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The Mighty Peking Man (1977)
Action…Excitement…Spectacle beyond your wildest dreams!
The Mighty Peking Man (猩猩王) (Mandarin: Xingxing Wang – which translates to “Gorilla King” in English) is a 1977 monster film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio to capitalize on the craze surrounding the 1976 remake of King Kong. The film was originally released in the US in 1980 as Goliathon.
The film was directed by Ho Meng Hua and produced by Runme Shaw; the special effects were directed by Sadamasa Arikawa, with Koichi Kawakita as assistant FX director, who would move on to the Heisei Godzilla movies, the Heisei Gamera trilogy and the Yonggary remake. It starred Danny Lee and Evelyne Kraft.
