The Mighty Peking Man
猩猩王
“ Action... Excitement... Spectacle beyond your wildest dreams! ”
CINEMA1977-08-11
RegionHK
Runtime90 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Monster spectacle, jungle adventure and urban destruction combine in one of Shaw Brothers' most internationally celebrated cult productions.”
“Monster spectacle, jungle adventure and urban destruction combine in one of Shaw Brothers' most internationally celebrated cult productions.”
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 yea...
DIRECTOR / Director
Ho Meng-Hua
KEYWORDS
gorillaexploitationprehistoryhong konggiant apejungle girlknockoffcavemanking kong
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