King Kong Escapes (1968)
Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki TanakaArthur Rankin Jr. Written by Takeshi Kimura(screenplay) (as Kaoru Mabuchi)Arthur Rankin Jr.(concept) Starring Akira TakaradaRhodes ReasonMie HamaLinda MillerEisei Amamoto Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Productioncompany Toho StudiosRankin/Bass Distributed by Toho (Japan)Universal Studios (USA) Release dates July 22, 1967 (Japan) June 19, 1968 (US) Running time 104 minutes (Japan)96 minutes (USA) Country JapanUnited States Language JapaneseEnglish Box office $1,000,000 (US/ Canada)