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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.
AKA Gojira no gyakushu (Godzilla's Counterattack); [3] shot in black and white/full screen; the first appearance of the monster Anguirus; a rushed sequel to the previous film, Godzilla; released in the U.S. as Gigantis the Fire Monster; [4] the series was put on hiatus after this film for seven years until 1962's King Kong vs. Godzilla. Half ...
The same year of King Kong's release,Son of Kong, a sequel, was fast-tracked and released. [75] Later, in the 1960s, RKO licensed the King Kong character to Japanese studio Toho, which made two films, King Kong vs. Godzilla, [250] the third film in Toho's long-running Godzilla series, and King Kong Escapes. [251] Both were directed by Ishirō ...
Rankin/Bass Productions was an American production company, best known for its animated seasonal television specials.Television series and films pre-1974 are owned by NBCUniversal through DreamWorks Animation and post-September 1974 are owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment through Telepictures.
The film was shot on the same jungle sets later used for King Kong, with many of the same production staff, including producer Merian C. Cooper, who directed King Kong with Schoedsack. After RKO reduced the budget and time spent shooting for The Most Dangerous Game , Cooper and Schoedsack cut down on the cast and special effects they initially ...
The models and animation are more sophisticated than in King Kong and use more subtle gestures. Despite the increased technical sophistication, the film, like King Kong, features scale issues, with Joe noticeably changing size between many shots. Harryhausen attributed these lapses to Cooper, who insisted Joe appear larger in some scenes for ...
King Kong [196] King Kong: 2005 United States, New Zealand King Kong [197] King Kong Appears in Edo: 1938 Japan King Kong [198] King Kong Escapes: 1967 Japan, United States King Kong, Mechani-Kong, Gorosaurus [199] King Kong Lives: 1986 United States King Kong [200] [201] [202] King of the Lost World: 2005 United States Giant ape [203] King ...