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The Mighty Peking Man

The Mighty Peking Man

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 11, 1977

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror

User Score

52%

Original Title

猩猩王

Production Companies

Shaw Brothers

Director

Ho Meng-Hua

Description

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.