King Kong Escapes

King Kong Escapes  or King Kong’s Counterattack  as released in Japan is an American-Japanese stop-motion/live-action movie from 1967 starring the famous giant ape King Kong about the evil Japanese scientist Dr. Who (not to be confused with the British TV show and character) who wants to capture Kong when a mechanical duplicate is not capable of getting him the precious minerals he needs via digging, but the real Kong escapes to Tokyo.

this was the only known King Kong movie to have Rankin/Bass play a part in the production of it. It was also based on a cartoon animated/anime-influenced TV show also lended in production by Rankin/Bass.