A Japanese/American co- production from Toho (Japan) and Rankin/Bass (USA). Directed by Ishiro Honda and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, the film starred both American actors (such as Rhodes Reason and Linda Miller) alongside Japanese actors (such as Akira Takarada, Mie Hama and Eisei Amamoto). The film was a loose adaptation of the Rankin/Bass Saturday morning cartoon series The King Kong Show and was the second and final Japanese- made film featuring the King Kongcharacter. The film was released theatrically in the United States in the Summer of 1. Universal Pictures. King Kong Escapes, (released in Japan as King Kong's Counterattack ( King Kong Escapes was released in Japan on July 22. Godzilla (1962) Release Info. Canavarlarin Gazabi: Taiwan: Jingjang dou konglong: USA. An evil genius named Dr. Mechni- Kong enters an ice cave and begins to dig into a glacier, but the radiation destroys its brain circuits and the robot shuts down. Who then sets his sights on getting the real Kong to finish the job. Who is taken to task by a beautiful female overseer, Madame Piranha. Her country's government (which is not named but may be North Korea) is financing the doctor's schemes, and she frequently berates him for his failure to get results. Meanwhile, a submarine commanded by Carl Nelson arrives at Mondo Island where the legendary King Kong lives. Much like the original 1. Susan Watson (played by Linda Miller) following in the footsteps of Fay Wray. Dr. Who subsequently goes to Mondo Island, abducts Kong and brings him back to his base at the North Pole. Kong is hypnotized by a flashing light device and fitted with a radio earpiece. Hu commands Kong to retrieve the Element X from the cave. Eventually Kong escapes and swims all the way to Japan where the climactic battle with Mechni- Kong transpires. Standing in for the Empire State Building from the original film is the. Tokyo Tower where the two giants face off in the finale. The story is partly a remake of the animated series (itself a retelling of the original 1. Kong who is befriended by a boy and directed to fight for the forces of good. That concept (minus the boy) is combined with a mad scientist story with elements from the then- popular spy film genre. Who (not to be confused with the British television series or its main character) is patterned after. James Bond villains Dr. No and Ernst Stavro Blofeld. His partner, Madame Piranha, is an Asian spy played by Mie Hama, fresh from the Bond film You Only Live Twice (1. Submarine commander Carl Nelson is similar to Admiral Nelson, commander of the Seaview sub in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, a series that also featured giant monsters and stories about international espionage. Veteran voice actor Paul Frees dubbed the voice of Dr. Who in the American release. The shot of Gorosaurus living on Monster Island seen in the 1. All Monsters Attack was actually stock footage taken from this film.! Urutora roku- kyoudai film festival. Outside of Japan and the U. S, the film received a wide release in most International markets where it went by different titles. The film was released in Germany as King- Kong, Frankensteins Sohn (King Kong: Frankenstein's Son), in Belgium as La Revanche de King Kong (The Revenge of King Kong) - a direct translation of the Japanese title, in Italy as King Kong il gigante della foresta (King Kong, the Giant of the Forest), in Turkey as Canavarlarin Gazabi (Wrath of the Monsters), in Mexico as El Regreso de King Kong (The Return of King Kong), in Finland as King Kong kauhun saarella (King Kong on the Island of Terror), and in Sweden as King Kong p. Godzilla AKA Kingukongu tai Gojira (1. King Kong Escapes released in Japan as King Kongs Counterattack Kingu Kongu no Gyakushu is a 1967 Kaiju film A JapaneseAmerican coproduction from To.
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