The Mighty Peking Man

**Running time** | 86 minutesHK(1 hour, 26 minutes)90 minutesUS(1 hour, 30 minutes)

***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 De Laurentiis *King Kong*, but due to rights issues the company settled on using the Peking Man instead.

## 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)

### 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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### Monsters

* Peking Man (Utam)

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### Weapons, vehicles, and races

* FV603 Saracen
* SA 316 Alouette III
* UH-1 Iroquois

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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, 1977Template:Popup-poster
* Turkey - December 12, 1977
* West Germany - January 20, 1978
* Japan - March 4, 1978Template:Popup-poster
* Portugal - May 24, 1978
* Denmark - December 26, 1979Template:Popup-poster
* United States - March 1980Template:Popup-poster; April 23, 1999 (Re-Release)Template:Popup-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.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 MEMORIES OF JAPAN’S MASTER MONSTER MAKER! Keizo Murase Shares the Secrets of the World’s Greatest Kaiju! - Vantage Point Interviews

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