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51% Critic Match
The Mighty Peking Man
“Action... Excitement... Spectacle beyond your wildest dreams!”
5.1 / 10• 1977• 1h 30m•PG• Chinese
ActionFantasyAdventureHorror
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Evelyne Kraft
Ah Wei
Lead
Danny Lee Sau-Yin
Johnny Chen Zheng Feng
Ku Feng
Lu Tien
Lam Wai-Tiu
Chen Shi Yu
Norman Tsui Siu-Keung
Dr. Ah Long
Ng Hong-Sang
Dr. Ah Pi
Ted Thomas
Commissioner
SN
Steve Nicholson
Commissioner's Aide
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ho Meng-Hua's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Mighty Peking Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
