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King Kong Escapes (released in Japan as King Kong's Counterattack) is a 1967 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. A Japanese-American co-production between Toho and Rankin/Bass, the film stars Rhodes Reason, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, and Eisei Amamoto, with suit actors Haruo Nakajima as King Kong and Hiroshi Sekita as Mechani-Kong and Gorosaurus.

 

Released in Japan on July 22, 1967, and in the United States on June 19, 1968, the film is loosely based on the Rankin/Bass and Toei Animation series The King Kong Show. It is the fourth entry in the King Kong franchise and marked Toho’s final King Kong film until their partnership with Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. on Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).

 

This documentary explores the production history of King Kong Escapes and features an exclusive interview with Linda Jo Miller, who played lead character Susan Watson.

King Kong: Uncaging the Beast

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