King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes (1968, Japan) is a Kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda.

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• Included in: Colossal Creatures from Japan: Kaiju Cinema Classics

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!