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.
| Title | King Kong Escapes |
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| Year | 1967 |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Country | Japan, United States of America |
| Studio | TOHO, Rankin/Bass Productions, Tokyo Laboratory |
| Cast | Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, Rhodes Reason, Linda Miller, Hideyo Amamoto, Yoshifumi Tajima |
| Crew | Ishirō Honda (Director), Hajime Koizumi (Director of Photography), Ryôhei Fujii (Editor), Takeo Kita (Production Design), Akira Ifukube (Original Music Composer), Eiji Tsuburaya (Visual Effects) |
| Keyword | japan, giant monster, mad scientist, giant robot, tokyo, japan, dinosaur, united nations, tropical island, kaiju, foreign agent, tokyo tower, king kong, tokusatsu, coproduction |
| Release | Jul 22, 1967 |
| Runtime | 104 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 6.20 / 10 by 104 users |
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