An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Cast
Akira Takarada
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Mie Hama
Madame Piranha
Rhodes Reason
Commander Carl Nelson
Linda Miller
Lieutenant Susan Watson
Hideyo Amamoto
Dr. Who
Yoshibumi Tajima
Henchman
Sachio Sakai
Henchman
Ryuji Kita
SDF General
Ikio Sawamura
Native
Nadao Kirino
Henchman
Shōichi Hirose
Henchman
Kazuo Suzuki
Henchman
Tōru Ibuki
Henchman
Naoya Kusakawa
Unknown
Susumu Kurobe
Henchman
Haruo Nakajima
King Kong
Hiroshi Sekita
Mechani-Kong/Gorosaurus
Kei Taguchi
(voice)
Akiko Santo
(voice)
Osman Yusuf
Submariner (uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
Soldier (uncredited)
Seishirō Kuno
Soldier (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
General (uncredited)
Andrew Hughes
Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
Ishirō Honda
Director
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Ken Sano
First Assistant Director
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Executive Producer, Technical Advisor
Takeo Kita
Production Design
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects
Takashi Nakao
Visual Effects Camera, Still Photographer
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design, Modeling, Sculptor
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design, Modeling
Kanju Yagi
Costume Design, Modeling
Yasuei Yagi
Costume Design, Modeling
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume Design, Modeling
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Mixer
Sadamasa Nishimoto
Sound Effects
Shoichi Yoshizawa
Sound Recordist
Toshio Takashima
Lighting Technician
Kuichiro Kishida
Lighting Technician, VFX Lighting Artist
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Fumio Takashiro
Special Effects
Jiro Shirasaki
Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Visual Effects Compositor, Visual Effects
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Saburo Doi
Visual Effects
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Fuchimu Shimakura
Matte Painter, Background Designer
Haruo Nakajima
Stunts
Hiroshi Sekita
Stunts
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Translator
Yasuaki Sakamoto
Production Manager
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