Kingu Kongu no gyakushû (1967)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Ishirô Honda

Writer:

Takeshi Kimura (writer)

Release Date:

19 June 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

King Kong is brought in by an evil ruler to dig for precious gems in a mine when the robot MechaKong is unable to do the task...

Plot Keywords:

King Kong | Japan | Tokyo Tower | Island | U Boat

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Frees	...	Dr. Who (voice: English version)
Shoichi Hirose	...	Henchman
Andrew Hughes	...	Reporter
Tôru Ibuki	...	Henchman
Nadao Kirino	...	Henchman
Ryuji Kita	...	SDF General
Seishiro Kuno	...	Soldier
Susumu Kurobe	...	Henchman
Haruo Nakajima	...	Kingukongu (King Kong)
Tadashi Okabe	...	Soldier
Sachio Sakai	...	Henchman
Ikio Sawamura	...	Mondo Islander
Hiroshi Sekita	...	Mekanikongu / Gorosaurusu
Kazuo Suzuki	...	Henchman
Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Henchman
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi	...	General
Osman Yusuf	...	Submariner

Also Known As:

King Kong Escapes (UK) (USA)
King Kong Strikes Again (International: English title) (literal title)
King Kong's Counterattack (International: English title) (literal title)
The Revenge of King Kong

Runtime:

104 min | USA:96 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (DVD rating) (2005) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:G

Company:

Rankin/Bass Productions

Trivia:

King Kong's friend Bobby Bond and his father and sister were eliminated from the movie, and replaced by the cast that is in the film.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In the film, Doctor Hu is trying to get some Element X by digging into the land under the ice at the North Pole. There is no land under the North Pole, but there is a lot of it under the South Pole.

Quotes:

[Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura and Lt. Susan Watson are being held in a freezing cell by Dr. Who because they wouldn't help him manipulate King Kong]
Dr. Who: Why should you endure this when it's not necessary? Nelson cannot aid you any longer, he's been cancelled.
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura: You dog!
[Dr. Who points gun at him]
Dr. Who: I am a realist and I need you, so I'm going to be generous. I'm going to let you go without a bit of trouble, and with lots of cash. You just have to do one thing for me.
[Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura and Lt. Susan Watson refuse]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in King Kong (2005)

Great goofy fun

There is nothing about this movie that can be taken seriously but unlike the ugly mess "King Kong Lives" this movie is bright, colorful fun that adults will enjoy as a comedy while the kids will get a blast out of the crazy mayhem.

Just thinking about the plot makes me laugh and watching it is never dull, it has such a no holds barred silliness about it and the new DVD release is stunning. I had no idea just how impressive the look of the film was.

The complaints about the film are rather misguided in many ways and there is some serious confusion about it. The female lead Linda Miller was dubbed by another actress, so the complaints about her performance are a bit moot (though the combination of nutty dialog and weird delivery actually help the film for most since it is so funny).

Also this is not a sequel to King Kong Vs Godzilla, Kong in this film is a myth found to be real (and utilized to dig out a cavern for bizarre reasons that just get funnier the more you think about it).

As a last note for anyone interested in King Kong in any of his incarnations seek out Ray Mortons book "King Kong The History of a Movie Icon" released recently. He actually set aside a chapter of the book detailing this film.