King Kong Escapes (1967 film)

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King Kong Escapes is a 1967 Japanese-American kaiju adventure film in which King Kong battles a mechanical doppelgänger, Mechani-Kong, in a campy, spy-flavored story produced by Toho and based on the popular giant ape character.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
Japanese film
co-production
film
kaiju film
basedOn King Kong
The King Kong Show
countryOfOrigin Japan
United States of America
surface form: United States
director Ishirō Honda
distributedBy Toho
Universal Pictures
featuresCharacter Commander Carl Nelson
Doctor Who
surface form: Dr. Who

King Kong
Lieutenant Jiro Nomura
Lieutenant Susan Watson
Madame Piranha
Mechani-Kong
featuresCreature giant ape
giant robot
genre adventure film
kaiju film
science fiction film
spy film
musicBy Akira Ifukube
notableElement battle between King Kong and Mechani-Kong
campy tone
spy film influences
originalLanguage English
Japanese
partOfFranchise King Kong franchise
plotSummary King Kong is captured and forced to dig for Element X while battling his mechanical double Mechani-Kong and the villainous Dr. Who.
producer Arthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
Toho
productionCompany Rankin/Bass Productions
releaseDateInJapan 1967-07-22
releaseYear 1967
runningTime 104 minutes
screenwriter Eiji Tsuburaya
setting Mondo Island NERFINISHED
Tokyo
specialEffectsDirector Eiji Tsuburaya
starring Akira Takarada NERFINISHED
Hideyo Amamoto
Linda Miller NERFINISHED
Mie Hama
Rhodes Reason
Tetsu Nakamura NERFINISHED

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King Kong franchise notableWork King Kong Escapes (1967 film)
King Kong notableWork King Kong Escapes (1967 film)
Mechani-Kong appearsIn King Kong Escapes (1967 film)