Hong Kong Synopsis
猩猩王
“Action… Excitement… Spectacle beyond your wildest dreams!”
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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Action + Fantasy in Hong Kong
49 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Mighty Peking Man itself).
The 1976–1978 Hong Kong Window
In the crowded 1976-1978 Hong Kong release window, The Mighty Peking Man sits at #46 of 52. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Mighty Peking Man premiered alongside 11 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 11 other Hong Kong films in 1977.
The 85th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
52 audience reviews — more than 69% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 64th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Mighty Peking Man, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gorilla · 4
- prehistory · 3
- giant ape · 3
- king kong · 3
- jungle girl · 1
- knockoff · 1
- caveman · 1
- exploitation · 8
- hong kong · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #730 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (13th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #465 of 516 (top 90%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | August 11, 1977 |
| IMDb | tt0076164 |