---
title: 'King Kong Escapes (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ishirō Honda'
released: '1967-07-22'
runtime_minutes: 104
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-kong-escapes-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061868/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# King Kong Escapes (1967)

1967 · G · 104 min · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · United States, Japan

Original title: キングコングの逆襲

## Synopsis

King Kong Escapes  is a 1967 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film is a Japanese–American co-production between Toho and Rankin/Bass, and stars Rhodes Reason, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, Eisei Amamoto, with Haruo Nakajima as King Kong and Hiroshi Sekita as Mechani-Kong and Gorosaurus. The film is loosely based on Toei Animation's and Rankin/Bass' anime series The King Kong Show, and is the second and final Toho-produced film featuring King Kong, until its collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures on Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda)
- **Screenplay:** [Takeshi Kimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kimura)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka), [Arthur Rankin Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-rankin-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hajime Koizumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hajime-koizumi)
- **Editor:** [Ryōhei Fujii](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryohei-fujii)

## Cast

- [Mie Hama](https://cinepixo.com/people/mie-hama)
- [Ryūji Kita](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuji-kita)
- [Rhodes Reason](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhodes-reason)
- [Hideyo Amamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideyo-amamoto)
- [Akira Takarada](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-takarada)
- [Haruo Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruo-nakajima)
- [Shoichi Hirose](https://cinepixo.com/people/shoichi-hirose)

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