King Kong Escapes

6.2

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.

Discover

Akira Takarada

Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura

Mie Hama

Madame Piranha

Rhodes Reason

Commander Carl Nelson

Linda Miller

Lieutenant Susan Watson

Hideyo Amamoto

Dr. Who

Yoshibumi 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

Susumu Kurobe

Henchman

Haruo Nakajima

King Kong

Hiroshi 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)

Art

Takeo Kita

Production Design

Fuchimu Shimakura

Background Designer

Teizô Toshimitsu

Sculptor

Camera

Hajime Koizumi

Director of Photography

Takashi Nakao

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Teizô Toshimitsu

Costume Design

Eizo Kaimai

Costume Design

Kanju Yagi

Costume Design

Yasuei Yagi

Costume Design

Nobuyuki Yasumaru

Costume Design

Crew

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Technical Advisor

Eiji Tsuburaya

Special Effects

Teruyoshi Nakano

Special Effects

Teruyoshi Nakano

Special Effects Assistant

Motoyoshi Tomioka

Special Effects

Yôichi Manoda

Special Effects

Yasuyuki Inoue

Visual Effects Art Director

Fumio Takashiro

Special Effects

Jiro Shirasaki

Special Effects Assistant

Jiro Shirasaki

Visual Effects Art Director

Haruo Nakajima

Stunts

Hiroshi Sekita

Stunts

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Translator

Directing

Ishirō Honda

Director

Ken Sano

First Assistant Director

Editing

Ryôhei Fujii

Editor

Lighting

Toshio Takashima

Lighting Technician

Kuichirô Kishida

Lighting Technician

Production

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Yasuaki Sakamoto

Production Manager

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Executive Producer

Sound

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Shoichi Yoshizawa

Sound Recordist

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Mixer

Sadamasa Nishimoto

Sound Effects

Writing

Takeshi Kimura

Screenplay

Akira Takarada

Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura

Mie Hama

Madame Piranha

Rhodes Reason

Commander Carl Nelson

Linda Miller

Lieutenant Susan Watson

Hideyo Amamoto

Dr. Who

Yoshibumi 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

Susumu Kurobe

Henchman

Haruo Nakajima

King Kong

Hiroshi 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)