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King Kong Escapes (released in Japan as King Kong's Counterattack , is a 1967 Japanese-American science-fiction kaiju film featuring King Kong, co-produced by Toho and Rankin/Bass. The film is directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and stars Rhodes Reason, Linda Jo Miller, Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, Eisei Amamoto, with Haruo Nakajima as King Kong and Yū Sekida as Mechani-Kong and Gorosaurus. The film was a loose adaptation of the Rankin/Bass Productions Saturday morning cartoon series The King Kong Show and was the second and final Japanese-produced film featuring King Kong. King Kong Escapes was released in Japan on July 22, 1967 and released in the United States on June 19, 1968.
Original Release
07/22/1967
US Release
06/19/1968
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rhodes Reason | Commander Carl Nelson |
| Mie Hama | Madame Piranha (Madame X) / Madame Piranha |
| Linda Miller | Lieutenant Susan Watson |
| Akira Takarada | Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura |
| Hideyo Amamoto | Dr. Who |
| Yoshifumi Tajima | Henchman |
| Sachio Sakai | Henchman |
| Susumu Kurobe | Henchman |
| Nadao Kirino | Henchman |
| Tôru Ibuki | Henchman |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rhodes Reason | Commander Carl Nelson |
| Mie Hama | Madame Piranha (Madame X) / Madame Piranha |
| Linda Miller | Lieutenant Susan Watson |
| Akira Takarada | Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura |
| Hideyo Amamoto | Dr. Who |
| Yoshifumi Tajima | Henchman |
| Sachio Sakai | Henchman |
| Susumu Kurobe | Henchman |
| Nadao Kirino | Henchman |
| Tôru Ibuki | Henchman |
| Kazuo Suzuki | Henchman |
| Ryûji Kita | SDF General |
| Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Soldier |
| Ikio Sawamura | Mondo Islander / Native |
| Tadashi Okabe | Soldier |
| Osman Yusuf | Submariner |
| Andrew Hughes | United Nations Reporter |
| Shôichi Hirose | Henchman |
| Naoya Kusakawa | Henchman |
| Seishirô Kuno | Soldier |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Arthur Rankin Jr. | Producer |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
