King Kong Escapes
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
King Kong Escapes (1968, Japan) is a Kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda.
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Main Details
- Released in 1968
- Color
- Running Time: 96 Min. (US version), 104 Min. (Japan version)
- Production Co: Toho Co. and Rankin/Bass
- Distribution Co: Toho Co. (Japan), Universal (USA)
- Directed by Ishiro Honda
- Written by Kaoru Mabuchi (English version by William J. Keenan)
- Starring Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, Rhodes Reason, Linda Miller, Eisei Amamoto
- Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Arthur Rankin Jnr & Jules Bass
- Original Music by Akira Ifukube
- Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi
- Film Editing by Ryohei Fujii
Also Known As
- Kingu Kongu No Gyakushu (Japan)
- King Kong’s Counterattack
- King Kong Strikes Again
- King Kong Se Escapa (Spain)
- King Kong S’est Echappe (France)
- King Kong, Frankenstein’s Sohn (Germany)
Taglines
- The mightiest of all creatures pitted against his exact duplicate in a colossal struggle of Monster vs. Robot
- The fate of the world hangs in the balance as King Kong fights the King Kong robot . . . two King Kongs fight to the DEATH!