Kingukongu no Gyakushu (1967)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1967
Running Times: 96 mins (USA)     104 mins (Japan)
Format: Technicolor     35mm     Tohoscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: A Rankin Bass Production / A Toho Company Picture
Presenter: Ernest L. Scanlon (English language version only)
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
English Language Version Producer: Arthur Rankin Jr

SCRIPT
Script: Kaoru Mabuchi (real name: Takeshi Kimura)
Creative Consultant: Arthur Rankin Jr
English Language Version Script: William J. Keenan

DIRECTION
Director: Inoshiro Honda
English Language Version Director: Arthur Rankin Jr
Chief Assistant Director: Ken Sano

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Hajime Koizumi
Lighting: Toshio Takashima

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Ryohei Fujii
US Version Post Production Supervisor: Riley Jackson

MUSIC
Music: Akira Ifukube

SOUND
Sound Recording: Shoichi Yoshizawa
US Version Sound Recording: Glen Glenn
Sound Effects: Sadamasa Nishimoto
US Version Dubbing Director: Paul Frees
US Version Dubbing: Arthur Rankin Jr, William J. Keenan

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Director of Special Effects Photography: Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects Co-Director: Teisho Arikawa
Chief Assistant Director of Special Effects: Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Lighting: Kuichiro Kishida
Special Effects Cameramen: Yoichi Manoda, Sokei Tomioka
Special Effects Opticals: Hiroshi Mukoyama
Special Effects Art Director: Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects Wire Work: Fumio Nakadai

VISUAL EFFECTS
English Language Version Titles: National Screen Service

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Takeo Kita

CAST
Rhodes Reason (Commander Carl Nelson)
Mie Hama (Madame Piranha (Madame X))
Linda Miller (Lieutenant Susan Watson)
Akira Takarada (Lt Commander Jiro Nomura)
Eisei Amamoto (Dr Who)
Paul Frees (voice of Dr Who in US Version)
Shoichi Hirose, Toru Ibuki, Nadao Kirino, Susumu Kurobe, Sachio Sakai, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshifumi Tajima (henchmen)
Andrew Hughes (reporter)
Haruo Nakajima (Kingukongu)
Ikio Sawamura (Mondo islander)
Hiroshi Sekita (Mekanikongu)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi General)
Osman Yusuf (submariner)

King Kong is captured by an evil madman who forces him to work in his diamond mine when the robot MechaKong fails to live up to expectations. But the robot goes on the rampage and before long, it's battling the real Kong.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
Video Distributor: Video Search of Miami

Finland
Rating: K-16

Sweden
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: G

1967
July
22: Japan - theatrical release

1968
June
19: USA - theatrical release

1972
May
8: Sweden - theatrical release

December
15: Finland - theatrical release

2006
June
4: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Cinema 1)

August
11: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Cinema 1)
12: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Cinema 2)

King Kong no Gyakushu
King Kong Escapes
The Revenge of King Kong
King Kong's Counterattack
King Kong Strikes Again

SEE ALSO
King Kong (1933)
Doctor Who (1963 - 1989)

BOOKS

Creature Features Strikes Again p.216
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

dinosaurs, giant apes, helicopters, kaiju eiga, mad scientists, monsters, robots, submarines

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009