King Kong Escapes
1967 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan
When a mechanical replica of King Kong is unable to dig for the highly radioactive Element X at the North Pole, the evil Doctor Who and his sponsor Madame Piranha (Madame X in the American release) decide to kidnap the real Kong. As an insurance policy they kidnap Lt. Susan Miller as well as her boyfriend Lt. CommanderJiro Nomura and Cmdr. Carl Nelson (Kong developed a crush on Susan when she Nomura and Nelson visited the Kong at his home on Mondo Island). Kong later escapes and heads for Tokyo. Susan and the others also escape. Who and his minions follow him and activate Mechani-Kong in order to recapture him. Susan is then grabbed by the robot and is taken to the top of Tokyo Tower and a battle ensues.
Direction Ishirô Honda
Cast Rhodes Reason · Mie Hama · Linda Miller · Akira Takarada · Eisei Amamoto · Shoichi Hirose · Andrew Hughes · Tôru Ibuki · Nadao Kirino · Ryuji Kita · Seishiro Kuno · Susumu Kurobe · Haruo Nakajima
Soundtrack Akira Ifukube
Screenplay Takeshi Kimura
Cinematography Hajime Koizumi
Original title Kingu Kongu no gyakushû (King Kong Escapes) (King Kong's Counterattack) (King Kong Strikes Back)
4.7
195 votes (FilmAffinity)
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