King Kong Lives

King Kong Lives is a Japanese feature film of the science fiction genre. It is considered part of the Shōwa period of such movies and makes use of Tokusatsu, or suitmation, to bring their larger-than-life characters to... well, life. It is a sequel of sorts to the 1962 film King Kong vs. Godzilla. The movie was directed by Inoshiro Honda with a script written by Kaoru Mabuchi. It was produced by Toho Company, Ltd. and premiered on July 22nd, 1967. The film stars American actor Rhodes Reason as submarine commander Carl Nelson with Akira Takarada as Lieutenant Commander Jiro Nomura. Linda Miller plays the role of Lieutenant Susan Watson while Mie Hama takes the female lead of the villainess Madame X. The main antagonist in the film however is the evil Doctor Who (not to be confused with a certain Gallifreyan time lord) played by Eisei Amamoto.