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.
The 1976–1978 Hong Kong Window
52 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Mighty Peking Man sits at position #46.
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The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Mighty Peking Man premiered. 122 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
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 |