The Mighty Peking Man (1977)
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TORN FROM THEIR JUNGLE PARADISE... Betrayed By Those They Trusted... DESTRUCTION FOR ALL!
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Action... Excitement... Spectacle beyond your wildest dreams!
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Something terrible has been revived in the icy ridge of the Himalayas! (ヒマラヤの氷壁から物凄い奴が甦った!)
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The Mighty Peking Man (猩猩王 is a Xīngxīng Wáng, lit. Orangutan King)1977 Hong Kong special effects monster film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio. It was released to Hong Kong theaters on August 11, 1977 and American theaters in March 1980. The film was initially intended to feature King Kong, and was to be released to capitalize on the then-recent De Laurentiis King Kong, but due to rights issues the company settled on using the Peking Man instead.[1]
Plot
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Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Ho Meng Hua
- Written by Ni Kuang
- Produced by Runme Shaw, Vee King Shaw
- Music by Chen Yung-Yu, De Wolfe
- Cinematography by Tsao Hui-Chi, Wu Cho-Hua
- Edited by Chiang Hsing-Lung, Thom Noble, Pepita Noble
- Production design by Johnson Tsao, Chen Ching-Shen
- Assistant directing by Hung Ke, Wu Shih, Tong Yuan, Wen Yao-Hua
- Special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa, Koichi Kawakita, Keizo Murase
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Evelyne Kraft as Samantha Ah Wei
- Danny Lee as Johnny Feng
- Ku Feng as Lu Tien
- Lin Wei-Tu as David Chen
- Norman Chu as Ah Lung
- Wu Hang-Sheng as Ah Pi
- Ted Thomas
- Steve Nicholson
- Hsiao Yao as Huang Tsui-Hua
- Chen Ping as Lucy
- Keizo Murase as Peking Man (stunts)[1]
Japanese dub
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Katsunosuke Hori as Johnny Feng
- Reiko Muto as Samantha Ah Wei
- Sumie Sakai as Lin
- Michio Hazama as Lu Tien
- Akio Nojima as Charlie
- Kei Taguchi as Superintendent General
Appearances
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Gallery
- Main article: The Mighty Peking Man/Gallery.
Soundtrack
- Main article: The Mighty Peking Man (Soundtrack).
Alternate titles
- Orangutan King (Literal title)
- Goliathon (Initial US title)
- Mighty Peking Man (Reissue US title)
- The Peking Man's Counterattack (北京原人の逆襲; Japan)
- The Abominable Snowman from the Mountains of the Himalayas (Den Afskyelige Snemand Fra Himalayas Bjerge; Denmark)
- King Kong in Hong Kong (King Kong Hongkongissa; Finland)
- The Colossus of Hong Kong (Le Colosse de Hong Kong; France)
- Gorilanthropos, Terror of the Earth (Gorilanthropos, o Tromos tis Gis; Greece)
- Gorilanthropos, the Steel Giant (Gorilanthropos, o Atsalenios Gigas; Greece)
- The Himalayan Giant (Il Gigante Dell'Himalaya; Italy)
- The Man from Peking (L'uomo di Pechino; Italy)
- The Monster from Peking (Het Monster van Peking; Netherlands)
- The Colossus of Peking (O Colosso de Pequim; Portugal)
- The Colossus of Konga (Der Koloß von Konga; West Germany)
Theatrical releases
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- Hong Kong - August 11, 1977 [view poster]
- Turkey - December 12, 1977
- West Germany - January 20, 1978
- Japan - March 4, 1978 [view poster]
- Portugal - May 24, 1978
- Denmark - December 26, 1979 [view poster]
- United States - March 1980 [view poster]; April 23, 1999 (Re-Release) [view poster]
- Netherlands - June 19, 1980
- France - September 28, 1983
- Canada - December 9, 1983; April 30, 1999 (Re-Release)
Video releases
Miramax DVD (2000)
- Region: N/A
- Discs: 1
- Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Paramount Blu-ray (2013)
- Region: A
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Chinese, Japanese
- Subtitles: Japanese
88 Films Blu-ray (2017)
- Region: B
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Mandarin Chinese (PCM Mono), English (PCM Mono)
- Subtitles: English
- Notes: Re-released on December 10, 2018.
Videos
Trailers
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References
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