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King Kong Escapes (Japanese: キングコングの逆襲, Hepburn: Kingu Kongu no Gyakushū, lit. ' King Kong's Counterattack ' ) is a 1967 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda , with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya .
In 1993, Toho had considered remaking King Kong vs. Godzilla, due to that film being their most successful Godzilla/Kong film to date. However, Toho concluded that re-acquiring the rights to King Kong would prove difficult and instead considered using the cyborg Mechani-Kong, seen in The King Kong Show and Toho's King Kong Escapes.
Mie Hama (浜 美枝, Hama Mie, IPA: [hama mi.e]; born 20 November 1943) is a Japanese former actress, television presenter, radio presenter, and author best known for playing Fumiko Sakurai in the 1962 Godzilla film, King Kong vs. Godzilla, Kissy Suzuki in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice, and Madame Piranha in the 1967 King Kong film, King Kong Escapes.
Linda Jo Miller, credited as Linda Miller (リンダ・ミラー) and also known as Leslie Michaels [1] (born December 26, 1947) is an American actress known for King Kong Escapes (1967), The Green Slime (1968) and the TV series Seven Faces of Man. [2]
Reason was born in Glendale in Los Angeles County, California, the son of Rex G. Reason and the former Jean Robinson. [1] The younger brother of actor Rex Reason, Rhodes Reason made his acting start at the age of 18 in a production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Charles Laughton.
Toho featured the American version in their 1962 and 1963 English sales catalogues. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Honda was unaware until the 1980s of the American version's existence. [ 14 ] Film historian Stuart Galbraith IV claimed that an English dubbed version was produced by Toho; however, evidence of such version has never surfaced.
The franchise is centered on King Kong, a giant ape living on a primordial island inhabited by prehistoric creatures. Pages in category "King Kong (franchise) films" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Kimura scripted several films for director Ishirō Honda, including Matango, Frankenstein vs. Baragon, The War of the Gargantuas, King Kong Escapes, and Destroy All Monsters. He was a member of the Japanese Communist Party whose screenplays often included political themes.