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The Mighty Peking Man (1977) [PG-13]

Release Date:
August 11, 1977

Original Title:
猩猩王

Alternate Titles:
Colossus of the Congo
Der Koloß von Konga
El grandioso hombre de Pekín (Goliathon)
El hombre de Pekín (Goliathon)
Goliathon
Xing xing wang

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Production Companies:
Shaw Brothers

Production Countries:
Hong Kong

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 90

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.

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Art Direction:
Johnson Tsao Chuang-Sheng
Chan King-Sam

Assistant Director:
Hung Hak

Director:
Ho Meng-Hua

Director of Photography:
Wu Cho-Hua
Cho Wai-Kei

Editor:
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Thom Noble
Pepita Fairfax

Makeup Artist:
Wu Hsu-Ching
Mei-Yun Chou

Martial Arts Choreographer:
Yuen Cheung-Yan

Music:
DeWolfe

Original Music Composer:
Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Producer:
Runme Shaw
Vee King Shaw

Production Manager:
Pang Shing

Script Supervisor:
Chen Yung-Lieh

Sound Recordist:
Wang Yong-Hua

Special Effects:
Koichi Kawakita
Sadamasa Arikawa
Keizô Murase

Writer:
Ni Kuang

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