voice)
Osman YusufSubmariner (uncredited)
Tadashi OkabeSoldier (uncredited)
Seishirō KunoSoldier (uncredited)
Yasuhisa TsutsumiGeneral (uncredited)
Andrew HughesReporter (uncredited)
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