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The Mighty Peking Man (1977)

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The Mighty Peking Man
The Hong Kong poster for The Mighty Peking Man
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png The Peking Man's
Counterattack (1978)
Flagicon United States.png Goliathon (1980)

Directed by Ho Meng Hua
Producer Runme Shaw
Written by Ni Kuang
Music by Frankie Chan
Special
effects by 		Sadamasa Arikawa
Distributor Shaw Brothers StudioHK,
World Northal CorporationUS 1980[1]
Rolling Thunder PicturesUS 1999
ShochikuJP
Rating PGUS 1980[1]
PG-13US
Budget ~HKD 6,000,000[citation needed]
Box office $17,368US 1999[2]
Running time 86 minutesHK
(1 hour, 26 minutes)
90 minutesUS
(1 hour, 30 minutes)
Aspect ratio 2.35:1HK
2.39:1US
Rate this film!
2.33
(3 votes)

“
Action... Excitement... Spectacle beyond your wildest dreams!
„ 

— First American tagline (as Goliathon)
“
TORN FROM THEIR JUNGLE PARADISE... Betrayed By Those They Trusted... DESTRUCTION FOR ALL!
„ 

— Second American tagline (as Mighty Peking Man)
“
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！)
„ 

— Japanese tagline

The Mighty Peking Man (猩猩王,   Xīngxīng Wáng, lit. "Orangutan King") is a 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 Dino de Laurentiis film King Kong, but due to rights issues the company settled on using the Peking Man instead.[3]

Plot

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Staff

Main article: The Mighty Peking Man/Credits.

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Ho Meng-Hwa
  • Written by   Ni Kuang
  • Produced by   Runme 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 directors   Hung Ke, Wu Shih, Tong Yuan, Wen Yao-Hua
  • Director of special effects   Sadamasa Arikawa (uncredited)
  • First assistant director of special effects   Koichi Kawakita (uncredited)

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   as   Commissioner
  • Steve Nicholson   as   Commissioner's aide
  • Hsiao Yao   as   Huang Tsui-Hua
  • Chen Ping   as   Lucy
  • Keizo Murase   as   Peking Man (stunts)[3]

Japanese dub

  • 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
  • Toru Ohira   as   narrator

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, vehicles, and races

Gallery

Main article: The Mighty Peking Man/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: The Mighty Peking Man/Soundtrack.

Alternate titles

  • Orangutan King (literal Chinese title)
  • Goliathon (original U.S. title)
  • Mighty Peking Man (U.S. re-release title)
  • The Mighty Peking Man (U.S. DVD 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; O Monstro de Pequim; Brazil)
  • The Great King Kong (Büyük King Kong; Turkey)
  • 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]Hong Kong poster
  • Turkey - December 12, 1977  [view poster]Turkish poster
  • West Germany - January 20, 1978  [view poster]German poster
  • Japan - March 4, 1978  [view poster]Japanese poster
  • Portugal - May 24, 1978  [view poster]Portuguese poster
  • Brazil - March 26, 1979   [view poster]Brazilian poster
  • Denmark - December 26, 1979  [view poster]Danish poster
  • United States - March 1980  [view poster]American 1980 poster; April 23, 1999 (re-release)  [view poster]American 1999 poster
  • Netherlands - June 19, 1980
  • France - September 28, 1983
  • Canada - December 9, 1983; April 30, 1999 (re-release)

Video releases

Miramax DVD (2000)

Paramount Home Entertainment Japan Blu-ray (2013)[4][5]

  • Region: A
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Mandarin Chinese, Japanese
  • Subtitles: Japanese
  • Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary, 32-page booklet, two trailers

88 Films Blu-ray + DVD (2017)

  • Region: B
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Mandarin Chinese, English (LPCM 2.0)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special features: Audio commentary by Bev Logan, trailer, 8-page booklet by Calum Waddell
  • Notes: Also available without the DVD copy.

Arrow Video Blu-ray (December 6, 2021) [Shawscope Volume One][6]

Videos

Trailers

International trailer
U.S. Goliathon trailer
U.S. Goliathon TV spot
U.S. Mighty Peking Man trailer
U.S. The Mighty Peking Man DVD trailer
West German trailer

References

This is a list of references for The Mighty Peking Man. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Variety 1980, p. 28.
  2. ↑ "The Mighty Peking Man". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 MEMORIES OF JAPAN’S MASTER MONSTER MAKER! Keizo Murase Shares the Secrets of the World’s Greatest Kaiju! - Vantage Point Interviews
  4. ↑ Amazon.co.jp: The Beijing Original Attack DVD (Blu-ray)
  5. ↑ Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.com - Mighty Peking Man (The) AKA Colossus of Congo AKA Goliathon AKA Xing xing wang (Blu-ray) (1977)
  6. ↑ Arrow Films - Shawscope Volume One Limited Edition Blu-ray

Bibliography

  • "This Week's MPAA Ratings". Variety. 13 February 1980.

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